Novelist Samuel R. Delany

Events in 1942 and 1-4

Events in US in the birth year of Samuel R. Delany

• More than 120,000 Japanese and persons of Japanese ancestry living in western U.S. moved to "relocation centers," some for the duration of the war (Executive Order 9066).
• Coconut Grove nightclub fire in Boston kills 491. Background: Fires and Explosions
• Women's military services established. Background: Female Military Personnel on Active Duty by Grade, September 1998. See Also: Women's History
• Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, first health maintenance organization (HMO), begins in Oakland, Calif.

Birthday Samuel R. Delany (1-4) in history

• Day 1-4 year 1789: Mr Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania was elected the first Speaker of the House of Representatives.
• Day 1-4 year 1933: The Nazi persecution of Jews began in Germany with a boycott of Jewish businesses.
• Day 1-4 year 1945: American forces landed on Okinawa during World War II.
• Day 1-4 year 1960: The first U.S. weather satellite, TIROS-1, was launched from Cape Canaveral.
• Day 1-4 year 1970: President Nixon signed a bill into law banning cigarette ads from radio and television.
• Day 1-4 year 1976: Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer.
• Day 1-4 year 1979: Ayatollah Khomeini proclaimed the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
• Day 1-4 year 2001: Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic arrested on corruption charges.
• Day 1-4 year 2003: Pvt. Jessica Lynch was rescued by U.S. commandos in a raid on an Iraqi hospital.
• Day 1-4 year 2004: President Bush signed the "Laci Peterson" bill making it a separate federal crime to harm a fetus during an attack on the mother.
• Day 1-4 year 2009: Sweden becomes the fifth European country to legalize same-sex marriage. The other countries with the same rights are The Netherlands, Norway, Belgium and Spain.