TV actor Scott Patterson

Events in 1958 and 11-9

Events in US in the birth year of Scott Patterson

• The US Supreme Court rules unanimously that Little Rock, Ark., schools must integrate (Sept. 29). Background: Civil Rights
• Army's Jupiter-C rocket fires first US satellite, Explorer I, into orbit (Jan. 31).

Birthday Scott Patterson (11-9) in history

• Day 11-9 year 1789: Alexander Hamilton was appointed America's first Secretary of the Treasury. And he is also the only minister to be printed on the US 20-dollar bill.
• Day 11-9 year 1936: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dedicated Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) in Nevada.
• Day 11-9 year 1962: The Beatles recorded their first single, Love Me Do.
• Day 11-9 year 1971: Former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev died at age 77.
• Day 11-9 year 1997: In Scotland, voters approved the establishment of a parliament to run their domestic affairs, after 290 years of union with England.
• Day 11-9 year 2001: Two hijacked commercial jets were crashed by terrorists into the north and south towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, causing the collapse of both towers. A short while later, another plane was crashed into the Pentagon, and fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pa.
• Day 11-9 year 2012: Armed gunmen stormed the American consulate in Benghazi and killed U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other embassy officials.