Youtube star Jeremy Shafer

Events in 1973 and 9-5

Events in US in the birth year of Jeremy Shafer

• Nixon, on national TV, accepts responsibility, but not blame, for Watergate; accepts resignations of H. R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman, fires John W. Dean III as counsel (April 30).
• Spiro T. Agnew resigns as Vice President and then pleads no contest to charges of evasion of income taxes while Governor of Maryland (Oct. 10).
• In the "Saturday Night Massacre," Nixon fires special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox and Deputy Attorney General William D. Ruckelshaus; Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson resigns (Oct. 20).
• US Supreme Court rules on Roe v. Wade.

Birthday Jeremy Shafer (9-5) in history

• Day 9-5 year 1914: Mother's Day became a public holiday.
• Day 9-5 year 1926: Explorers Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett flew over the North Pole.
• Day 9-5 year 1936: Fascist Italy annexed Ethiopia.
• Day 9-5 year 1962: The Beatles signed their first recording contract and hired George Martin to be their producer.
• Day 9-5 year 1978: The body of slain former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro was found in an automobile in Rome.
• Day 9-5 year 1984: It took the Chicago White Sox 25 innings, eight hours, and six minutes, over two days, to finally defeat the Milwaukee Brewers, 7-6. It was the longest game (in elapsed time) in major-league history.
• Day 9-5 year 1994: The South African parliament chose Nelson Mandela as president.
• Day 9-5 year 2004: Chechnya's Moscow-backed leader, Akhmad Kadyrov, was killed in a bombing. Six others were killed and another 60 wounded.