TV show host Edith Bowman

Events in 1974 and 15-1

Events in the world in the birth year of Edith Bowman

• OPEC ends the oil embargo begun in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War (Mar. 18).
• Nixon and Brezhnev meet in Moscow to discuss arms limitation agreements. Background: nuclear disarmament
• Leftist revolution ends almost 50 years of dictatorial rule in Portugal (launched Apr. 25).
• India successfully tests an atomic device, becoming the world's sixth nuclear power (May 18).
• Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia is deposed. A collective military dictatorship assumes power (Sept. 12).

Birthday Edith Bowman (15-1) in history

• Day 15-1 year 1559: Queen Elizabeth I is crowned at Westminster Abbey.
• Day 15-1 year 1759: Celebrating the Day the British Museum opened
• Day 15-1 year 1777: The Republic of New Connecticut declared its independence and was renamed Vermont six months later.
• Day 15-1 year 1870: The donkey was first used as symbol of the Democratic Party in Harper's Weekly.
• Day 15-1 year 1943: The world's largest office building, the Pentagon, was completed.
• Day 15-1 year 1967: The first Super Bowl was played: Green Bay Packers 35, Kansas City Chiefs 10.
• Day 15-1 year 1973: President Nixon orders halt to offensive operations in North Vietnam.
• Day 15-1 year 1992: The European Community recognized Croatia and Slovenia as separate states, effectively ending the Yugoslav federation, founded in 1918.
• Day 15-1 year 2009: After allegedly striking a flock of geese, US Airways Flight 1549, en route from La Guardia Airport, New York City, to Charlotte, N.C., is forced to land in the Hudson River. All 150 passengers and 5 crew members survived. The pilot, Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III, was hailed as the "Hero of the Hudson" for his quick thinking and deft landing of the plane.