Musically star ThunThun Skittles

Events in 1999 and 26-11

Events in the world in the birth year of ThunThun Skittles

• Russian president Boris Yeltsin survives impeachment hearings (May), reshuffles his cabinet twice (May, Aug.), and takes military action against Islamic separatists in Dagestan and Chechnya. Background: 1999 in Review.
• Nelson Mandela, first black president of South Africa, steps down (June 16), and Thabo Mbeki takes over.
• War erupts in Kosovo after Yugoslavia's president Slobodan Milosevic clamps down on the province, massacring and deporting ethnic Albanians. NATO begins Operation Allied Force on March 24, 1999, launching air strikes against Belgrade for 78 consecutive days until Milosevic relents. Background: Timeline: The Splintering of Kosovo and Timeline: NATO in Kosovo.
• Magnitude 7.4 earthquake kills more than 15,600 and leaves 600,000 homeless in Turkey (Aug. 17).
• East Timor population votes for independence from Indonesia (Aug. 30, 1999), which causes pro-Indonesian forces to massacre and uproot thousands of East Timorese.
• Pakistani government is overthrown in the midst of economic strife and intensified fighting with India over Kashmir (Oct. 12). Background: 1999 in Review.
• The world awaits the consequences of the Y2K bug, with more drastic millennial theorists warning of Armageddon.
• See also: 1999 Year in Review: News of the World

Birthday ThunThun Skittles (26-11) in history

• Day 26-11 year 1789: The first national Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. was proclaimed by President George Washington.
• Day 26-11 year 1922: Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon became the first to enter the tomb of King Tutankhamen (Tut) since it was sealed in 1323 B.C.
• Day 26-11 year 1940: The Nazis began to force Warsaw's Jews to live in a walled ghetto.
• Day 26-11 year 1950: China entered the Korean War.
• Day 26-11 year 1975: Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson, was found guilty of trying to assassinate President Ford.
• Day 26-11 year 1998: Tony Blair became the first British prime minister to speak to the Irish parliament.
• Day 26-11 year 2000: Katherine Harris certified George W. Bush the winner in Florida's presidential balloting.