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Events in 2003 and 14-12

Events in the world in the birth year of Kieu Quang Ha

• North Korea withdraws from treaty on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons (Jan. 10).
• In State of the Union address, Bush announces that he is ready to attack Iraq even without a UN mandate (Jan. 28). (For an account of the U.S. build-up to war in Iraq, see News of the Nation, 2003.)
• Ariel Sharon elected Israeli prime minister (Jan. 29).
• Nine-week general strike in Venezuela calling for President Chavez's resignation ends in defeat (Feb. 2).
• U.S. Secretary of State Powell presents Iraq war rationale to UN, citing its WMD as imminent threat to world security (Feb. 5).
• U.S. and Britain launch war against Iraq (March 19). See also Iraq war timeline.
• Baghdad falls to U.S. troops (April 9).
• First Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, sworn in (April 29).
• U.S.-backed "road map" for peace proposed for Middle East (April 30). Background
• The U.S. declares official end to combat operations in Iraq (May 1).
• Terrorists strike in Saudi Arabia, killing 34 at Western compound; Al-Qaeda suspected (May 12).
• Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi again placed under house arrest by military regime (May 30).
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) discovers Iran's concealed nuclear activities and calls for intensified inspections (June 18).
• Palestinian militant groups announce ceasefire toward Israel (June 29).
• Liberia's autocratic president Charles Taylor forced to leave civil-war ravaged country (Aug. 11). Background
• NATO assumes control of peacekeeping force in Afghanistan (Aug. 11). Background
• Libya accepts blame for 1988 bombing of flight over Lockerbie, Scotland; agrees to pay $2.7 billion to the families of the 270 victims (Aug. 15).
• Suicide bombing destroys UN headquarters in Baghdad, killing 24, including top envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello (Aug. 19).
• Palestinian suicide bombing in Jerusalem kills 20 Israelis, including 6 children (Aug. 19).
• After Israel retaliates for suicide bombing by killing top member of Hamas, militant Palestinian groups formally withdraw from cease-fire in effect since June 29 (Aug. 24).
• Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas resigns; "road map" to peace effectively collapses (Sept. 6). Background
• The Bush administration reverses policy, agreeing to transfer power to an interim Iraqi government in early 2004 (Nov. 14).
• Suicide bombers attack two synagogues in Istanbul, Turkey, killing 25 (Nov. 15).
• Another terrorist attack in Istanbul kills 26 (Nov. 20). Al-Qaeda suspected in both. See suspected al-Qaeda terrorist attacks.
• Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns after weeks of protests (Nov. 23).
• Paul Martin succeeds Jean Chretien as Canadian prime minister (Dec. 12).
• Saddam Hussein is captured by American troops (Dec. 13).
• Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi announces he will give up weapons program (Dec. 19).

Birthday Kieu Quang Ha (14-12) in history

• Day 14-12 year 1799: The founder of the United States, George Washington, passed away at the age of 67.
• Day 14-12 year 1819: Alabama became the 22nd state in the United States.
• Day 14-12 year 1911: Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole, beating an expedition led by Robert F. Scott.
• Day 14-12 year 1939: The Soviet Union was dropped from the League of Nations.
• Day 14-12 year 1967: DNA synthesized for the first time.
• Day 14-12 year 1981: Israel formally annexed the Golan Heights.
• Day 14-12 year 1985: Wilma Mankiller became the first woman to lead a major American Indian tribe as she took office as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
• Day 14-12 year 1989: Nobel Peace laureate Andrei D. Sakharov died in Moscow at age 68.
• Day 14-12 year 2012: Adam Lanza, age 20, forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown, Connecticut, and killed 26 people. The victims included 20 children between the ages of six and seven.