Male Opera James Forde

Events in 1996 and 27-6

Events in the world in the birth year of James Forde

• 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 James Forde (27-6) in history

• Day 27-6 year 1844: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints founder Joseph Smith was murdered by a mob in Carthage, Ill.
• Day 27-6 year 1898: Joshua Slocum became the first person to successfully circumnavigate the earth alone when he landed his sloop Spray in Newport, R.I., a 46,000-mile trip.
• Day 27-6 year 1922: The Newbery Medal for children’s literature was first awarded.
• Day 27-6 year 1950: President Harry S. Truman ordered the Air Force and Navy into the Korean War.
• Day 27-6 year 1954: The world's first atomic power station opened at Obninsk, near Moscow.
• Day 27-6 year 1969: Police and gays clashed at the Stonewall Inn in New York City, fostering the gay rights movement.
• Day 27-6 year 1985: The legendary Route 66, running from Chicago to Santa Monica, Calif., was decertified, the victim of the Interstate Highway System.
• Day 27-6 year 2003: The national do-not-call registry, formed to combat unwanted telemarketing calls and administered by the Federal Trade Commission, enrolled almost three-quarters of a million phone numbers on its first day.