Pop - Singer Darius Rucker

Events in 1966 and 13-5

Events in US in the birth year of Darius Rucker

• Medicare begins (July 1).
• Supreme Court decides Miranda v. Arizona, protecting rights of the accused.
• Stokeley Carmichael elected president of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Background: Student movements

Birthday Darius Rucker (13-5) in history

• Day 13-5 year 1568: Queen Mary of the Scots was defeated at the Battle of Langside and immediately fled to Northern England.
• Day 13-5 year 1846: The United States formally declared war on Mexico after several days of fighting.
• Day 13-5 year 1938: Louis Armstrong and his orchestra recorded the New Orleans's jazz classic, When the Saints Go Marching In, on Decca Records.
• Day 13-5 year 1940: Winston Churchill gave his first speech as prime minister: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
• Day 13-5 year 1973: Tennis male chauvinist Bobby Riggs defeated Margaret Smith Court, 6-2, 6-1 in front of a world-wide television audience. He would lose to Billie Jean King later that year.
• Day 13-5 year 1981: Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Agca as he drove through a crowd in St. Peter's Square, Rome.