Comedian James Bachman

Events in 1972 and 24-2

Events in the world in the birth year of James Bachman

• President Nixon makes unprecedented eight-day visit to Communist China and meets with Mao Zedong (Feb. 17).
• Britain takes over direct rule of Northern Ireland in bid for peace (March 24).
• Eleven Israeli athletes at Olympic Games in Munich are killed after eight members of an Arab terrorist group invades Olympic Village; five guerrillas and one policeman are also killed (Sept. 5).
• Nixon orders "Christmas bombing" of North Vietnam (Dec.). Background: Vietnam War

Birthday James Bachman (24-2) in history

• Day 24-2 year 1582: Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull introducing the Gregorian calendar reform. The solar calendar that is being officially used in most countries around the world is therefore called the Gregorian calendar.
• Day 24-2 year 1803: The Supreme Court ruled in Marbury v. Madison that any act of Congress which conflicts with the Constitution is null and void.
• Day 24-2 year 1821: Mexico declared its independence from Spain.
• Day 24-2 year 1868: Andrew Johnson, 17th president of the United States, became the first president to have impeachment proceedings brought against him by the House of Representatives.
• Day 24-2 year 1903: The lease for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was signed.
• Day 24-2 year 1920: Adolf Hitler outlined the basic points of the Nazi party at the Hofbrauhaus in Munich.
• Day 24-2 year 1968: The discovery of a pulsar was announced.
• Day 24-2 year 1980: The U.S. hockey team defeated Finland to win the gold medal at the Lake Placid Olympics.
• Day 24-2 year 2022: The Russian Federation began its first attack on Ukraine, a large-scale military offensive (or "special military operation") against Ukraine, which the United Nations calls Russia. Invasion of Ukraine, the Western press called "Russia invaded Ukraine," "Ukrainian war," German press called "Putin war."