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Events in 2000 and 18-1

Events in the world in the birth year of Nathaniel Simonsen

• 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 Nathaniel Simonsen (18-1) in history

• Day 18-1 year 1733: The first polar bear was exhibited in Boston, USA
• Day 18-1 year 1778: Captain James Cook became the first European to visit the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii).
• Day 18-1 year 1782: Former US Secretary of State Daniel Webster was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire.
• Day 18-1 year 1788: The First Fleet, carrying convicts and sheep, arrived in Australia's Botany Bay.
• Day 18-1 year 1912: The ill-fated Scott expedition reached the South Pole, only to discover Amundsen had been there first.
• Day 18-1 year 1943: The Nazi siege of Leningrad was broken.
• Day 18-1 year 1993: All 50 states joined in the observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.