TV show host Jenny McCarthy

Events in 1972 and 1-11

Events in US in the birth year of Jenny McCarthy

• Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama is shot by Arthur H. Bremer at Laurel, Md., political rally (May 15).
• Five men are apprehended by police in attempt to bug Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C.’s Watergate complex—start of the Watergate scandal (June 17).
• US Supreme Court rules that death penalty is unconstitutional (June 29).

Birthday Jenny McCarthy (1-11) in history

• Day 1-11 year 1512: The frescoes by artist Michelangelo on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were first presented to the public.
• Day 1-11 year 1755: A devastating earthquake, fire, and tsunami leveled the city of Lisbon, Portugal, and claimed the lives of 70,000 people. It is considered the most tragic event in Europe in the 18th century.
• Day 1-11 year 1765: The Stamp Act, the first direct tax levied on the American colonies, went into effect.
• Day 1-11 year 1870: The U.S. Weather Bureau made its first meteorological observations.
• Day 1-11 year 1936: Benito Mussolini described the new alliance between Nazi Germany and Italy as an "axis" running between Berlin and Rome.
• Day 1-11 year 1952: The United States exploded the first hydrogen bomb in a test in the Marshall Islands.
• Day 1-11 year 1993: The Maastricht Treaty was enacted, establishing the European Union.