TV show host Alison Haislip

Events in 1981 and 6-2

Events in US in the birth year of Alison Haislip

• Ronald Reagan takes oath as 40th President (Jan. 20).
• President Reagan wounded by gunman, with press secretary and two law-enforcement officers (March 30).
• US Supreme Court rules, 4–4, that former President Nixon and three top aides may be required to pay damages for wiretap of home telephone of former national security aide (June 22).
• Reagan nominates Judge Sandra Day O'Connor, 51, of Arizona, as first woman on US Supreme Court (July 7).
• Air controllers strike, disrupting flights (Aug. 3); government dismisses strikers (Aug. 11).

Birthday Alison Haislip (6-2) in history

• Day 6-2 year 1788: Massachusetts ratified the U.S. Constitution, becoming the sixth state to join the Union.
• Day 6-2 year 1804: Joseph Priestley, British chemist, died. His work on the isolation of gases led him to discover oxygen in 1774.
• Day 6-2 year 1899: The Spanish-American War ended when a peace treaty between Spain and the United States was signed.
• Day 6-2 year 1933: The 20th Amendment to the Constitution, which set the date for the president's inauguration on Jan. 20, was adopted.
• Day 6-2 year 1935: The popular board game Monopoly® went on sale for the first time.
• Day 6-2 year 1952: Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain.
• Day 6-2 year 1971: Astronaut Alan B. Shepard hit a golf ball and Edgar Mitchell threw a "javelin" on the moon. They landed in the same crater and remain on the Moon today.
• Day 6-2 year 2001: Ariel Sharon was elected prime minister of Israel.
• Day 6-2 year 2012: The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II marked the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne.