Youtube star Chris Stuckmann

Events in 1988 and 15-4

Events in US in the birth year of Chris Stuckmann

• 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 Chris Stuckmann (15-4) in history

• Day 15-4 year 1755: Writer Samuel Johnson has published his book The English Dictionary.
• Day 15-4 year 1817: Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet opened the first free American school for the deaf in Hartford, Conn.
• Day 15-4 year 1861: In response to the attack on Fort Sumter three days earlier, President Abraham Lincoln declared a state of insurrection and called out Union troops.
• Day 15-4 year 1912: Titanic sank off the coast of Newfoundland on its maiden voyage after it struck an iceberg.
• Day 15-4 year 1920: A paymaster and guard were murdered in Braintree, Mass. Sacco and Vanzetti were accused of the crime.
• Day 15-4 year 1945: Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen was liberated by Canadian and British forces.
• Day 15-4 year 1947: Jackie Robinson made his Brooklyn Dodger debut and scored the game-winning run. On April 15, 1997, his number, 42, was retired.
• Day 15-4 year 1955: Ray Kroc acquired McDonald's and opened his first restaurant in Des Plaines, Ill., today the official McDonald’s Corporate Museum.
• Day 15-4 year 1996: The 100th Boston Marathon was won by Moses Tanui of Kenya.
• Day 15-4 year 1998: Cambodian despot Pol Pot, leader of the Khmer Rouge, died.
• Day 15-4 year 2013: Two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, killing 3 and injuring at least 170 others.
• Day 15-4 year 2019: At 6:40 p.m., a large fire broke out on the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, causing extensive damage to the church.