Rock punk singer Christopher Jarecki

Events in 1976 and 4-10

Events in US in the birth year of Christopher Jarecki

• 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 Christopher Jarecki (4-10) in history

• Day 4-10 year 1887: The International Herald Tribune was published for the first time.
• Day 4-10 year 1895: The first U.S. Open Golf tournament was held in Newport, Rhode Island.
• Day 4-10 year 1957: The Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, into orbit around the earth, ushering in the Space Age and Space Race.
• Day 4-10 year 1965: Pope Paul VI made the first visit to the Western Hemisphere by a reigning pope. He came to New York to address the UN General Assembly.
• Day 4-10 year 1970: Rock singer Janis Joplin was found dead of a drug overdose at age 27.
• Day 4-10 year 1990: The German parliament met for the first time since the reunification of Germany.
• Day 4-10 year 2001: Authorities confirmed a tabloid editor in Florida had contracted anthrax. He died the next day.
• Day 4-10 year 2002: John Walker Lindh, the "American Taliban," received a 20-year sentence.