Journalist Michael Phillips

Events in 1961 and 11-3

Events in US in the birth year of Michael Phillips

• Robert Frost recites "The Gift Outright" at John F. Kennedy's inauguration (Jan. 20).
• First US astronaut, Navy Cmdr. Alan B. Shepard, Jr., rockets 116.5 miles up in 302-mile trip (May 5).
• Virgil Grissom becomes second American astronaut, making 118-mile-high, 303-mile-long rocket flight over Atlantic (July 21).

Birthday Michael Phillips (11-3) in history

• Day 11-3 year 1861: The Confederate States of America adopted its constitution.
• Day 11-3 year 1888: A torrential rainstorm hit the East Coast. The rain turned to snow the next day and it became the Blizzard of 1888, the most famous snowstorm in American history. It caused more than 400 deaths.
• Day 11-3 year 1930: William Howard Taft became the first U.S. president to be buried in the National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
• Day 11-3 year 1941: President Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Bill.
• Day 11-3 year 1942: General Douglas MacArthur leaves the Philippines saying, "I shall return."
• Day 11-3 year 1985: Mikhail Gorbachev became head of the Soviet Union following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. At 54, he was the youngest member of the ruling Politburo.
• Day 11-3 year 1990: Augusto Pinochet of Chile, dictator since 1973, steps down.
• Day 11-3 year 1993: Janet Reno won unanimous Senate confirmation to be the first female U.S. Attorney General.
• Day 11-3 year 2004: Over 200 people were killed and over 1,400 were injured when bombs exploded in Madrid train stations. Al-Qaeda took responsibility for the attacks.
• Day 11-3 year 2011: Japan is hit by an enormous earthquake that triggers a deadly 23-foot tsunami in the country's north, about 230 miles northeast of Tokyo. Cooling systems in one of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station fail shortly after the earthquake, causing a nuclear crisis.