Family member Anna Maynard

Events in 2000 and 4-6

Events in the world in the birth year of Anna Maynard

• Austria at center of European dispute after conservative People's Party forms coalition with the far-right Freedom Party, headed by xenophobe Jörg Haider (Feb. 3).
• Reformists win control of Iranian parliament for first time since 1979 Islamic revolution (Feb. 26).
• Governing of Northern Ireland passes back and forth between Britain and nascent Northern Irish parliament; major dispute over IRA's refusal to disarm (Feb-May).
• Former Indonesian president Suharto under house arrest, charged with corruption and abuse of power (May 29).
• Presidents of North and South Korea sign peace accord, and at least symbolically, end a half-century of antagonism (June 13).
• Vicente Fox Quesada elected president of Mexico, ending 71 years of one-party rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) (July 2).
• Concorde crash kills 113 near Paris (July 25).
• Palestinians and Israelis clash, spurred by visit of right-wing Israeli leader Ariel Sharon to a joint Jewish/Muslim holy site; "Al Aksa intifada" continues unabated (Sept. 30 et seq.).
• Nationwide uprising overthrows Yugoslavian president Milosevic (Oct. 5); Vojislav Kostunica sworn in as president (Oct. 7).
• U.S. sailors on Navy destroyer Cole die in Yemen terrorist explosion (Oct. 12).
• Mad cow disease alarms Europe (Nov. 30 et seq.).
• See also: 2000 Year in Review and 2000 Month-by-Month

Birthday Anna Maynard (4-6) in history

• Day 4-6 year 1892: The Sierra Club, led by John Muir, was incorporated in San Francisco.
• Day 4-6 year 1896: Henry Ford took his first car out for a test drive.
• Day 4-6 year 1942: The Battle of Midway, a decisive Allied victory in World War II, began.
• Day 4-6 year 1944: The U.S. Fifth Army entered Rome, leading to the liberation of the city during World War II.
• Day 4-6 year 1968: Dorothy Gish, American actress who starred in many silent-film classics, died.
• Day 4-6 year 1989: People's Army of China opened fire on crowds of prodemocracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, killing thousands.
• Day 4-6 year 1992: The U.S. Post Office announced that in a poll people preferred the "young Elvis" stamp to the "old Elvis" stamp.
• Day 4-6 year 2001: King Dipendra of Nepal died, three days after shooting most of his family and himself.
• Day 4-6 year 2003: Martha Stewart was indicted on charges of insider trading.