Pop - Singer James Smith

Events in 1999 and 9-2

Events in the world in the birth year of James Smith

• Russian president Boris Yeltsin survives impeachment hearings (May), reshuffles his cabinet twice (May, Aug.), and takes military action against Islamic separatists in Dagestan and Chechnya. Background: 1999 in Review.
• Nelson Mandela, first black president of South Africa, steps down (June 16), and Thabo Mbeki takes over.
• War erupts in Kosovo after Yugoslavia's president Slobodan Milosevic clamps down on the province, massacring and deporting ethnic Albanians. NATO begins Operation Allied Force on March 24, 1999, launching air strikes against Belgrade for 78 consecutive days until Milosevic relents. Background: Timeline: The Splintering of Kosovo and Timeline: NATO in Kosovo.
• Magnitude 7.4 earthquake kills more than 15,600 and leaves 600,000 homeless in Turkey (Aug. 17).
• East Timor population votes for independence from Indonesia (Aug. 30, 1999), which causes pro-Indonesian forces to massacre and uproot thousands of East Timorese.
• Pakistani government is overthrown in the midst of economic strife and intensified fighting with India over Kashmir (Oct. 12). Background: 1999 in Review.
• The world awaits the consequences of the Y2K bug, with more drastic millennial theorists warning of Armageddon.
• See also: 1999 Year in Review: News of the World

Birthday James Smith (9-2) in history

• Day 9-2 year 1861: Jefferson Davis was chosen as the president of the Confederate States of America.
• Day 9-2 year 1943: The battle of Guadalcanal ended with an American victory.
• Day 9-2 year 1950: Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed he had evidence there were card-carrying members of the Communist Party in the State Department.
• Day 9-2 year 1964: The Beatles made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
• Day 9-2 year 1991: Lithuanians voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union.
• Day 9-2 year 2001: A U.S. nuclear sub struck the Ehime Maru, a Japanese fishing boat.