Musically star Ashley Shortino

Events in 2000 and 24-10

Events in the world in the birth year of Ashley Shortino

• 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 Ashley Shortino (24-10) in history

• Day 24-10 year 1648: The Treaty of the Peace of Westphalia was signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War in Germany (1618-1648) and the 80 Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.
• Day 24-10 year 1901: Anna Edson Taylor became the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
• Day 24-10 year 1931: The George Washington Bridge, connecting New York and New Jersey, opened to traffic.
• Day 24-10 year 1939: Nylon stockings were sold publicly for the first time, in Wilmington, Del.
• Day 24-10 year 1940: The 40-hour work week went into effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
• Day 24-10 year 1945: The United Nations officially came into being as its charter took effect.
• Day 24-10 year 1992: The Toronto Blue Jays became the first non-U.S. team to win the World Series.
• Day 24-10 year 2003: The last Concordes landed in London, ending supersonic air travel.
• Day 24-10 year 2005: Civil rights activist Rosa Parks, 92, died.