Photo model Do Thuy Ngoc Thuy

Events in 2000 and 4-1

Events in the world in the birth year of Do Thuy Ngoc Thuy

• 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 Do Thuy Ngoc Thuy (4-1) in history

• Day 4-1 year 1885: Dr. William W. Grant of Davenport, Iowa, performed what is thought to be the first appendectomy.
• Day 4-1 year 1896: Utah was admitted as 45th state in the United States.
• Day 4-1 year 1904: In Gonzales v. Williams, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that citizens of Puerto Rico are not aliens and can enter the U.S. freely.
• Day 4-1 year 1948: Burma (Myanmar) gained independence from Great Britain.
• Day 4-1 year 1951: During the Korean War, North Korean and Communist Chinese forces captured the city of Seoul.
• Day 4-1 year 1965: President Johnson outlined his "Great Society" in his State of the Union address.
• Day 4-1 year 1999: Former wrestler Jesse Ventura was sworn in as Minnesota's governor.
• Day 4-1 year 2007: California Democrat Nancy Pelosi becomes the first woman U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives.