TV actress Shar Jackson

Events in 1976 and 31-8

Events in US in the birth year of Shar Jackson

• US Supreme Court rules that blacks and other minorities are entitled to retroactive job seniority (March 24).
• Ford signs Federal Election Campaign Act (May 11).
• US Supreme Court rules that death penalty is not inherently cruel or unusual and is a constitutionally acceptable form of punishment (July 3).
• Nation celebrates Bicentennial (July 4).
• Mysterious disease strikes American Legion convention in Philadelphia, eventually claiming 29 lives (Aug. 4).
• Jimmy Carter elected US President (Nov. 2).

Birthday Shar Jackson (31-8) in history

• Day 31-8 year 1887: Thomas Edison received a patent for his "Kinetoscope," and moving pictures were born.
• Day 31-8 year 1888: Mary Ann Nicholls, considered to be Jack the Ripper's first victim, was found murdered in London.
• Day 31-8 year 1962: Trinidad and Tobago gained independence from Great Britain.
• Day 31-8 year 1980: Poland's Solidarity labor movement had its beginnings when an agreement ending a 17-day strike was signed in Gdansk.
• Day 31-8 year 1994: Russia officially ended its military presence in the former East Germany and the Baltic states.
• Day 31-8 year 1997: Princess Diana and her companion Dodi al-Fayed were killed in a car accident in Paris.
• Day 31-8 year 2012: Armenia severed diplomatic relations with Hungary, after the pardoning of Ramil Safarov. In 2004, Safarov was convicted of killing an Armenian soldier.