TV actress Kate Vernon

Events in 1961 and 21-4

Events in the world in the birth year of Kate Vernon

• US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba (Jan. 3).
• 1,200 US-sponsored anti-Castro exiles invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs (April 17); the attackers are all killed or captured by Cuban forces.
• East Germany erects the Berlin Wall between East and West Berlin to halt flood of refugees (Aug. 13). Background: The Cold War
• USSR detonates 50-megaton hydrogen bomb in the largest man-made explosion in history (Oct. 29). Background: nuclear weapons
• There are 2,000 US military advisers in South Vietnam. Background: Vietnam War
• OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) formally constituted.

Birthday Kate Vernon (21-4) in history

• Day 21-4 year 1836: Texan army under Sam Houston defeated Mexicans in the Battle of San Jacinto.
• Day 21-4 year 1910: Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), author of the novel Huckleberry Finn, died at the age of 74.
• Day 21-4 year 1918: Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the notorious World War I German flying ace known as the "Red Baron," was killed in action today.
• Day 21-4 year 1960: Brazil inaugurated its new capital, Brasilia.
• Day 21-4 year 1975: South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu resigned.
• Day 21-4 year 1980: Rosie Ruiz was the first woman to cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon. She was later disqualified for cheating.
• Day 21-4 year 1995: Timothy McVeigh was arrested in connection with the Oklahoma City bombing.
• Day 21-4 year 1997: The ashes of Timothy Leary, Gene Roddenberry, and 22 others blasted into space for the first space funerals.