Performer Kim Min-jae

Events in 1996 and 1-11

Events in the world in the birth year of Kim Min-jae

• Chechens capture 2,000 Russians (Jan. 9). Chechnya peace treaty signed (May 27).
• France agrees to end nuclear testing (Jan. 29). Background: nuclear disarmament
• Britain alarmed by an outbreak of "mad cow" disease (March 20 et seq.).
• UN tribunal charges war crimes by Bosnian Muslims and Croats (March 22). Nations pledge $1.23 billion in aid to rebuild Bosnia (April 22).
• South Africa gets new constitution (May 8).
• Israel elects Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister (May 31).
• Iraqis strike at Kurdish enclave (Aug. 31); after warning, US attacks Iraq's southern air defenses (Sept. 2–3).
• Militant Taliban leaders seize Afghan capital of Kabul (Sept. 27).
• Ethnic violence breaks out in Zairian refugee camps (Oct. 13); Clinton approves plan for UN-backed relief mission for 1.2 million Hutu refugees starving in eastern Zaire (Nov. 13). Hundreds of thousands return to Rwanda (Nov. 15–18).

Birthday Kim Min-jae (1-11) in history

• Day 1-11 year 1512: The frescoes by artist Michelangelo on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were first presented to the public.
• Day 1-11 year 1755: A devastating earthquake, fire, and tsunami leveled the city of Lisbon, Portugal, and claimed the lives of 70,000 people. It is considered the most tragic event in Europe in the 18th century.
• Day 1-11 year 1765: The Stamp Act, the first direct tax levied on the American colonies, went into effect.
• Day 1-11 year 1870: The U.S. Weather Bureau made its first meteorological observations.
• Day 1-11 year 1936: Benito Mussolini described the new alliance between Nazi Germany and Italy as an "axis" running between Berlin and Rome.
• Day 1-11 year 1952: The United States exploded the first hydrogen bomb in a test in the Marshall Islands.
• Day 1-11 year 1993: The Maastricht Treaty was enacted, establishing the European Union.