TV actor Christian Kane

Events in 1974 and 27-6

Events in US in the birth year of Christian Kane

• Patricia Hearst, 19-year-old daughter of publisher Randolph Hearst, kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army (Feb. 5).
• House Judiciary Committee adopts three articles of impeachment charging President Nixon with obstruction of justice, failure to uphold laws, and refusal to produce material subpoenaed by the committee (July 30).
• Richard M. Nixon announces he will resign the next day, the first President to do so (Aug. 8).
• Vice President Gerald R. Ford of Michigan is sworn in as 38th President of the US (Aug. 9).
• Ford grants "full, free, and absolute pardon" to ex-President Nixon (Sept. 8).

Birthday Christian Kane (27-6) in history

• Day 27-6 year 1844: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints founder Joseph Smith was murdered by a mob in Carthage, Ill.
• Day 27-6 year 1898: Joshua Slocum became the first person to successfully circumnavigate the earth alone when he landed his sloop Spray in Newport, R.I., a 46,000-mile trip.
• Day 27-6 year 1922: The Newbery Medal for children’s literature was first awarded.
• Day 27-6 year 1950: President Harry S. Truman ordered the Air Force and Navy into the Korean War.
• Day 27-6 year 1954: The world's first atomic power station opened at Obninsk, near Moscow.
• Day 27-6 year 1969: Police and gays clashed at the Stonewall Inn in New York City, fostering the gay rights movement.
• Day 27-6 year 1985: The legendary Route 66, running from Chicago to Santa Monica, Calif., was decertified, the victim of the Interstate Highway System.
• Day 27-6 year 2003: The national do-not-call registry, formed to combat unwanted telemarketing calls and administered by the Federal Trade Commission, enrolled almost three-quarters of a million phone numbers on its first day.