Youtube star Timothy Bishop

Events in 1976 and 5-4

Events in US in the birth year of Timothy Bishop

• 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 Timothy Bishop (5-4) in history

• Day 5-4 year 1614: Pocahontas, the daughter of the Powhatan school prisoner (who was made into an animated movie called Pocahontas), married John Rolfe. It was a shocking event when a native married a British colonist.
• Day 5-4 year 1792: George Washington cast the first presidential veto.
• Day 5-4 year 1887: Anne Sullivan makes the breakthrough to Helen Keller by spelling "water" in the manual alphabet.
• Day 5-4 year 1951: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for giving away atomic secrets to the Russians.
• Day 5-4 year 1955: Winston Churchill resigned as prime minister of Britain.
• Day 5-4 year 1971: Canadian Fran Phipps became the first woman to reach the North Pole.
• Day 5-4 year 1999: Libya gave over two suspects in the Lockerbie, Scotland Pan Am bombing.