TV actor Antwon Tanner

Events in 1975 and 14-4

Events in US in the birth year of Antwon Tanner

• John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman found guilty of Watergate cover-up (Jan. 1); sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail (Feb. 21).
• President Ford escapes assassination attempt in Sacramento, Calif. (Sept. 5).
• President Ford escapes second assassination attempt in 17 days (Sept. 22).

Birthday Antwon Tanner (14-4) in history

• Day 14-4 year 1775: Former US treasury governor Benjamin Rush was one of the founders of America's first anti-slavery society.
• Day 14-4 year 1828: Noah Webster copyrighted the first edition of his dictionary.
• Day 14-4 year 1860: The first pony express rider reached his destination of San Francisco. He left St. Joseph, Mo., on April 3.
• Day 14-4 year 1865: Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
• Day 14-4 year 1894: The first kinetoscope parlor opened in New York City.
• Day 14-4 year 1912: Titanic hit the iceberg that would sink her the next morning.
• Day 14-4 year 1969: In a record breaking night at the Academy Awards, a tie between Katherine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand resulted in the two sharing the the Best Actress Oscar and Hepburn broke the record as the only actress to win three Best Actress Oscars.
• Day 14-4 year 2002: Hugo Chávez returned as president of Venezuela after being forced out of office two days previously.
• Day 14-4 year 2003: Abu Abbas, the leader of the terrorist group Palestine Liberation Front when the group hijacked the liner Achille Lauro, was captured by U.S. forces in Iraq.
• Day 14-4 year 2010: An explosion in the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland results in a volcanic ash plume in the atmosphere over northern and central Europe. Air travel in the region is halted for several days.