Wrestling athletes Jamie Noble

Events in 1976 and 23-12

Events in US in the birth year of Jamie Noble

• 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 Jamie Noble (23-12) in history

• Day 23-12 year 1783: George Washington resigned as commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army.
• Day 23-12 year 1788: Maryland voted to cede a 100-square-mile area for the District of Columbia.
• Day 23-12 year 1823: The poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" ("'Twas the night before Christmas"), written by either Clement C. Moore or Maj. Henry Livingston, Jr., was published in the Troy Sentinel of New York.
• Day 23-12 year 1913: President Woodrow Wilson signed the act creating the Federal Reserve System.
• Day 23-12 year 1947: The transistor was unveiled by American physicists John Bardeen, Walter H. Brattain, and William Shockley.
• Day 23-12 year 1948: Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed.
• Day 23-12 year 1986: Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager completed the first non-stop, around-the-world flight without refueling aboard the experimental airplane Voyager.