Youtube star Lorraine Stanick

Events in 1985 and 9-7

Events in the world in the birth year of Lorraine Stanick

• Soviet leader Chernenko dies at 73 and is replaced by Mikhail Gorbachev, 54 (March 11). Under the slogans of glasnost and Perestroika, Gorbachev initiates a broad program of reform and liberalization. Background: Rulers of Russia since 1533
• Two Shi'ite Muslim gunmen capture TWA airliner with 133 aboard, 104 of them Americans (June 14); 39 remaining hostages freed in Beirut (June 30).
• PLO terrorists hijack Achille Lauro, Italian cruise ship, with 80 passengers, plus crew (Oct. 7); American, Leon Klinghoffer, killed (Oct. 8); Italian government toppled by political crisis over hijacking (Oct. 16).
• Reagan and Gorbachev meet at summit (Nov. 19); agree to step up arms control talks and renew cultural contacts (Nov. 21). Background: nuclear disarmament
• Terrorists seize Egyptian Boeing 737 airliner after takeoff from Athens (Nov. 23); 59 dead as Egyptian forces storm plane on Malta (Nov. 24).

Birthday Lorraine Stanick (9-7) in history

• Day 9-7 year 1816: Argentina formally declared independence from Spain.
• Day 9-7 year 1850: Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the U.S., died after only 16 months in office.
• Day 9-7 year 1872: The doughnut cutter was patented by John F. Blondel of Thomaston, Me.
• Day 9-7 year 1896: William Jennings Bryan delivered his "cross of gold" speech at the Democratic National Convention.
• Day 9-7 year 1900: The British Parliament proclaimed that as of Jan. 1, 1901, the six Australian colonies would be united at the Commonwealth of Australia.
• Day 9-7 year 1974: Former U.S. chief justice Earl Warren died in Washington, DC.
• Day 9-7 year 1997: Boxer Mike Tyson was temporarily banned from boxing for biting Evander Holyfield's ear.
• Day 9-7 year 2002: Baseball's All-Star Game ended in a tie after 11 innings. Both sides had run out of pitchers.
• Day 9-7 year 2011: After more than 50 years of struggle, South Sudan declares independence and becomes Africa's 54th state.