Instagram star Amber Asaly

Events in 1992 and 7-11

Events in US in the birth year of Amber Asaly

• 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 Amber Asaly (7-11) in history

• Day 7-11 year 1874: The Republican Party was first symbolized as an elephant in a cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly magazine.
• Day 7-11 year 1916: Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress.
• Day 7-11 year 1917: Vladimir Lenin's forces overthrew Alexander Kerensky's government in Russia's Bolshevik Revolution.
• Day 7-11 year 1944: President Franklin D. Roosevelt won a fourth term in office, defeating Thomas E. Dewey.
• Day 7-11 year 1962: Former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt died in New York City at age 78.
• Day 7-11 year 1967: Carl Stokes of Cleveland became the first African American mayor of a major U.S. city.
• Day 7-11 year 1989: L. Douglas Wilder was elected governor of Virginia. He became the nation's first elected black governor.
• Day 7-11 year 2000: The U.S. went to the polls to choose between George W. Bush and Al Gore. The outcome wouldn't be known for more than a month because of disputed votes in Florida.