TV actress Brenda Song

Events in 1988 and 27-3

Events in US in the birth year of Brenda Song

• Robert C. McFarlane, former National Security Adviser, pleads guilty in Iran-Contra case (March 11).
• US Navy ship shoots down Iranian airliner in Persian Gulf, mistaking it for jet fighter; 290 killed (July 3).
• Democratic convention nominates Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts for President and Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen for Vice President (July 17 et seq.).
• Republican convention nominates George Bush for President and Indiana Senator Dan Quayle for Vice President (Aug. 15 et seq.).
• Republicans sweep 40 states in election, and Bush beats Dukakis (Nov. 8).

Birthday Brenda Song (27-3) in history

• Day 27-3 year 1794: Congress authorizes the construction of six frigates, including the Constitution (Old Ironsides) , for the U.S. Navy.
• Day 27-3 year 1866: President Andrew Johnson vetoed a civil rights bill which later became the 14th amendment.
• Day 27-3 year 1884: The first long-distance telephone call was made, between Boston and New York.
• Day 27-3 year 1917: The Seattle Metropolitans became the first U.S. hockey team to win the Stanley Cup.
• Day 27-3 year 1958: Nikita Khrushchev became Soviet premier and first secretary of the Communist Party.
• Day 27-3 year 1964: A 9.2 magnitude earthquake hit 80 miles east of Anchorage, Alaska, killing 117 and producing a 50-foot tsunami that traveled over 8,000 miles.
• Day 27-3 year 1977: Pan American and KLM Boeing 747s collided on a runway in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands. The 542 people killed is the highest ever for an aviation disaster.
• Day 27-3 year 2001: A federal judge ruled that the University of Michigan’s affirmative action policy was invalid, a ruling that later would be reversed in an appeal.