Basketball players Kevin Porter Jr

Events in 2000 and 4-5

Events in the world in the birth year of Kevin Porter Jr

• Austria at center of European dispute after conservative People's Party forms coalition with the far-right Freedom Party, headed by xenophobe Jörg Haider (Feb. 3).
• Reformists win control of Iranian parliament for first time since 1979 Islamic revolution (Feb. 26).
• Governing of Northern Ireland passes back and forth between Britain and nascent Northern Irish parliament; major dispute over IRA's refusal to disarm (Feb-May).
• Former Indonesian president Suharto under house arrest, charged with corruption and abuse of power (May 29).
• Presidents of North and South Korea sign peace accord, and at least symbolically, end a half-century of antagonism (June 13).
• Vicente Fox Quesada elected president of Mexico, ending 71 years of one-party rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) (July 2).
• Concorde crash kills 113 near Paris (July 25).
• Palestinians and Israelis clash, spurred by visit of right-wing Israeli leader Ariel Sharon to a joint Jewish/Muslim holy site; "Al Aksa intifada" continues unabated (Sept. 30 et seq.).
• Nationwide uprising overthrows Yugoslavian president Milosevic (Oct. 5); Vojislav Kostunica sworn in as president (Oct. 7).
• U.S. sailors on Navy destroyer Cole die in Yemen terrorist explosion (Oct. 12).
• Mad cow disease alarms Europe (Nov. 30 et seq.).
• See also: 2000 Year in Review and 2000 Month-by-Month

Birthday Kevin Porter Jr (4-5) in history

• Day 4-5 year 1626: Dutch Governor Peter Minuit landed in Manhattan, which he later bought for $24 in cloth and brass buttons.
• Day 4-5 year 1886: The Haymarket Square riot broke out as a result of a labor demonstration.
• Day 4-5 year 1932: Public Enemy Number One, Al Capone, was jailed for tax evasion.
• Day 4-5 year 1959: The first Grammy Awards were held.
• Day 4-5 year 1961: Civil rights activists, called "freedom riders," left Washington, DC for New Orleans.
• Day 4-5 year 1970: Four Kent State University students were shot down by National Guard members during an anti-Vietnam War demonstration.
• Day 4-5 year 1998: The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, was sentenced to four life terms plus 30 years for his series of bombings that killed three and injured 23.