TV actress Rose McGowan

Events in 1973 and 5-9

Events in the world in the birth year of Rose McGowan

• Great Britain, Ireland, and Denmark enter European Economic Community (Jan. 1).
• A ceasefire is signed, ending involvement of American ground troops in the Vietnam War. (Jan. 28).
• US bombing of Cambodia ends, marking official halt to 12 years of combat activity in Southeast Asia (Aug. 15).
• Chile's Marxist president, Salvadore Allende, is overthrown (Sept. 11); Gen. Augusto Pinochet takes power.
• Fourth and largest Arab-Israeli conflict begins when Egyptian and Syrian forces attack Israel as Jews mark Yom Kippur, holiest day in their calendar (Oct. 6). Egypt and Israel sign US-sponsored cease-fire accord (Nov. 11). Background: Arab-Israeli Wars
• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) hikes oil prices tremendously in retaliation for Western countries' involvement in Yom Kippur War.

Birthday Rose McGowan (5-9) in history

• Day 5-9 year 1698: Peter, the Great of Russia, issued a strange decree, taxing bearded men.
• Day 5-9 year 1774: The first Continental Congress met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Day 5-9 year 1836: The Republic of Texas made miltary hero Sam Houston its first president.
• Day 5-9 year 1905: The Treaty of Portsmouth, which ended the Russo-Japanese War, was signed at the Portsmouth naval base in New Hampshire.
• Day 5-9 year 1972: Palestinian guerrillas killed 11 Israelis at the Munich Summer Olympics.
• Day 5-9 year 1997: Humanitarian Mother Teresa, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the poor, died in Calcutta, India, at age 87.