Youtube star Sarah Rae Vargas

Events in 1988 and 19-11

Events in US in the birth year of Sarah Rae Vargas

• 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 Sarah Rae Vargas (19-11) in history

• Day 19-11 year 1703: The death of a mysterious masked man, he was imprisoned in the Bastille prison in Paris. His true identity was the cause of many conspiracies, and his story became the basis for the literary works of François Voltaire and Alexandre Dumas.
• Day 19-11 year 1794: John Jay and Lord Grenville signed Jay's Treaty.
• Day 19-11 year 1863: Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the national cemetery on the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg, Pa.
• Day 19-11 year 1977: Egyptian president Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to visit Israel.
• Day 19-11 year 1985: Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev met for the first time in Geneva.
• Day 19-11 year 1990: Milli Vanilli's Grammy award was rescinded after it was discovered they didn't do their own singing.