TV actor Matthew Settle

Events in 1969 and 17-9

Events in US in the birth year of Matthew Settle

• Richard M. Nixon is inaugurated 37th President of the US (Jan. 20).
• Stonewall riot in New York City marks beginning of gay rights movement (June 28).
• Sen. Edward M. Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving scene of fatal accident at Chappaquiddick, Mass. (July 18) in which Mary Jo Kopechne was drowned—gets two-month suspended sentence (July 25). Background: Timeline of Kennedy tragedies
• Apollo 11 astronauts—Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., —take first walk on the Moon (July 20).

Birthday Matthew Settle (17-9) in history

• Day 17-9 year 1787: The Constitution was completed and signed by most delegates to the constitutional convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Day 17-9 year 1862: The bloodiest day in U.S. military history occurred at the Battle of Antietam when more than 23,000 were killed or wounded.
• Day 17-9 year 1908: Lt. Thomas Selfridge, a passenger in a plane piloted by Orville Wright, became the first airplane fatality when the craft crashed.
• Day 17-9 year 1920: The American Professional Football Association—a precursor of the NFL—was formed in Canton, Ohio.
• Day 17-9 year 1980: Anastasio Somoza Debayle, former president of Nicaragua, was assassinated in Paraguay.
• Day 17-9 year 1994: Heather Whitestone of Alabama became the first deaf Miss America.
• Day 17-9 year 2004: Barry Bonds became the third baseball player to hit 700 career home runs, joining Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth.