Model Olivia Herdt

Events in 2000 and 22-7

Events in the world in the birth year of Olivia Herdt

• 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 Olivia Herdt (22-7) in history

• Day 22-7 year 1796: Cleveland, Ohio, was founded by Gen. Moses Cleaveland.
• Day 22-7 year 1933: Wiley Post became the first person to fly solo around the world.
• Day 22-7 year 1934: John Dillinger was shot to death outside Chicago's Biograph Theater.
• Day 22-7 year 1937: Franklin D. Roosevelt's "court packing" scheme was rejected by the U.S. Senate.
• Day 22-7 year 1975: Congress restored Confederate general Robert E. Lee's U.S. citizenship.
• Day 22-7 year 1990: Greg LeMond won his third Tour de France. A Minnesota native, Lemond was the first American to win the great French cycling race.
• Day 22-7 year 2003: Saddam Hussein's sons, Uday and Ousay, were killed in a firefight.
• Day 22-7 year 2013: Prince George of Cambridge is born. He is the first child of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.