TV actress Vernetta Lopez

Events in 1973 and 22-7

Events in the world in the birth year of Vernetta Lopez

• 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 Vernetta Lopez (22-7) in history

• Day 22-7 year 1796: Cleveland, Ohio, was founded by Gen. Moses Cleaveland.
• Day 22-7 year 1933: Wiley Post became the first person to fly solo around the world.
• Day 22-7 year 1934: John Dillinger was shot to death outside Chicago's Biograph Theater.
• Day 22-7 year 1937: Franklin D. Roosevelt's "court packing" scheme was rejected by the U.S. Senate.
• Day 22-7 year 1975: Congress restored Confederate general Robert E. Lee's U.S. citizenship.
• Day 22-7 year 1990: Greg LeMond won his third Tour de France. A Minnesota native, Lemond was the first American to win the great French cycling race.
• Day 22-7 year 2003: Saddam Hussein's sons, Uday and Ousay, were killed in a firefight.
• Day 22-7 year 2013: Prince George of Cambridge is born. He is the first child of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.