Actress Caitlin Carver

Events in 1992 and 31-5

Events in US in the birth year of Caitlin Carver

• Four officers acquitted in Los Angeles beating of Rodney King; violence erupts in Los Angeles (April 29 et seq.).
• Caspar W. Weinberger indicted in Iran-Contra affair (June 16).
• US Supreme Court reaffirms right to abortion (June 29).
• Democratic convention nominates Bill Clinton and Al Gore (July 1).
• Court clears Exxon Valdez skipper (July 10). Background: Oil Spills
• Four police officers indicted in Rodney King beating (Aug. 5).
• Republicans renominate Bush and Quayle (Aug. 20).
• Senate ratifies second Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (Oct. 1).
• Bill Clinton elected President, Al Gore Vice President; Democrats keep control of Congress (Nov. 3).
• Bush pardons former Reagan Administration officials involved in Iran-Contra affair (Dec. 24).

Birthday Caitlin Carver (31-5) in history

• Day 31-5 year 1790: The first U.S. Copyright Law was enacted, protecting books, maps, and other original materials.
• Day 31-5 year 1889: Heavy rains caused the South Fork Dam to collapse, sending 20 million tons of water into Johnstown, Pa. Over 2,200 people were killed and the town was nearly destroyed.
• Day 31-5 year 1911: The hull of the Titanic was launched in Belfast. At the ceremony, a White Star Line employee claimed, “Not even God himself could sink this ship.”
• Day 31-5 year 1961: South Africa became an independent republic.
• Day 31-5 year 1962: Former Gestapo official Adolf Eichmann was hanged in Israel.
• Day 31-5 year 1970: An earthquake in Peru left more than 50,000 dead.
• Day 31-5 year 2004: Alberta Martin, 97, one of the last widows of a U.S. Civil War veteran, died. She had married Confederate veteran William Martin in 1927 when she was 21 and he was 81.
• Day 31-5 year 2010: Nine people are dead after an Israeli navy commando attacks a flotilla of cargo ships and passenger boats on their way to Gaza to provide aid and supplies for the area.