The scientist Aaron D. O'Connell

Events in 1981 and 5-3

Events in US in the birth year of Aaron D. O'Connell

• Ronald Reagan takes oath as 40th President (Jan. 20).
• President Reagan wounded by gunman, with press secretary and two law-enforcement officers (March 30).
• US Supreme Court rules, 4–4, that former President Nixon and three top aides may be required to pay damages for wiretap of home telephone of former national security aide (June 22).
• Reagan nominates Judge Sandra Day O'Connor, 51, of Arizona, as first woman on US Supreme Court (July 7).
• Air controllers strike, disrupting flights (Aug. 3); government dismisses strikers (Aug. 11).

Birthday Aaron D. O'Connell (5-3) in history

• Day 5-3 year 1770: The Boston Massacre was a pre-Revolutionary incident that arose from anger towards the British army, and five anti-British rioters were killed.
• Day 5-3 year 1933: In the last free elections in Germany until after World War II, the Nazi Party received 44% of the vote.
• Day 5-3 year 1946: Winston Churchill delivered his famous Iron curtain speech, "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended across the continent."
• Day 5-3 year 1953: Soviet dictator Josef Stalin died at age 73, after 29 years in power.
• Day 5-3 year 1963: Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hankshaw Hawkins were killed in a plane crash.
• Day 5-3 year 1997: North and South Korean representatives met for the first time in 25 years for peace talks.