TV actress Linda Park

Events in 1978 and 9-7

Events in the world in the birth year of Linda Park

• Rhodesia's Prime Minister Ian D. Smith and three black leaders agree on transfer to black majority rule (Feb. 15).
• US Senate approves Panama Canal neutrality treaty (March 16); votes treaty to turn canal over to Panama by year 2000 (April 18).
• Former Italian Premier Aldo Moro kidnapped by left wing terrorists, who kill five bodyguards (March 16); he is found slain (May 9).
• Pope Paul VI , dead at 80, mourned (Aug. 6); new Pope, John Paul I, 65, dies unexpectedly after 34 days in office (Sept. 28); succeeded by Karol Cardinal Wojtyla of Poland as John Paul II (Oct. 16).
• "Framework for Peace" in Middle East signed by Egypt's President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Premier Menachem Begin after 13-day conference at Camp David led by President Jimmy Carter (Sept. 17).
• Jim Jones's followers commit mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana (Nov. 18).

Birthday Linda Park (9-7) in history

• Day 9-7 year 1816: Argentina formally declared independence from Spain.
• Day 9-7 year 1850: Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the U.S., died after only 16 months in office.
• Day 9-7 year 1872: The doughnut cutter was patented by John F. Blondel of Thomaston, Me.
• Day 9-7 year 1896: William Jennings Bryan delivered his "cross of gold" speech at the Democratic National Convention.
• Day 9-7 year 1900: The British Parliament proclaimed that as of Jan. 1, 1901, the six Australian colonies would be united at the Commonwealth of Australia.
• Day 9-7 year 1974: Former U.S. chief justice Earl Warren died in Washington, DC.
• Day 9-7 year 1997: Boxer Mike Tyson was temporarily banned from boxing for biting Evander Holyfield's ear.
• Day 9-7 year 2002: Baseball's All-Star Game ended in a tie after 11 innings. Both sides had run out of pitchers.
• Day 9-7 year 2011: After more than 50 years of struggle, South Sudan declares independence and becomes Africa's 54th state.