Youtube star Chris Crocker

Events in 1987 and 7-12

Events in US in the birth year of Chris Crocker

• 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 Chris Crocker (7-12) in history

• Day 7-12 year 1787: Delaware became the first state to ratify the US Constitution.
• Day 7-12 year 1917: The U.S. declared war on Austria-Hungary in World War I.
• Day 7-12 year 1941: The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
• Day 7-12 year 1972: America's final moon mission, Apollo 17, blasted off from Cape Canaveral.
• Day 7-12 year 1975: Indonesia invaded East Timor, leading to a 25-year occupation.
• Day 7-12 year 1988: A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit Armenia, killing 25,000.
• Day 7-12 year 2001: Taliban forces fled from Kandahar, their last stronghold in Afghanistan.
• Day 7-12 year 2002: Iraq formally declared to the UN that it had no weapons of mass destruction.
• Day 7-12 year 2004: Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president.