Pop - Singer Alice Kristiansen

Events in 1996 and 24-2

Events in US in the birth year of Alice Kristiansen

• US budget crisis in fourth month (Jan 3).
• Clinton approves resumption of many government operations (Jan. 6).
• Bob Dole sweeps primaries (March 5).
• F.B.I. arrests suspected Unabomber (April 3).
• Clinton signs line-item veto bill (April 9).
• President blocks ban on late-term abortions (April 10).
• Valujet crashes in Everglades; all 110 aboard killed (May 11).
• 747 airliner crashes in Atlantic off Long Island, N.Y.; all 230 aboard perish (July 17).
• Congress passes welfare reform bill (Aug. 2); approved by Clinton Aug. 22.
• Republican convention nominates Bob Dole and Jack Kemp (Aug. 14); Democratic convention nominates incumbents Clinton and Gore, who win the national election (Nov. 5).
• Clinton appoints Madeleine Albright as first female US secretary of state (Dec. 5).

Birthday Alice Kristiansen (24-2) in history

• Day 24-2 year 1582: Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull introducing the Gregorian calendar reform. The solar calendar that is being officially used in most countries around the world is therefore called the Gregorian calendar.
• Day 24-2 year 1803: The Supreme Court ruled in Marbury v. Madison that any act of Congress which conflicts with the Constitution is null and void.
• Day 24-2 year 1821: Mexico declared its independence from Spain.
• Day 24-2 year 1868: Andrew Johnson, 17th president of the United States, became the first president to have impeachment proceedings brought against him by the House of Representatives.
• Day 24-2 year 1903: The lease for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was signed.
• Day 24-2 year 1920: Adolf Hitler outlined the basic points of the Nazi party at the Hofbrauhaus in Munich.
• Day 24-2 year 1968: The discovery of a pulsar was announced.
• Day 24-2 year 1980: The U.S. hockey team defeated Finland to win the gold medal at the Lake Placid Olympics.
• Day 24-2 year 2022: The Russian Federation began its first attack on Ukraine, a large-scale military offensive (or "special military operation") against Ukraine, which the United Nations calls Russia. Invasion of Ukraine, the Western press called "Russia invaded Ukraine," "Ukrainian war," German press called "Putin war."