Pop - Singer Lisa Ajax

Events in 1998 and 13-8

Events in the world in the birth year of Lisa Ajax

• Serbs battle ethnic Albanians in Kosovo (March 5 et seq.). Serbs renew attack on Kosovo rebels (June 1). NATO, on verge of air strikes, reaches settlement with Milosevic on Kosovo (Oct. 12).
• Good Friday Accord is reached in Northern Ireland (April 10). Irish Parliament backs peace agreement (April 22). Background: N. Ireland Peace Negotiations
• Europeans agree on single currency, the euro (May 3).
• India conducts three atomic tests despite worldwide disapproval (May 11, 13). Pakistan stages five nuclear tests in response (May 29, 30).
• Indonesian dictator Suharto steps down after 32 years in power (May 21).
• Iraq ends cooperation with UN arms inspectors (Aug. 5). Clinton orders air strikes (Dec. 16–19).
• US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania bombed (Aug. 7). US cruise missiles hit suspected terrorist bases in Sudan and Afghanistan (Aug. 20).
• Russia fights to avert financial collapse (Aug. 17).
• Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet arrested in London (Oct. 16).
• Wye Mills Agreement between Netanyahu and Arafat moves Middle East peace talks forward (Oct. 23). Background: Middle East Peace Negotiations

Birthday Lisa Ajax (13-8) in history

• Day 13-8 year 1521: The Aztec capital Tenochtitlán fell to the Spanish conquistadors after a three-month siege. Mark the end of a mighty Aztec empire.
• Day 13-8 year 1906: An all-black army unit was accused of a shooting rampage that left 1 civilian dead at Fort Brown in Brownsville, Texas. In 1972 they were all exonerated.
• Day 13-8 year 1942: Disney's Bambi opened at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
• Day 13-8 year 1961: The border between East and West Berlin was closed and marked with a barbed wire fence.
• Day 13-8 year 1995: Baseball great Mickey Mantle died of cancer.
• Day 13-8 year 2008: U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps won his 11th career gold medal, becoming the first athlete in Olympic history to do so.