Radio program host Alex Albrecht

Events in 1976 and 14-8

Events in US in the birth year of Alex Albrecht

• US Supreme Court rules that blacks and other minorities are entitled to retroactive job seniority (March 24).
• Ford signs Federal Election Campaign Act (May 11).
• US Supreme Court rules that death penalty is not inherently cruel or unusual and is a constitutionally acceptable form of punishment (July 3).
• Nation celebrates Bicentennial (July 4).
• Mysterious disease strikes American Legion convention in Philadelphia, eventually claiming 29 lives (Aug. 4).
• Jimmy Carter elected US President (Nov. 2).

Birthday Alex Albrecht (14-8) in history

• Day 14-8 year 1900: International forces entered Beijing, China, in an effort to suppress the antiforeign uprising known as the Boxer Rebellion.
• Day 14-8 year 1935: The Social Security Act became law.
• Day 14-8 year 1945: Japan surrendered to the United States, ending World War II.
• Day 14-8 year 1947: Pakistan became independent of British rule.
• Day 14-8 year 1951: Newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst died in Beverly Hills, California.
• Day 14-8 year 1995: Shannon Faulkner became the first female cadet at the Citadel, the state military college of South Carolina.
• Day 14-8 year 1997: Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to death for the Oklahoma City bombing.
• Day 14-8 year 2003: The largest blackout in North American history hit the northeast.