Dance artist Christian Patrick Salonga

Events in 1999 and 19-5

Events in the world in the birth year of Christian Patrick Salonga

• Russian president Boris Yeltsin survives impeachment hearings (May), reshuffles his cabinet twice (May, Aug.), and takes military action against Islamic separatists in Dagestan and Chechnya. Background: 1999 in Review.
• Nelson Mandela, first black president of South Africa, steps down (June 16), and Thabo Mbeki takes over.
• War erupts in Kosovo after Yugoslavia's president Slobodan Milosevic clamps down on the province, massacring and deporting ethnic Albanians. NATO begins Operation Allied Force on March 24, 1999, launching air strikes against Belgrade for 78 consecutive days until Milosevic relents. Background: Timeline: The Splintering of Kosovo and Timeline: NATO in Kosovo.
• Magnitude 7.4 earthquake kills more than 15,600 and leaves 600,000 homeless in Turkey (Aug. 17).
• East Timor population votes for independence from Indonesia (Aug. 30, 1999), which causes pro-Indonesian forces to massacre and uproot thousands of East Timorese.
• Pakistani government is overthrown in the midst of economic strife and intensified fighting with India over Kashmir (Oct. 12). Background: 1999 in Review.
• The world awaits the consequences of the Y2K bug, with more drastic millennial theorists warning of Armageddon.
• See also: 1999 Year in Review: News of the World

Birthday Christian Patrick Salonga (19-5) in history

• Day 19-5 year 1536: Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, was beheaded by her husband.
• Day 19-5 year 1588: A massive fleet of 130 ships named Armada, meaning "Greatest and Luckiest Navy", has set out for England. Three months later, the fleet was scuttled by a storm and the British navy.
• Day 19-5 year 1643: Meeting of Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Harbor the colonies of Massachusetts Bay on forming the New England Confederacy.
• Day 19-5 year 1921: Congress passed the Emergency Quota Act, establishing national quotas for immigrants.
• Day 19-5 year 1928: The first annual Calaveras County "Frog Jumping Jubilee" was held in Angel's Camp, California.
• Day 19-5 year 1935: British author and soldier, T. E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia," died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash.
• Day 19-5 year 1962: Marilyn Monroe sang “Happy Birthday” to president John F. Kennedy.
• Day 19-5 year 1992: The 27th Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibited Congress from giving itself midterm pay raises, went into effect.
• Day 19-5 year 1994: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died in New York.