TV actor Jon Ecker

Events in 1983 and 16-3

Events in US in the birth year of Jon Ecker

• Second space shuttle, Challenger, makes successful maiden voyage, which includes the first US space walk in nine years (April 4).
• US Supreme Court declares many local abortion restrictions unconstitutional (June 15).
• Sally K. Ride, 32, first US woman astronaut in space as a crew member aboard space shuttle Challenger (June 18).
• US admits shielding former Nazi Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie, 69, the "butcher of Lyon," wanted in France for war crimes (Aug. 15).

Birthday Jon Ecker (16-3) in history

• Day 16-3 year 1521: Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan landed in the Philippines.
• Day 16-3 year 1850: Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter was published.
• Day 16-3 year 1926: The first liquid-fuel rocket was successfully launched by Prof. Robert Goddard at Auburn, Massachusetts. The rocket traveled 184 feet in 2.5 seconds.
• Day 16-3 year 1935: Adolf Hitler cancelled the military clauses of the Treaty of Versailles.
• Day 16-3 year 1968: The My Lai massacre occurred in Vietnam.
• Day 16-3 year 1978: Italian politician Aldo Moro was kidnapped, and later murdered, by the Red Brigades.
• Day 16-3 year 1985: U.S. journalist Terry Anderson was kidnapped in Beirut; he was not released until December 4, 1991 after 2454 days in captivity.
• Day 16-3 year 1988: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver L. North and Vice Admiral John M. Poindexter of the National Security Council are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States for their role in the Iran-contra affair.