TV actress Melissa Peterman

Events in 1971 and 1-7

Events in US in the birth year of Melissa Peterman

• 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 Melissa Peterman (1-7) in history

• Day 1-7 year 1863: The Battle of Gettysburg, which marked the turning point in the Civil War, began.
• Day 1-7 year 1867: Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain under the British North America Act.
• Day 1-7 year 1898: Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders fought the battle of San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War.
• Day 1-7 year 1943: Income tax withholding began in the United States.
• Day 1-7 year 1962: Burundi and Rwanda achieved independence.
• Day 1-7 year 1963: The U.S. Post Office inaugurated its five-digit ZIP (Zone Improvement Plan) codes.
• Day 1-7 year 1968: The United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, and 58 other nations signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
• Day 1-7 year 1994: Yasir Arafat returned to Palestinian land after 27 years in exile.
• Day 1-7 year 1997: After 156 years of British colonial rule, Hong Kong was returned to China.
• Day 1-7 year 2000: Vermont's civil unions law went into effect.
• Day 1-7 year 2013: Croatia became the 28th member of the European Union.