Singer Rapper Charlie Clips

Events in 1987 and 21-3

Events in US in the birth year of Charlie Clips

• 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 Charlie Clips (21-3) in history

• Day 21-3 year 1556: Archbishop Thomas Cranmer of Canterbury was imprisoned in Oxford, UK, accused of heresy.
• Day 21-3 year 1804: The French civil code, the Code Napoleon, was officially put forth.
• Day 21-3 year 1871: Journalist Henry M. Stanley began his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
• Day 21-3 year 1960: Police fired on demonstrators in Sharpeville, South Africa, after which the African National Congress was banned. 25 years later, a march marking the anniversary was also disrupted by police fire.
• Day 21-3 year 1963: Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco Bay, a harsh maximum security jail which once housed gangster Al Capone, closed.
• Day 21-3 year 1965: Martin Luther King, Jr., led the start of a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
• Day 21-3 year 2010: The House of Representatives passes a bill that will overhaul the American health-care system. The bill, called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, will be sent to President Obama to sign into law.