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Events in 2000 and 28-7

Events in the world in the birth year of Matthew Solano

• 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 Matthew Solano (28-7) in history

• Day 28-7 year 1540: Former UK Foreign Secretary Thomas Cromwell was executed for treason and heresy at Tower Hill. On this same day, King Henry VIII married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard.
• Day 28-7 year 1750: The great German baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach passed away in Leipzig, Germany.
• Day 28-7 year 1794: Robespierre, The French revolutionary leader, was taken to the guillotine.
• Day 28-7 year 1821: Peru declared its independence from Spain.
• Day 28-7 year 1868: The 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which established the citizenship of African Americans and guaranteed due process of law, was ratified.
• Day 28-7 year 1914: Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, precipitating the start of World War I.
• Day 28-7 year 1932: Herbert Hoover ordered Douglas MacArthur to evict the Bonus Marchers from their camps.
• Day 28-7 year 2002: Nine Pennsylvania coal miners were rescued after 77 hours of being trapped in a mine shaft.