TV actress Maria Doyle Kennedy

Events in 1964 and 25-9

Events in the world in the birth year of Maria Doyle Kennedy

• Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment in South Africa (June 11).
• Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin Resolution after North Vietnamese torpedo boats allegedly attack US destroyers (Aug. 7). Background: Vietnam War
• Khrushchev is deposed; Kosygin becomes premier and Brezhnev becomes first secretary of the Communist Party (October). Background: Rulers of Russia since 1533
• China detonates its first atomic bomb. Background: nuclear weapons

Birthday Maria Doyle Kennedy (25-9) in history

• Day 25-9 year 1775: Revolutionary Ethan Allen was captured by the British.
• Day 25-9 year 1789: The first Congress adopted 12 amendments to the Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification. The first ten became the Bill of Rights.
• Day 25-9 year 1890: Wilford Woodruff, president of the Mormon church, renounced the practice of polygamy. This paved the way for Utah's acceptance as a state in 1896.
• Day 25-9 year 1957: Nine black teenagers, now known as the Little Rock Nine, challenged racial segregation by attending the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
• Day 25-9 year 1981: Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the first female justice on the Supreme Court.
• Day 25-9 year 2003: It was reported that more than 14,000 had lost their lives in France in a summer heat wave.
• Day 25-9 year 2011: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia grants women the right to vote and run for office in future elections.