Playwright Spencer Susser

Events in 1974 and 2-3

Events in US in the birth year of Spencer Susser

• Patricia Hearst, 19-year-old daughter of publisher Randolph Hearst, kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army (Feb. 5).
• House Judiciary Committee adopts three articles of impeachment charging President Nixon with obstruction of justice, failure to uphold laws, and refusal to produce material subpoenaed by the committee (July 30).
• Richard M. Nixon announces he will resign the next day, the first President to do so (Aug. 8).
• Vice President Gerald R. Ford of Michigan is sworn in as 38th President of the US (Aug. 9).
• Ford grants "full, free, and absolute pardon" to ex-President Nixon (Sept. 8).

Birthday Spencer Susser (2-3) in history

• Day 2-3 year 1836: Texas declared its independence from Mexico.
• Day 2-3 year 1877: Rutherford B. Hayes was declared president by a U.S. electoral commission since the original result was too close to call. He was the only president elected this way.
• Day 2-3 year 1917: Puerto Rico became a U.S. territory and Puerto Ricans gained American citizenship.
• Day 2-3 year 1923: The first issue of Henry Luce's TIME magazine appeared on newsstands.
• Day 2-3 year 1933: King Kong, starring Fay Wray, premiered in New York City.
• Day 2-3 year 1949: Captain James Gallagher completed the first non-stop around the world flight. He completed the 23,452-mile journey in 94 hours, 1 minute.
• Day 2-3 year 1956: Morocco gained independence from France.
• Day 2-3 year 1962: Philadelphia Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain scored an NBA-record 100 points in a basketball game.
• Day 2-3 year 2001: The Taliban began the destruction of ancient Buddha statues in Afghanistan.
• Day 2-3 year 2008: Dmitri A. Medvedev, a former aide to Russian president Vladimir Putin who has never held elected office, won the Russian presidential election in a landslide. Putin remained in a position of power, serving as Medvedev's prime minister.