Football player Leon Goretzka

Events in 1995 and 6-2

Events in the world in the birth year of Leon Goretzka

• US rescues Mexico's economy with $20-billion aid program (Feb. 21).
• Russian space station Mir greets first Americans (March 14). US shuttle docks with station (June 27).
• Nerve gas attack in Tokyo subway kills eight and injures thousands. The Aum Shinrikyo ("Supreme Truth") cult is to blame (March 20). Background: International Terrorism
• Death toll 2,000 in Rwanda massacre (April 22).
• Fighting escalates in Bosnia and Croatia (May 1). Warring parties agree on cease-fire (Oct. 5); sign peace treaty (Dec. 14).
• France explodes nuclear device in Pacific; wide protests ensue (Sept. 5). Background: nuclear weapons
• Israelis and Palestinians agree on transferring West Bank to Arabs (Sept. 24). Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin slain by Jewish extremist at peace rally (Nov. 4).

Birthday Leon Goretzka (6-2) in history

• Day 6-2 year 1788: Massachusetts ratified the U.S. Constitution, becoming the sixth state to join the Union.
• Day 6-2 year 1804: Joseph Priestley, British chemist, died. His work on the isolation of gases led him to discover oxygen in 1774.
• Day 6-2 year 1899: The Spanish-American War ended when a peace treaty between Spain and the United States was signed.
• Day 6-2 year 1933: The 20th Amendment to the Constitution, which set the date for the president's inauguration on Jan. 20, was adopted.
• Day 6-2 year 1935: The popular board game Monopoly® went on sale for the first time.
• Day 6-2 year 1952: Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain.
• Day 6-2 year 1971: Astronaut Alan B. Shepard hit a golf ball and Edgar Mitchell threw a "javelin" on the moon. They landed in the same crater and remain on the Moon today.
• Day 6-2 year 2001: Ariel Sharon was elected prime minister of Israel.
• Day 6-2 year 2012: The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II marked the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne.