TV actor Andrew James Allen

Events in 1987 and 16-7

Events in US in the birth year of Andrew James Allen

• 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 Andrew James Allen (16-7) in history

• Day 16-7 year 1790: The District of Columbia was established as the seat of the United States government.
• Day 16-7 year 1918: Russia's Czar Nicholas II and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks.
• Day 16-7 year 1935: The first parking meters were installed in Oklahoma City.
• Day 16-7 year 1945: The first atomic bomb was tested in Alamogordo, N.M.
• Day 16-7 year 1951: J. D. Salinger's novel Catcher in the Rye was published.
• Day 16-7 year 1969: Apollo 11 took off on the first manned flight to the moon.
• Day 16-7 year 1979: Saddam Hussein became president of Iraq.
• Day 16-7 year 1999: John F. Kennedy, Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette, and her sister Lauren, died in a plane crash near Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.