Sports commentator Kevin Frazier

Events in 1964 and 20-5

Events in US in the birth year of Kevin Frazier

• US Supreme Court rules that Congressional districts should be roughly equal in population (Feb. 17).
• Three civil rights workers—Schwerner, Goodman, and Cheney—murdered in Mississippi (June). Background: Civil Rights
• President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy issues Warren Report concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.
• Jack Ruby convicted of murder in slaying of Lee Harvey Oswald.

Birthday Kevin Frazier (20-5) in history

• Day 20-5 year 1506: The great Italian explorer Christopher Columbus passed away in Spain.
• Day 20-5 year 1861: North Carolina voted to secede from the Union.
• Day 20-5 year 1927: Charles Lindbergh began the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight, departing from Long Island aboard the Spirit of Saint Louis.
• Day 20-5 year 1932: Amelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
• Day 20-5 year 1961: A mob attacked a busload of "freedom riders" in Montgomery, Ala., setting the bus on fire.
• Day 20-5 year 1978: Mavis Hutchinson, 53, became the first woman to run across America. The 3,000-mile trek took her 69 days. She ran an average of 45 miles each day.
• Day 20-5 year 1996: In a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court rejected a Colorado measure banning laws that protect homosexuals from discrimination.
• Day 20-5 year 2002: East Timor became the what was then the world's newest nation.