Family member Steven Ford

Events in 1956 and 19-5

Events in US in the birth year of Steven Ford

• Autherine Lucy, the first black student at the University of Alabama, is suspended after riots (March 1).
• U.S. tests the first aerial hydrogen bomb over Namu islet, Bikini Atoll with the force of 10 million tons TNT (May 21). Background: nuclear weapons

Birthday Steven Ford (19-5) in history

• Day 19-5 year 1536: Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, was beheaded by her husband.
• Day 19-5 year 1588: A massive fleet of 130 ships named Armada, meaning "Greatest and Luckiest Navy", has set out for England. Three months later, the fleet was scuttled by a storm and the British navy.
• Day 19-5 year 1643: Meeting of Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Harbor the colonies of Massachusetts Bay on forming the New England Confederacy.
• Day 19-5 year 1921: Congress passed the Emergency Quota Act, establishing national quotas for immigrants.
• Day 19-5 year 1928: The first annual Calaveras County "Frog Jumping Jubilee" was held in Angel's Camp, California.
• Day 19-5 year 1935: British author and soldier, T. E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia," died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash.
• Day 19-5 year 1962: Marilyn Monroe sang “Happy Birthday” to president John F. Kennedy.
• Day 19-5 year 1992: The 27th Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibited Congress from giving itself midterm pay raises, went into effect.
• Day 19-5 year 1994: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died in New York.