Instagram star Levi Jed Murphy

Events in 1996 and 27-8

Events in the world in the birth year of Levi Jed Murphy

• 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 Levi Jed Murphy (27-8) in history

• Day 27-8 year 1859: Edwin Drake drilled the first successful U.S. oil well near Titusville, Pa.
• Day 27-8 year 1883: A massive volcanic eruption on the island of Krakatoa blew up most of the island and resulted in tsunamis that killed over 36,000 people.
• Day 27-8 year 1928: The Kellogg-Briand Pact, outlawing war, was signed.
• Day 27-8 year 1945: U.S. troops began landing in Japan after Japan's surrender in World War II.
• Day 27-8 year 1962: The U.S. launched the Mariner II space probe.
• Day 27-8 year 2003: Mars made its closest approach to earth in 60,000 years.