Pop - Singer Dahvie Vanity

Events in 1984 and 5-9

Events in US in the birth year of Dahvie Vanity

• Bell System broken up (Jan. 1).
• Congress rebukes President Reagan on use of federal funds for mining Nicaraguan harbors (April 10).
• Thirty-ninth Democratic National Convention, nominates Walter F. Mondale and Geraldine A. Ferraro (July 16–19).
• Thirty-third Republican National Convention renominates President Reagan and Vice President Bush (Aug. 20-25).
• President Reagan re-elected in landslide with 59% of vote (Nov. 7).

Birthday Dahvie Vanity (5-9) in history

• Day 5-9 year 1698: Peter, the Great of Russia, issued a strange decree, taxing bearded men.
• Day 5-9 year 1774: The first Continental Congress met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Day 5-9 year 1836: The Republic of Texas made miltary hero Sam Houston its first president.
• Day 5-9 year 1905: The Treaty of Portsmouth, which ended the Russo-Japanese War, was signed at the Portsmouth naval base in New Hampshire.
• Day 5-9 year 1972: Palestinian guerrillas killed 11 Israelis at the Munich Summer Olympics.
• Day 5-9 year 1997: Humanitarian Mother Teresa, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the poor, died in Calcutta, India, at age 87.