Manager Michael Mann

Events in 1943 and 5-2

Events in US in the birth year of Michael Mann

• President freezes prices, salaries, and wages to prevent inflation .
• Withholding tax on wages introduced. Background: History of the Income Tax in the United States
• The Pentagon is completed and becomes the largest office building in the world.
• The Chinese Exclusion Acts of 1882 and 1902 are repealed permitting immigration and naturalization of Chinese.

Birthday Michael Mann (5-2) in history

• Day 5-2 year 1811: The Prince of Wales became King Regent of England, and then King George IV after George III was declared insane.
• Day 5-2 year 1917: Congress passed the Immigration Act, which restricted Asian immigration, over President Wilson's veto.
• Day 5-2 year 1937: FDR proposed increasing the number of Supreme Court justices—"packing" the court.
• Day 5-2 year 1994: Byron De La Beckwith was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Medgar Evers, 30 years after the crime in Jackson, Mississippi.
• Day 5-2 year 1997: Under international pressure, three of Switzerland's biggest banks created a fund worth 100 million Swiss francs for Holocaust victims and their families.