TV actor Benito Martinez

Events in 1971 and 28-6

Events in US in the birth year of Benito Martinez

• US Supreme Court rules unanimously that busing of students may be ordered to achieve racial desegregation (April 20).
• Anti-war militants attempt to disrupt government business in Washington (May 3)—police and military units arrest as many as 12,000; most are later released.
• Pentagon Papers published (June 13).
• Twenty-sixth Amendment to US Constitution lowers voting age to 18. (June 30).

Birthday Benito Martinez (28-6) in history

• Day 28-6 year 1836: The fourth President of the United States, James Madison, passed away in Montpelier, Virginia.
• Day 28-6 year 1894: Labor Day became a federal holiday by an act of Congress.
• Day 28-6 year 1914: Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife were assassinated, setting off World War I.
• Day 28-6 year 1919: The Treaty of Versailles was signed in France, ending World War I.
• Day 28-6 year 1978: The Supreme Court ruled in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke that the use of quotas in affirmative action programs was not permissible.
• Day 28-6 year 1996: The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, voted to admit women.
• Day 28-6 year 1997: Boxer Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield's ear during their heavyweight title fight, earning a 16-month suspension.
• Day 28-6 year 2000: Elian Gonzalez was returned to his father in Cuba.
• Day 28-6 year 2001: Serbia handed over Slobodan Milosevic over to the UN war crimes tribunal.
• Day 28-6 year 2004: In Iraq, the United States transferred power back to the Iraqis two days earlier than planned.