Chef Zac Kara

Events in 2002 and 18-5

Events in the world in the birth year of Zac Kara

• 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 Zac Kara (18-5) in history

• Day 18-5 year 1642: The city of Montreal in Canada today was founded by the French.
• Day 18-5 year 1804: Napoleon Bonaparte was proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate.
• Day 18-5 year 1896: The Supreme Court affirmed racial segregation in Plessy v. Ferguson as "separate but equal."
• Day 18-5 year 1920: Pope John Paul II was born near Krakow, Poland.
• Day 18-5 year 1953: Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound.
• Day 18-5 year 1974: India became the 6th country to become a nuclear power.
• Day 18-5 year 1980: Mount St. Helens, in Washington state, erupted after being dormant for 123 years.
• Day 18-5 year 1994: Israeli troops withdrew from the Gaza strip after three decades of occupation and Palestinians took over.
• Day 18-5 year 2000: A bill was finally passed that removed the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse.
• Day 18-5 year 2003: President Megawati Sukarnoputri of Indonesia declared martial law and sent 30,000 troops into Aceh.
• Day 18-5 year 2004: Sonia Gandhi stunned her party, the Indian National Congress, by refusing to accept the prime ministership of India.