Instagram star Danielle Jackson

Events in 1996 and 8-11

Events in the world in the birth year of Danielle Jackson

• Chechens capture 2,000 Russians (Jan. 9). Chechnya peace treaty signed (May 27).
• France agrees to end nuclear testing (Jan. 29). Background: nuclear disarmament
• Britain alarmed by an outbreak of "mad cow" disease (March 20 et seq.).
• UN tribunal charges war crimes by Bosnian Muslims and Croats (March 22). Nations pledge $1.23 billion in aid to rebuild Bosnia (April 22).
• South Africa gets new constitution (May 8).
• Israel elects Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister (May 31).
• Iraqis strike at Kurdish enclave (Aug. 31); after warning, US attacks Iraq's southern air defenses (Sept. 2–3).
• Militant Taliban leaders seize Afghan capital of Kabul (Sept. 27).
• Ethnic violence breaks out in Zairian refugee camps (Oct. 13); Clinton approves plan for UN-backed relief mission for 1.2 million Hutu refugees starving in eastern Zaire (Nov. 13). Hundreds of thousands return to Rwanda (Nov. 15–18).

Birthday Danielle Jackson (8-11) in history

• Day 8-11 year 1889: Montana became the 41st state.
• Day 8-11 year 1892: Former president Grover Cleveland beat incumbent Benjamin Harrison and became the only president to win nonconsecutive terms in the White House.
• Day 8-11 year 1923: Adolf Hitler attempted, and failed, to seize control of the German government in the Beer Hall Putsch.
• Day 8-11 year 1960: John F. Kennedy defeated Richard M. Nixon for the presidency of the United States.
• Day 8-11 year 1966: Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts became the first African American to be elected to the U.S. Senate since Reconstruction.
• Day 8-11 year 1994: After a 40-year Democrat domination, the Republican Party gained control of the U.S. House of Representatives, as well as a Senate majority.