Singer Rapper Sammy Adams

Events in 1987 and 14-8

Events in US in the birth year of Sammy Adams

• 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 Sammy Adams (14-8) in history

• Day 14-8 year 1900: International forces entered Beijing, China, in an effort to suppress the antiforeign uprising known as the Boxer Rebellion.
• Day 14-8 year 1935: The Social Security Act became law.
• Day 14-8 year 1945: Japan surrendered to the United States, ending World War II.
• Day 14-8 year 1947: Pakistan became independent of British rule.
• Day 14-8 year 1951: Newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst died in Beverly Hills, California.
• Day 14-8 year 1995: Shannon Faulkner became the first female cadet at the Citadel, the state military college of South Carolina.
• Day 14-8 year 1997: Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to death for the Oklahoma City bombing.
• Day 14-8 year 2003: The largest blackout in North American history hit the northeast.