Dance artist Alyssa Bortono

Events in 1998 and 21-8

Events in US in the birth year of Alyssa Bortono

• President accused in White House sex scandal; denies allegations of affair with White House intern, Monica Lewinsky (Jan. 21 et seq.).
• President outlines first balanced budget in 30 years (Feb. 3).
• US Supreme Court rules line-item veto unconstitutional (Feb. 12).
• Unabomber sentenced to four life terms (May 4).
• Life sentence meted out to Terry Nichols, convicted in Oklahoma City bombing fatal to 168 (June 4).
• Starr Report by independent counsel outlines case for impeachment proceedings against President (Sept. 11).
• Matthew Shepard, gay Wyoming student, fatally beaten in hate crime; two arrested (Oct. 6 et seq.).
• House impeaches President Clinton along party lines on two charges, perjury and obstruction of justice. (Dec. 19).

Birthday Alyssa Bortono (21-8) in history

• Day 21-8 year 1680: The Pueblo Indians drove out the Spaniards and took possession of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
• Day 21-8 year 1831: Preacher Nat Turner led a slave revolt in Virginia.
• Day 21-8 year 1858: The famous debates between Senator Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln began in Illinois.
• Day 21-8 year 1911: The Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre museum in France by an Italian waiter, Vicenzo Perruggia.
• Day 21-8 year 1940: Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky died in Mexico City.
• Day 21-8 year 1945: Harry S. Truman announced the end of the Lend-Lease Program.
• Day 21-8 year 1959: Hawaii became the 50th state in the United States.
• Day 21-8 year 1983: Corazon Aquino's husband Benigno, who was Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos's chief political opponent, was assassinated.
• Day 21-8 year 1991: Latvia declared its independence from the Soviet Union.