Ca sĩ R&B Keri Lewis

Events in 1971 and 12-2

Events in US in the birth year of Keri Lewis

• US Supreme Court rules unanimously that busing of students may be ordered to achieve racial desegregation (April 20).
• Anti-war militants attempt to disrupt government business in Washington (May 3)—police and military units arrest as many as 12,000; most are later released.
• Pentagon Papers published (June 13).
• Twenty-sixth Amendment to US Constitution lowers voting age to 18. (June 30).

Birthday Keri Lewis (12-2) in history

• Day 12-2 year 1554: In just nine days, Lady Jane Gray, the queen of England, was executed for high treason. She is known by the nickname "Queen of Nine Days".
• Day 12-2 year 1733: James Edward Oglethorpe led the first British colonists to Savannah, the first capital of Georgia. He later became the first governor of Georgia.
• Day 12-2 year 1818: Chile formally proclaimed its independence from Spain.
• Day 12-2 year 1870: The Utah Territory granted women the right to vote (revoked in 1887).
• Day 12-2 year 1909: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded.
• Day 12-2 year 1912: Pu Yi, the last emperor of the Manchu (Ch'ing) dynasty in China, renounced his throne following the establishment of a republic under Sun Yat-sen.
• Day 12-2 year 1973: The first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam war took place.
• Day 12-2 year 1999: The Senate voted to acquit President Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
• Day 12-2 year 2002: Yugoslavian ex-president Slobodan Milosevic went on trial for war crimes.
• Day 12-2 year 2010: The 2010 Winter Olympics opened in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The games got off to a tragic start when a luger from the Republic of Georgia, Nodar Kumaritashvili, dies tragically in a crash during training run.