Rugby athlete Roger Tuivasa-Sheck

Events in 1993 and 5-6

Events in the world in the birth year of Roger Tuivasa-Sheck

• Vaclav Havel elected Czech President (Jan. 26).
• British House of Commons approves European unity pact (May 20). Maastricht Treaty takes effect, creating European Union (Nov. 1).
• Twenty-two UN troops killed in Somalia (June 5).
• Israeli-Palestinian accord reached (Aug. 28).
• Yeltsin's forces crush revolt in Russian Parliament (Oct. 4 et seq.).
• China breaks nuclear test moratorium (Oct. 5).
• South Africa adopts majority rule constitution (Nov. 18).

Birthday Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (5-6) in history

• Day 5-6 year 1783: Inventors Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier first flew in a hot air balloon they invented successfully.
• Day 5-6 year 1884: Civil War hero Gen. William T. Sherman refused the Republican nomination for president with the words, “I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected.”
• Day 5-6 year 1933: The United States went off the gold standard.
• Day 5-6 year 1947: Sen. George Marshall proposed a plan (Marshall Plan) to help Europe recover financially from the effects of World War II.
• Day 5-6 year 1967: The Arab-Israeli Six-Day War began.
• Day 5-6 year 1968: Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot by an assassin and died the next day.
• Day 5-6 year 1981: The Centers for Disease Control published the first report about the disease that would later become known as AIDS.
• Day 5-6 year 2002: Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her Salt Lake City home.
• Day 5-6 year 2004: Former president Ronald Reagan died.
• Day 5-6 year 2013: The British newspaper the Guardian published the first of many stories based on leaks by Edward Snowden about the top-secret surveillance activities of the National Security Agency.