Youtube star Caleb Denecour

Events in 1988 and 8-10

Events in US in the birth year of Caleb Denecour

• 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 Caleb Denecour (8-10) in history

• Day 8-10 year 1869: The 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce, died in Concord, N.H.
• Day 8-10 year 1871: The Great Fire of Chicago started. That same day in Peshtigo, Wis., the worst forest fire in U.S. history also began.
• Day 8-10 year 1934: Bruno Hauptmannn was indicted for the murder of Charles Lindbergh's baby.
• Day 8-10 year 1945: President Harry Truman announced the U.S. would share the secret of the atomic bomb only with Great Britain and Canada.
• Day 8-10 year 1956: Don Larsen of the New York Yankees pitched the first and only perfect game in a World Series.
• Day 8-10 year 2004: Martha Stewart began her prison sentence at Alderson Federal Prison Camp.
• Day 8-10 year 2005: A 7.6 magnitude earthquake centered in the Pakistani-controlled part of the Kashmir region killed more than 80,000 and injured 65,000.