Pop - Singer Paul McDonald

Events in 1984 and 29-8

Events in US in the birth year of Paul McDonald

• 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 Paul McDonald (29-8) in history

• Day 29-8 year 1533: Atahualpa, the last king of the Incas, was ruthlessly murdered by Francisco Pizarro.
• Day 29-8 year 1786: The day of the Shays Rebellion, a Massachusetts peasant uprising against the state government.
• Day 29-8 year 1842: The Treaty of Nanking was signed, ending the Opium Wars and ceding the island of Hong Kong to Britain.
• Day 29-8 year 1877: Brigham Young died in Salt Lake City, Utah.
• Day 29-8 year 1949: The U.S.S.R. tested their first atomic bomb.
• Day 29-8 year 1957: Strom Thurmond ended the longest filibuster in U.S. Senate history. He spoke for more than 24 hours against a civil rights bill; the bill passed.
• Day 29-8 year 1966: The Beatles played their last major live concert at Candlestick Park, California.
• Day 29-8 year 1991: The Supreme Soviet, the parliament of the U.S.S.R., suspended all activities of the Communist Party, bringing an end to the institution.
• Day 29-8 year 2005: Hurricane Katrina slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast, destroying beachfront towns in Mississippi and Louisiana, displacing a million people, and killing more than 1,000.