Beauty contest Miss Viet Ngoc

Events in 2002 and 30-4

Events in the world in the birth year of Viet Ngoc

• 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 Viet Ngoc (30-4) in history

• Day 30-4 year 1803: France sold Louisiana and adjoining lands to the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
• Day 30-4 year 1812: Louisiana became the 18th state in the United States.
• Day 30-4 year 1939: U.S. commercial television made its official debut at the New York World’s Fair.The signal was transmitted from the Empire State Building.
• Day 30-4 year 1945: Adolf Hitler and his newly married mistress Eva Braun committed suicide.
• Day 30-4 year 1948: The Organization of American States held its first meeting in Bogotá, Colombia.
• Day 30-4 year 1975: The Vietnam War ended with South Vietnam's surrender to North Vietnam.
• Day 30-4 year 1991: Over 131,000 were killed and as many as 9 million left homeless when a cyclone struck Bangladesh.
• Day 30-4 year 2003: Libya accepted responsibility for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.