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Events in 1991 and 30-7

Events in the world in the birth year of Luca Vezil

• Cease-fire ends Persian Gulf War (April 3); UN forces are victorious. Background: The Persian Gulf War
• Europeans end sanctions on South Africa (April 15). South African Parliament repeals apartheid laws (June 5).
• France agrees to sign 1968 treaty banning spread of atomic weapons (June 3). China accepts nuclear nonproliferation treaty (Aug. 10). Bush-Gorbachev summit negotiates strategic arms reduction treaty (July 31).
• Communist Government of Albania resigns (June 4).
• Warsaw Pact dissolved (July 1).
• Boris Yeltsin becomes first freely elected president of Russian Republic (July 10). Yeltsin's stock increases when he takes a prominent role in suppressing an anti-Gorbachev coup by communist hardliners (Aug. 18-22). Background: Rulers of Russia since 1533
• Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia win independence from USSR (Aug. 25); US recognizes them (Sept. 2).
• Haitian troops seize president in uprising (Sept. 30). US suspends assistance to Haiti (Oct. 1).
• US indicts two Libyans in 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland (Nov. 15).
• Soviet Union breaks up after President Gorbachev's resignation; constituent republics form Commonwealth of Independent States (Dec. 25). Background: Dissolution of the USSR

Birthday Luca Vezil (30-7) in history

• Day 30-7 year 1619: The first legislature in British North America was met in Jamestown.
• Day 30-7 year 1729: The city of Baltimore in the state of Maryland, USA, was founded.
• Day 30-7 year 1932: The tenth modern Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles.
• Day 30-7 year 1945: The USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sank within 15 minutes. It was one of the greatest naval losses of World War II, resulting in the deaths of nearly 900 men.
• Day 30-7 year 1956: The phrase "In God We Trust" was adopted as the U.S. national motto.
• Day 30-7 year 1965: President Lyndon Johnson signed the Medicare Bill into law.
• Day 30-7 year 1975: Former Teamsters union president James Hoffa was reported missing. Many suspect he was murdered, though his remains have never been found.
• Day 30-7 year 1980: The Republic of Vanuatu, formerly known as the New Hebrides, gained its independence from France and Britain.
• Day 30-7 year 2002: Lisa Leslie became the first woman to dunk in a professional basketball game.
• Day 30-7 year 2012: 620 million people were without power in India, the worst power outage in world history.