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Events in 1997 and 5-11

Events in the world in the birth year of LPShannah

• Hebron agreement signed; Israel gives up large part of West Bank city of Hebron (Jan. 16). Israeli government approves establishment of Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem, a setback in Middle East peace process (Feb. 26). Background: Middle East Peace Negotiations
• US, UK, and France agree to freeze Nazis' gold loot (Feb. 3).
• Hong Kong returns to Chinese rule (June 30).
• Khmer Rouge hold trial of longtime leader Pol Pot (July 25).
• Swiss plan first payment to Holocaust victims (Sept. 17).
• European Union plans to admit six nations (Dec. 13).

Birthday LPShannah (5-11) in history

• Day 5-11 year 1605: The "Gunpowder plot" of a group of Catholics to assassinate King James I by blowing up the British Parliament has failed.
• Day 5-11 year 1872: Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for trying to vote in the presidential election (she was trying to vote for President Grant).
• Day 5-11 year 1895: George B. Selden of Rochester, N.Y., received the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
• Day 5-11 year 1940: President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term in office when he defeated Wendell L. Willkie.
• Day 5-11 year 1968: The first black woman representative to serve in Congress, Shirley Chisholm, was elected.
• Day 5-11 year 1974: Ella T. Grasso became the first woman to win a gubernatorial office without succeeding her husband.
• Day 5-11 year 1989: Pianist Vladimir Horowitz died in New York at age 85.
• Day 5-11 year 1994: At 45, George Foreman, became the oldest heavyweight champion when he knocked out Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight in Las Vegas.
• Day 5-11 year 2011: Former Penn State defensive coordinator, Jerry Sandusky, is arrested on charges of 40 counts of sexual abuse over a 15-year period.