Youtube star Brendan Jordan

Events in 1999 and 25-9

Events in US in the birth year of Brendan Jordan

• US Senate opens impeachment trial of President Clinton (Jan. 7); Senate acquits Clinton and rejects censure move (Feb. 12). Background: A Short History of Impeachment.
• John William King, 24, a white supremacist, is convicted of murder and sentenced to death in case involving the dragging death of a black man, James Byrd, Jr. (Feb 23).
• Students Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, storm Columbine High School in Littleton , CO, killing twelve other students and a teacher, then themselves (April 20). Background: A Timeline of School Shootings and 1999 in Review.
• John F. Kennedy Jr., wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and her sister Lauren G. Bessette are lost at sea when a plane he was piloting disappears near Martha's Vineyard, off Mass. coast (July 16). Background: John F. Kennedy, Jr. Remembered and Timeline of Kennedy tragedies.
• See also: 1999 Year in Review: News of the Nation

Birthday Brendan Jordan (25-9) in history

• Day 25-9 year 1775: Revolutionary Ethan Allen was captured by the British.
• Day 25-9 year 1789: The first Congress adopted 12 amendments to the Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification. The first ten became the Bill of Rights.
• Day 25-9 year 1890: Wilford Woodruff, president of the Mormon church, renounced the practice of polygamy. This paved the way for Utah's acceptance as a state in 1896.
• Day 25-9 year 1957: Nine black teenagers, now known as the Little Rock Nine, challenged racial segregation by attending the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
• Day 25-9 year 1981: Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the first female justice on the Supreme Court.
• Day 25-9 year 2003: It was reported that more than 14,000 had lost their lives in France in a summer heat wave.
• Day 25-9 year 2011: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia grants women the right to vote and run for office in future elections.