Youtube star Bradley Colburn

Events in 1987 and 10-2

Events in US in the birth year of Bradley Colburn

• US Supreme Court rules Rotary Clubs must admit women (May 4).
• US Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr., retires (June 26).
• Oliver North, Jr., tells Congressional inquiry higher officials approved his secret Iran-Contra operations (July 7–10).
• Admiral John M. Poindexter, former National Security Adviser, testifies he authorized use of Iran arms sale profits to aid Contras (July 15–22).
• George P. Shultz testifies he was deceived repeatedly on Iran-Contra affair (July 23–24).
• Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger tells inquiry of official deception and intrigue (July 31, Aug. 3).
• Reagan says Iran arms-Contra policy went astray and accepts responsibility (Aug. 12).
• Senate, 58-42, rejects Robert H. Bork as US Supreme Court Justice (Oct. 23).

Birthday Bradley Colburn (10-2) in history

• Day 10-2 year 1763: The Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the French and Indian War. France ceded Canada and all North American territories east of Mississippi to Great Britain.
• Day 10-2 year 1837: Russian poet Alexander Pushkin was killed in a duel.
• Day 10-2 year 1840: Queen Victoria married Prince Albert.
• Day 10-2 year 1942: Glenn Miller received the first ever gold record for selling a million copies of "Chattanooga Choo Choo."
• Day 10-2 year 1962: The Soviet Union exchanged captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for Rudolph Abel, a Soviet spy held by the United States.
• Day 10-2 year 1967: The 25th Amendment was ratified, establishing presidential succession.
• Day 10-2 year 1996: IBM's computer, Deep Blue, beat the world chess champion, Garry Kasparov, in the first game of their match.
• Day 10-2 year 2005: Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Arthur Miller died.