Pop - Singer Grace Laing

Events in 2000 and 11-11

Events in the world in the birth year of Grace Laing

• 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 Grace Laing (11-11) in history

• Day 11-11 year 1620:
  The Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Contract on the Mayflower, a sailing ship that went down in American history when a group of Puritans did not accept the court's Anglican court, so they left England to settle in the New World. Gender. A total of 102 people plus 30 crew members. They came to America to start a new life.
  This contract would be the basis for all governments of the colonies of the United States.
• Day 11-11 year 1831: Preacher Nat Turner was executed in Courtland, Virginia, USA
• Day 11-11 year 1889: Washington became the 42nd state.
• Day 11-11 year 1918: The Allies and Germany signed an armistice ending World War I.
• Day 11-11 year 1921: The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was dedicated in Arlington National Cemetery.
• Day 11-11 year 1965: Rhodesia proclaimed its independence from Britain.
• Day 11-11 year 1992: The Church of England voted to ordain women as priests.
• Day 11-11 year 2004: Yasir Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, died in Paris. Mahmoud Abbas was elected to take his place.