Musically star Leanne Tessa

Events in 2000 and 30-7

Events in the world in the birth year of Leanne Tessa

• 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 Leanne Tessa (30-7) in history

• Day 30-7 year 1619: The first legislature in British North America was met in Jamestown.
• Day 30-7 year 1729: The city of Baltimore in the state of Maryland, USA, was founded.
• Day 30-7 year 1932: The tenth modern Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles.
• Day 30-7 year 1945: The USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sank within 15 minutes. It was one of the greatest naval losses of World War II, resulting in the deaths of nearly 900 men.
• Day 30-7 year 1956: The phrase "In God We Trust" was adopted as the U.S. national motto.
• Day 30-7 year 1965: President Lyndon Johnson signed the Medicare Bill into law.
• Day 30-7 year 1975: Former Teamsters union president James Hoffa was reported missing. Many suspect he was murdered, though his remains have never been found.
• Day 30-7 year 1980: The Republic of Vanuatu, formerly known as the New Hebrides, gained its independence from France and Britain.
• Day 30-7 year 2002: Lisa Leslie became the first woman to dunk in a professional basketball game.
• Day 30-7 year 2012: 620 million people were without power in India, the worst power outage in world history.