Pop - Singer Stephen Jerzak

Events in 1992 and 5-5

Events in US in the birth year of Stephen Jerzak

• Four officers acquitted in Los Angeles beating of Rodney King; violence erupts in Los Angeles (April 29 et seq.).
• Caspar W. Weinberger indicted in Iran-Contra affair (June 16).
• US Supreme Court reaffirms right to abortion (June 29).
• Democratic convention nominates Bill Clinton and Al Gore (July 1).
• Court clears Exxon Valdez skipper (July 10). Background: Oil Spills
• Four police officers indicted in Rodney King beating (Aug. 5).
• Republicans renominate Bush and Quayle (Aug. 20).
• Senate ratifies second Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (Oct. 1).
• Bill Clinton elected President, Al Gore Vice President; Democrats keep control of Congress (Nov. 3).
• Bush pardons former Reagan Administration officials involved in Iran-Contra affair (Dec. 24).

Birthday Stephen Jerzak (5-5) in history

• Day 5-5 year 1809: Mary Kies of South Killingly became the first woman to be granted a patent for the right to the technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
• Day 5-5 year 1821: Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte passed away on the island of Saint Helena
• Day 5-5 year 1891: Carnegie Hall (then known as Music Hall) opened in New York City. Peter Tchaikovsky was the guest conductor.
• Day 5-5 year 1925: John Scopes was arrested in Tennessee for teaching Darwinism.
• Day 5-5 year 1961: Alan Shepard became the first American in space.
• Day 5-5 year 1981: Bobby Sands of the Irish Republican Army died in a prison hospital on the 66th day of his hunger strike.
• Day 5-5 year 2004: Pablo Picasso's "Boy with a Pipe" became the most expensive painting ever sold.