TV show host Marilyn Denis

Events in 1958 and 1-7

Events in the world in the birth year of Marilyn Denis

• European Economic Community (Common Market) becomes effective (Jan. 1).
• Egypt and Syria merge into United Arab Republic (Feb. 1).
• Khrushchev becomes Premier of Soviet Union as Bulganin resigns (Mar. 27). Background: Rulers of Russia since 1533
• Gen. Charles de Gaulle becomes French premier (June 1), remaining in power until 1969.
• Eisenhower orders US Marines into Lebanon at request of President Chamoun, who fears overthrow (July 15).
• New French constitution adopted (Sept. 28), de Gaulle elected president of 5th Republic (Dec. 21).

Birthday Marilyn Denis (1-7) in history

• Day 1-7 year 1863: The Battle of Gettysburg, which marked the turning point in the Civil War, began.
• Day 1-7 year 1867: Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain under the British North America Act.
• Day 1-7 year 1898: Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders fought the battle of San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War.
• Day 1-7 year 1943: Income tax withholding began in the United States.
• Day 1-7 year 1962: Burundi and Rwanda achieved independence.
• Day 1-7 year 1963: The U.S. Post Office inaugurated its five-digit ZIP (Zone Improvement Plan) codes.
• Day 1-7 year 1968: The United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, and 58 other nations signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
• Day 1-7 year 1994: Yasir Arafat returned to Palestinian land after 27 years in exile.
• Day 1-7 year 1997: After 156 years of British colonial rule, Hong Kong was returned to China.
• Day 1-7 year 2000: Vermont's civil unions law went into effect.
• Day 1-7 year 2013: Croatia became the 28th member of the European Union.