Youtube star John Dahl

Events in 1985 and 2-12

Events in US in the birth year of John Dahl

• Ronald Reagan, 73, takes oath for second term as 40th President (Jan. 20).
• General Westmoreland settles libel action against CBS (Feb. 18).
• US Supreme Court, 5–4, bars public school teachers from parochial schools (July 1).
• Arthur James Walker, 50, retired naval officer, convicted by federal judge of participating in Soviet spy ring operated by his brother, John Walker (Aug. 9).
• US budget-balancing bill enacted (Dec. 12).

Birthday John Dahl (2-12) in history

• Day 2-12 year 1804: Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Emperor of France in Paris.
• Day 2-12 year 1823: President James Monroe outlined his famous doctrine opposing European expansion in the Western Hemisphere.
• Day 2-12 year 1859: Abolitionist John Brown was hanged for his raid on Harper's Ferry.
• Day 2-12 year 1942: The first controlled nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated at the University of Chicago.
• Day 2-12 year 1954: The Senate voted to condemn Republican senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute."
• Day 2-12 year 1970: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established.
• Day 2-12 year 1982: Barney B. Clark became the first person to receive an artificial heart in a transplant operation.
• Day 2-12 year 1988: Benazir Bhutto was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head an Muslim nation.
• Day 2-12 year 1990: Composer Aaron Copland died at age 90.
• Day 2-12 year 1999: A Protestant and Catholic cabinet convened for the first time in Northern Ireland.
• Day 2-12 year 2001: Enron Corp., under CEO Kenneth Lay, filed for bankruptcy.