Sports commentator Steve Phillips

Events in 1963 and 18-5

Events in US in the birth year of Steve Phillips

• Michael E. De Bakey implants artificial heart in human for first time at Houston hospital (April 21).
• US Supreme Court rules no locality may require recitation of Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in public schools (June 17). Background: Church and State
• "March on Washington," civil rights rally held by 200,000 blacks and whites in Washington, D.C.; Martin Luther King delivers "I have a dream" speech (Aug. 28).
• President Kennedy shot and killed in Dallas, Tex. Lyndon B. Johnson becomes President same day (Nov. 22). Background: Timeline of Kennedy tragedies
• Lee Harvey Oswald, accused Kennedy assassin, is shot and killed by Jack Ruby (Nov. 24).

Birthday Steve Phillips (18-5) in history

• Day 18-5 year 1642: The city of Montreal in Canada today was founded by the French.
• Day 18-5 year 1804: Napoleon Bonaparte was proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate.
• Day 18-5 year 1896: The Supreme Court affirmed racial segregation in Plessy v. Ferguson as "separate but equal."
• Day 18-5 year 1920: Pope John Paul II was born near Krakow, Poland.
• Day 18-5 year 1953: Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound.
• Day 18-5 year 1974: India became the 6th country to become a nuclear power.
• Day 18-5 year 1980: Mount St. Helens, in Washington state, erupted after being dormant for 123 years.
• Day 18-5 year 1994: Israeli troops withdrew from the Gaza strip after three decades of occupation and Palestinians took over.
• Day 18-5 year 2000: A bill was finally passed that removed the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse.
• Day 18-5 year 2003: President Megawati Sukarnoputri of Indonesia declared martial law and sent 30,000 troops into Aceh.
• Day 18-5 year 2004: Sonia Gandhi stunned her party, the Indian National Congress, by refusing to accept the prime ministership of India.