Football player Quincy Amarikwa

Events in 1987 and 29-10

Events in US in the birth year of Quincy Amarikwa

• US Supreme Court rules Rotary Clubs must admit women (May 4).
• US Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr., retires (June 26).
• Oliver North, Jr., tells Congressional inquiry higher officials approved his secret Iran-Contra operations (July 7–10).
• Admiral John M. Poindexter, former National Security Adviser, testifies he authorized use of Iran arms sale profits to aid Contras (July 15–22).
• George P. Shultz testifies he was deceived repeatedly on Iran-Contra affair (July 23–24).
• Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger tells inquiry of official deception and intrigue (July 31, Aug. 3).
• Reagan says Iran arms-Contra policy went astray and accepts responsibility (Aug. 12).
• Senate, 58-42, rejects Robert H. Bork as US Supreme Court Justice (Oct. 23).

Birthday Quincy Amarikwa (29-10) in history

• Day 29-10 year 1682: Writer William Penn set foot in what is now Pennsylvania, USA.
• Day 29-10 year 1787: Mozart's opera Don Giovanni was premiered in Prague, Czech Republic.
• Day 29-10 year 1923: The Republic of Turkey was proclaimed under Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
• Day 29-10 year 1929: The New York Stock Exchange crashed on Black Tuesday, precipitating the Great Depression.
• Day 29-10 year 1956: Israel invaded the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula during the Suez Canal crisis.
• Day 29-10 year 1966: The National Organization for Women was founded.
• Day 29-10 year 1998: John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, returned to space at age 77.
• Day 29-10 year 2004: European leaders signed the European Union's first constitution.
• Day 29-10 year 2012: Hurricane Sandy smashed into the eastern seaboard of the U.S., killing 117 people in the U.S. and 69 in Canada and the Caribbean. The storm caused about $50 billion in damage in the U.S.