TV show host Ahmad Alshugairi

Events in 1973 and 19-7

Events in the world in the birth year of Ahmad Alshugairi

• 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 Ahmad Alshugairi (19-7) in history

• Day 19-7 year 1848: The first women's rights convention, called by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia C. Mott, was held in Seneca Falls, New York.
• Day 19-7 year 1870: The Franco-Prussian war began.
• Day 19-7 year 1941: Winston Churchill was the first to use the two-finger "V is for Victory" sign.
• Day 19-7 year 1966: Fifty year-old singer Frank Sinatra married 21-year-old actress Mia Farrow.
• Day 19-7 year 1984: Geraldine Ferraro became the first woman nominated for the vice-presidency by a major political party.
• Day 19-7 year 1993: President Clinton announced the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding gays in the military.