MC game show Wink Martindale

Events in 1934 and 4-12

Events in US in the birth year of Wink Martindale

• Securities Exchange Act is passed, establishing the Securities and Exchange Commission.
• Federal Communications Commission is established to regulate communications.
• Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker ambushed by lawmen in Louisiana. John Dillinger is shot outside Chicago movie theater.
• Dust storms ruin about 100 million acres and damage another 200 million acres of cropland in Kansas, Texas, Colorado, and Oklahoma ("Dust Bowl").

Birthday Wink Martindale (4-12) in history

• Day 4-12 year 1783: George Washington delivered his farewell address to his officers at Fraunces Tavern in New York City.
• Day 4-12 year 1816: James Monroe of Virginia was elected (by electors) the fifth president of the United States.
• Day 4-12 year 1875: William Marcy "Boss" Tweed of New York's Tammany Hall escaped from jail and fled the country.
• Day 4-12 year 1945: The Senate approved U.S. participation in the United Nations.
• Day 4-12 year 1978: Dianne Feinstein became San Francisco's first female mayor.
• Day 4-12 year 1991: Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson is released after seven years as a hostage in Lebanon.
• Day 4-12 year 1993: Rock musician and composer Frank Zappa died at age 52.
• Day 4-12 year 2003: Interpol put the former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, on its most-wanted list.