Radio program host Gene Lavanchy

Events in 1964 and 17-9

Events in US in the birth year of Gene Lavanchy

• US Supreme Court rules that Congressional districts should be roughly equal in population (Feb. 17).
• Three civil rights workers—Schwerner, Goodman, and Cheney—murdered in Mississippi (June). Background: Civil Rights
• President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy issues Warren Report concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.
• Jack Ruby convicted of murder in slaying of Lee Harvey Oswald.

Birthday Gene Lavanchy (17-9) in history

• Day 17-9 year 1787: The Constitution was completed and signed by most delegates to the constitutional convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Day 17-9 year 1862: The bloodiest day in U.S. military history occurred at the Battle of Antietam when more than 23,000 were killed or wounded.
• Day 17-9 year 1908: Lt. Thomas Selfridge, a passenger in a plane piloted by Orville Wright, became the first airplane fatality when the craft crashed.
• Day 17-9 year 1920: The American Professional Football Association—a precursor of the NFL—was formed in Canton, Ohio.
• Day 17-9 year 1980: Anastasio Somoza Debayle, former president of Nicaragua, was assassinated in Paraguay.
• Day 17-9 year 1994: Heather Whitestone of Alabama became the first deaf Miss America.
• Day 17-9 year 2004: Barry Bonds became the third baseball player to hit 700 career home runs, joining Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth.