Football player Connor Barwin

Events in 1986 and 18-10

Events in US in the birth year of Connor Barwin

• US Supreme Court bars racial bias in trial jury selection (Jan. 14).
• Space shuttle Challenger explodes after launch at Cape Canaveral, Fla., killing all seven aboard (Jan. 28).
• US Supreme Court reaffirms abortion rights (June 11).
• Senate Judiciary Committee approves William H. Rehnquist as Chief Justice of US Supreme Court(Aug. 14).
• House votes arms appropriations bill rejecting Administration's "star wars" policy (Aug. 15).
• Secret initiative to send arms to Iran revealed (Nov. 6 et seq.); Reagan denies exchanging arms for hostages and halts arms sales (Nov. 19); diversion of funds from arms sales to Nicaraguan Contras revealed (Nov. 25).

Birthday Connor Barwin (18-10) in history

• Day 18-10 year 1685: King Louis XIV of France revoked the Edict of Nantes.
• Day 18-10 year 1767: The Mason-Dixon Line, which divides the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania, has been reached.
• Day 18-10 year 1867: The United States took possession of Alaska from Russia.
• Day 18-10 year 1912: The first Balkan War broke out.
• Day 18-10 year 1931: Inventor Thomas Alva Edison died in West Orange, N.J., at age 84.
• Day 18-10 year 1968: The U.S. Olympic Committee suspended two black athletes for giving a "black power" salute during a victory ceremony at the Mexico City games.
• Day 18-10 year 2011: Gilad Shalit, a 25-year-old Israeli soldier, is released after being held for more than five years by Hamas. He is exchanged for 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. Shalit had been held in Gaza since Palestinian militants kidnapped him in 2006.