Vine star Luis Davila

Events in 1996 and 22-3

Events in US in the birth year of Luis Davila

• US budget crisis in fourth month (Jan 3).
• Clinton approves resumption of many government operations (Jan. 6).
• Bob Dole sweeps primaries (March 5).
• F.B.I. arrests suspected Unabomber (April 3).
• Clinton signs line-item veto bill (April 9).
• President blocks ban on late-term abortions (April 10).
• Valujet crashes in Everglades; all 110 aboard killed (May 11).
• 747 airliner crashes in Atlantic off Long Island, N.Y.; all 230 aboard perish (July 17).
• Congress passes welfare reform bill (Aug. 2); approved by Clinton Aug. 22.
• Republican convention nominates Bob Dole and Jack Kemp (Aug. 14); Democratic convention nominates incumbents Clinton and Gore, who win the national election (Nov. 5).
• Clinton appoints Madeleine Albright as first female US secretary of state (Dec. 5).

Birthday Luis Davila (22-3) in history

• Day 22-3 year 1765: The Stamp Act was enacted by Britain on the American colonies.
• Day 22-3 year 1820: U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with dishonored former Chesapeake captain James Barron.
• Day 22-3 year 1894: The first Stanley Cup championship game was played. The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (which won the cup unchallenged the previous year) triumphed over the Ottawa Capitals.
• Day 22-3 year 1895: Auguste and Louis Lumiere first demonstrated motion pictures using celluloid film in Paris.
• Day 22-3 year 1945: The Arab League was formed in Cairo, by Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria.
• Day 22-3 year 1972: Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment and sent it to be ratified by the states. The amendment would fail to get the required 38 states to ratify it.
• Day 22-3 year 1997: Comet Hale-Bopp made its closest approach to Earth in the skies over the northern hemisphere. The comet’s next pass is predicted for the year 4397.
• Day 22-3 year 2012: Amadou Toumani Touré, The President of Mali, was ousted in a coup d'état.