TV show host Susana Gimenez

Events in 1944 and 29-1

Events in the world in the birth year of Susana Gimenez

• Allies invade Normandy on D-Day (June 6). Background: Normandy campaign
• Bretton Woods Conference creates International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
• Dumbarton Oaks Conference—U.S., British Commonwealth, and U.S.S.R. propose establishment of United Nations.
• Battle of the Bulge begins as Germans penetrate Allied front in Belgium (Dec. 16 to Jan. 1945).
• Anne Frank and her family betrayed and sent to concentration camps. She will die in 1945.

Birthday Susana Gimenez (29-1) in history

• Day 29-1 year 1802: John Beckley became the first Librarian of Congress. He was paid $2 a day.
• Day 29-1 year 1845: Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven was published.
• Day 29-1 year 1850: Henry Clay introduced the Compromise of 1850 to the Senate.
• Day 29-1 year 1861: Kansas became the 34th state in the United States.
• Day 29-1 year 1886: Karl Benz received a patent for the first successful gasoline-driven car.
• Day 29-1 year 1936: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson were the first players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
• Day 29-1 year 1963: Poet Robert Frost died in Boston.
• Day 29-1 year 2002: In his State of the Union address, President Bush labels Iraq, Iran, and North Korea an "axis of evil."