TV actor Eric Millegan

Events in 1974 and 25-8

Events in US in the birth year of Eric Millegan

• 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 Eric Millegan (25-8) in history

• Day 25-8 year 1718: Louisiana's largest city, New Orleans, was founded by French settlers and named after the Duke of Orleans.
• Day 25-8 year 1825: Uruguay declared its independence from Brazil.
• Day 25-8 year 1875: Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel. It took him 21 hours and 45 minutes.
• Day 25-8 year 1916: The Department of the Interior created the National Park Service to manage and preserve national parks and monuments for future generations.
• Day 25-8 year 1944: Paris was liberated from Nazi occupation by Allied forces.
• Day 25-8 year 1984: Author Truman Capote was found dead in Los Angeles.
• Day 25-8 year 2001: Singer and actress Aaliyah died in a plane crash in the Bahamas.
• Day 25-8 year 2003: NASA launched the infrared Spitzer Space Telescope.
• Day 25-8 year 2009: Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy, a fixture in the Senate for 46 years, dies of brain cancer at the age of 77.
• Day 25-8 year 2012: The first human to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong, died after suffering complications from a heart bypass.