TV show host Shorty Da Prince

Events in 1989 and 11-9

Events in US in the birth year of Shorty Da Prince

• George Herbert Walker Bush inaugurated as 41st US President (Jan. 20).
• Ruptured tanker Exxon Valdez sends 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound (March 24).
• US jury convicts Oliver North in Iran-Contra affair (May 4).
• Army Gen. Colin R. Powell is first black Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff (Aug. 9).
• A San Francisco Bay area earthquake measuring 7.1 in magnitude, killed 67 and injured over 3,000. Over 100,000 buildings damaged or destroyed. (Oct. 17)

Birthday Shorty Da Prince (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.