TV actor Grey Damon

Events in 1987 and 24-9

Events in US in the birth year of Grey Damon

• 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 Grey Damon (24-9) in history

• Day 24-9 year 1789: Congress passed the First Judiciary Act which provided for a U.S. attorney general and the Supreme Court.
• Day 24-9 year 1957: The Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field.
• Day 24-9 year 1960: The Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched.
• Day 24-9 year 1969: The trial of the "Chicago Eight," radical antiwar and counterculture activists accused of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic convention, began.
• Day 24-9 year 1991: Children's author Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, died at age 87.
• Day 24-9 year 1996: The United States and the world's other major nuclear powers signed a treaty to end all testing and development of nuclear weapons.