Why YouNow Graysan Rogers

Events in 1998 and 22-3

Events in US in the birth year of Graysan Rogers

• President accused in White House sex scandal; denies allegations of affair with White House intern, Monica Lewinsky (Jan. 21 et seq.).
• President outlines first balanced budget in 30 years (Feb. 3).
• US Supreme Court rules line-item veto unconstitutional (Feb. 12).
• Unabomber sentenced to four life terms (May 4).
• Life sentence meted out to Terry Nichols, convicted in Oklahoma City bombing fatal to 168 (June 4).
• Starr Report by independent counsel outlines case for impeachment proceedings against President (Sept. 11).
• Matthew Shepard, gay Wyoming student, fatally beaten in hate crime; two arrested (Oct. 6 et seq.).
• House impeaches President Clinton along party lines on two charges, perjury and obstruction of justice. (Dec. 19).

Birthday Graysan Rogers (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.