TV show host Nate Berkus

Events in 1971 and 17-9

Events in US in the birth year of Nate Berkus

• US Supreme Court rules unanimously that busing of students may be ordered to achieve racial desegregation (April 20).
• Anti-war militants attempt to disrupt government business in Washington (May 3)—police and military units arrest as many as 12,000; most are later released.
• Pentagon Papers published (June 13).
• Twenty-sixth Amendment to US Constitution lowers voting age to 18. (June 30).

Birthday Nate Berkus (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.