Pop - Singer Nicoletta

Events in 1987 and 11-8

Events in US in the birth year of Nicoletta

• 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 Nicoletta (11-8) in history

• Day 11-8 year 1909: Arapahoe became the first American ship to use the S.O.S. distress signal.
• Day 11-8 year 1934: The first inmates arrived at the federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.
• Day 11-8 year 1952: King Hussein of Jordan ascended the throne after his father had been declared mentally unfit.
• Day 11-8 year 1954: More than seven years of fighting in Indochina formerly ended with the cessation of French control.
• Day 11-8 year 1956: Abstract artist Jackson Pollock died in an automobile accident.
• Day 11-8 year 1960: Chad gained its independence from France.
• Day 11-8 year 1965: Following the arrest of a young black motorist, the predominately black neighborhood of Watts in Los Angeles erupted in riots that lasted six days and left 34 dead.
• Day 11-8 year 2003: Charles Taylor, president of Liberia, formally relinquished his office to Moses Blah and left for Nigeria.