TV actor Blake Berris

Events in 1984 and 24-8

Events in US in the birth year of Blake Berris

• Bell System broken up (Jan. 1).
• Congress rebukes President Reagan on use of federal funds for mining Nicaraguan harbors (April 10).
• Thirty-ninth Democratic National Convention, nominates Walter F. Mondale and Geraldine A. Ferraro (July 16–19).
• Thirty-third Republican National Convention renominates President Reagan and Vice President Bush (Aug. 20-25).
• President Reagan re-elected in landslide with 59% of vote (Nov. 7).

Birthday Blake Berris (24-8) in history

• Day 24-8 year 79: The volcano Vesuvius suddenly awoke and erupted lava that buried the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
• Day 24-8 year 1572: A dark day for the Huguenots when 70,000 French Protestants were massacred on Saint Bartholomew's Day.
• Day 24-8 year 1814: The British set fire to the White House and the Capitol when they invaded Washington, DC during the War of 1812.
• Day 24-8 year 1821: Mexico gained its independence from Spain with the Treaty of Cordoba.
• Day 24-8 year 1949: The North Atlantic Treaty went into effect.
• Day 24-8 year 1968: France became the world's fifth nuclear power as it exploded a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific.
• Day 24-8 year 1989: Pete Rose was banned from baseball for gambling.
• Day 24-8 year 1991: Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as the general secretary of the Communist Party after a failed coup attempt against him.
• Day 24-8 year 1992: Hurricane Andrew hit Florida, causing record damage.