Radio program host Carla Marie

Events in 1988 and 5-3

Events in US in the birth year of Carla Marie

• Robert C. McFarlane, former National Security Adviser, pleads guilty in Iran-Contra case (March 11).
• US Navy ship shoots down Iranian airliner in Persian Gulf, mistaking it for jet fighter; 290 killed (July 3).
• Democratic convention nominates Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts for President and Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen for Vice President (July 17 et seq.).
• Republican convention nominates George Bush for President and Indiana Senator Dan Quayle for Vice President (Aug. 15 et seq.).
• Republicans sweep 40 states in election, and Bush beats Dukakis (Nov. 8).

Birthday Carla Marie (5-3) in history

• Day 5-3 year 1770: The Boston Massacre was a pre-Revolutionary incident that arose from anger towards the British army, and five anti-British rioters were killed.
• Day 5-3 year 1933: In the last free elections in Germany until after World War II, the Nazi Party received 44% of the vote.
• Day 5-3 year 1946: Winston Churchill delivered his famous Iron curtain speech, "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended across the continent."
• Day 5-3 year 1953: Soviet dictator Josef Stalin died at age 73, after 29 years in power.
• Day 5-3 year 1963: Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hankshaw Hawkins were killed in a plane crash.
• Day 5-3 year 1997: North and South Korean representatives met for the first time in 25 years for peace talks.