TV show host Derek O'Brien

Events in 1961 and 13-3

Events in the world in the birth year of Derek O'Brien

• US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba (Jan. 3).
• 1,200 US-sponsored anti-Castro exiles invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs (April 17); the attackers are all killed or captured by Cuban forces.
• East Germany erects the Berlin Wall between East and West Berlin to halt flood of refugees (Aug. 13). Background: The Cold War
• USSR detonates 50-megaton hydrogen bomb in the largest man-made explosion in history (Oct. 29). Background: nuclear weapons
• There are 2,000 US military advisers in South Vietnam. Background: Vietnam War
• OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) formally constituted.

Birthday Derek O'Brien (13-3) in history

• Day 13-3 year 1639: Cambridge College is officially renamed Harvard University.
• Day 13-3 year 1781: British-German astronomer, Sir William Herschel, discovered Uranus.
• Day 13-3 year 1852: "Uncle Sam" cartoon appeared for the first time in N.Y. Lantern weekly.
• Day 13-3 year 1868: The Senate began President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial.
• Day 13-3 year 1906: Suffragist Susan B. Anthony died.
• Day 13-3 year 1925: Tennessee passed a bill prohibiting the teaching of evolution in public schools.
• Day 13-3 year 1930: Clyde W. Tombaugh announced the discovery of the planet Pluto.
• Day 13-3 year 1972: Britain and China resumed full diplomatic relations after 22 years; Britain withdrew its consulate from Taiwan.
• Day 13-3 year 1996: A man shot dead 16 children and a woman teacher in a school in Dunblane, Scotland. He then shot himself.
• Day 13-3 year 2012: The Encyclopaedia Britannica discontinued its print edition after 244 years.