Male Opera Eliot Carrington

Events in 2002 and 14-8

Events in the world in the birth year of Eliot Carrington

• Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic’s trial on charges of crimes against humanity opens at The Hague (Feb. 12).
• Tamil Tigers and Sri Lankan government sign a cease-fire agreement, ending 19 years of civil war (Feb. 22). Background: World in Review
• India's worst Hindu-Muslim violence in a decade rocked the state of Gujarat after a Muslim mob fire-bombed a train, killing Hindu activists. Hindus retaliated, and more than 1,000 died in the bloodshed (Feb. 27 et seq.). Background: World in Review
• U.S. and Afghan troops launch Operation Anaconda against remaining al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters in Afghanistan (March 2). Background: Taliban Timeline and Afghanistan
• Israeli tanks and warplanes attack West Bank towns of Nablus, Jenin, Bethlehem, and others in response to string of Palestinian suicide attacks (March 29–April 21). In the first three months of 2002, 14 suicide bombers kill dozens of Israeli civilians, and wounded hundreds. Background: World in Review
• International Criminal Court wins UN ratification; U.S. refuses to ratify (April 11).
• Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez ousted in coup, then reinstated (April 12, 14).
• U.S. and Russia reach landmark arms agreement to cut both countries' nuclear arsenals by up to two-thirds over the next 10 years (May 13).
• East Timor becomes a new nation (May 20).
• Terrorist bomb in Bali kills hundreds (Oct. 12).
• Government suspended in Northern Ireland in protest of suspected IRA spy ring (Oct. 14).
• North Korea admits to developing nuclear arms in defiance of treaty (Oct. 16).
• Chechen rebels take 763 hostages in Moscow theater (Oct. 23). Russian authorities release a gas into theater, killing 116 hostages and freeing remainder (Oct. 26). Background: Chechnya Timeline
• China's Jiang Zemin officially retires as general secretary; Hu Jintao named as his successor (Nov. 14).
• UN Security Council passes unanimous resolution calling on Iraq to disarm or else face "serious consequences." (Nov. 8).
• UN arms inspectors return to Iraq (Nov. 18).

Birthday Eliot Carrington (14-8) in history

• Day 14-8 year 1900: International forces entered Beijing, China, in an effort to suppress the antiforeign uprising known as the Boxer Rebellion.
• Day 14-8 year 1935: The Social Security Act became law.
• Day 14-8 year 1945: Japan surrendered to the United States, ending World War II.
• Day 14-8 year 1947: Pakistan became independent of British rule.
• Day 14-8 year 1951: Newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst died in Beverly Hills, California.
• Day 14-8 year 1995: Shannon Faulkner became the first female cadet at the Citadel, the state military college of South Carolina.
• Day 14-8 year 1997: Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to death for the Oklahoma City bombing.
• Day 14-8 year 2003: The largest blackout in North American history hit the northeast.