Beauty contest Miss Nguyen Tran Khanh Linh

Events in 2002 and 3-1

Events in the world in the birth year of Nguyen Tran Khanh Linh

• Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic’s trial on charges of crimes against humanity opens at The Hague (Feb. 12).
• Tamil Tigers and Sri Lankan government sign a cease-fire agreement, ending 19 years of civil war (Feb. 22). Background: World in Review
• India's worst Hindu-Muslim violence in a decade rocked the state of Gujarat after a Muslim mob fire-bombed a train, killing Hindu activists. Hindus retaliated, and more than 1,000 died in the bloodshed (Feb. 27 et seq.). Background: World in Review
• U.S. and Afghan troops launch Operation Anaconda against remaining al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters in Afghanistan (March 2). Background: Taliban Timeline and Afghanistan
• Israeli tanks and warplanes attack West Bank towns of Nablus, Jenin, Bethlehem, and others in response to string of Palestinian suicide attacks (March 29–April 21). In the first three months of 2002, 14 suicide bombers kill dozens of Israeli civilians, and wounded hundreds. Background: World in Review
• International Criminal Court wins UN ratification; U.S. refuses to ratify (April 11).
• Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez ousted in coup, then reinstated (April 12, 14).
• U.S. and Russia reach landmark arms agreement to cut both countries' nuclear arsenals by up to two-thirds over the next 10 years (May 13).
• East Timor becomes a new nation (May 20).
• Terrorist bomb in Bali kills hundreds (Oct. 12).
• Government suspended in Northern Ireland in protest of suspected IRA spy ring (Oct. 14).
• North Korea admits to developing nuclear arms in defiance of treaty (Oct. 16).
• Chechen rebels take 763 hostages in Moscow theater (Oct. 23). Russian authorities release a gas into theater, killing 116 hostages and freeing remainder (Oct. 26). Background: Chechnya Timeline
• China's Jiang Zemin officially retires as general secretary; Hu Jintao named as his successor (Nov. 14).
• UN Security Council passes unanimous resolution calling on Iraq to disarm or else face "serious consequences." (Nov. 8).
• UN arms inspectors return to Iraq (Nov. 18).

Birthday Nguyen Tran Khanh Linh (3-1) in history

• Day 3-1 year 1521: German theologian Martin Luther was excommunicated by Pope Leo X and expelled from the Catholic Church.
• Day 3-1 year 1777: General George Washington defeated Cornwallis's forces at the Battle of Princeton.
• Day 3-1 year 1833: Britain seized control of the Falkland Islands.
• Day 3-1 year 1870: Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge began.
• Day 3-1 year 1920: The New York Yankees acquired Babe Ruth and so began the "curse of the Bambino" that haunted the Boston Red Sox until 2004.
• Day 3-1 year 1947: Congressional proceedings were televised for the first time.
• Day 3-1 year 1958: Sir Edmund Hillary reached the South Pole overland.
• Day 3-1 year 1959: Alaska became the 49th state in the United States.
• Day 3-1 year 1962: Pope John XXIII excommunicated Fidel Castro.
• Day 3-1 year 1967: Jack Ruby, the man who shot John Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, died.
• Day 3-1 year 1987: Aretha Franklin became the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
• Day 3-1 year 1990: Manuel Noriega surrendered to U.S. forces.