Singer Huynh Thi Ngoc Anh

Events in 2002 and 21-6

Events in the world in the birth year of Huynh Thi Ngoc Anh

• Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic’s trial on charges of crimes against humanity opens at The Hague (Feb. 12).
• Tamil Tigers and Sri Lankan government sign a cease-fire agreement, ending 19 years of civil war (Feb. 22). Background: World in Review
• India's worst Hindu-Muslim violence in a decade rocked the state of Gujarat after a Muslim mob fire-bombed a train, killing Hindu activists. Hindus retaliated, and more than 1,000 died in the bloodshed (Feb. 27 et seq.). Background: World in Review
• U.S. and Afghan troops launch Operation Anaconda against remaining al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters in Afghanistan (March 2). Background: Taliban Timeline and Afghanistan
• Israeli tanks and warplanes attack West Bank towns of Nablus, Jenin, Bethlehem, and others in response to string of Palestinian suicide attacks (March 29–April 21). In the first three months of 2002, 14 suicide bombers kill dozens of Israeli civilians, and wounded hundreds. Background: World in Review
• International Criminal Court wins UN ratification; U.S. refuses to ratify (April 11).
• Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez ousted in coup, then reinstated (April 12, 14).
• U.S. and Russia reach landmark arms agreement to cut both countries' nuclear arsenals by up to two-thirds over the next 10 years (May 13).
• East Timor becomes a new nation (May 20).
• Terrorist bomb in Bali kills hundreds (Oct. 12).
• Government suspended in Northern Ireland in protest of suspected IRA spy ring (Oct. 14).
• North Korea admits to developing nuclear arms in defiance of treaty (Oct. 16).
• Chechen rebels take 763 hostages in Moscow theater (Oct. 23). Russian authorities release a gas into theater, killing 116 hostages and freeing remainder (Oct. 26). Background: Chechnya Timeline
• China's Jiang Zemin officially retires as general secretary; Hu Jintao named as his successor (Nov. 14).
• UN Security Council passes unanimous resolution calling on Iraq to disarm or else face "serious consequences." (Nov. 8).
• UN arms inspectors return to Iraq (Nov. 18).

Birthday Huynh Thi Ngoc Anh (21-6) in history

• Day 21-6 year 1527: Italian Renaissance philosopher and writer Niccolo Machiavelli passed away in Florence, Italy. Many people know him through “The Prince,”.
• Day 21-6 year 1788: New Hampshire becomes the 9th US state.
• Day 21-6 year 1834: Inventor Cyrus McCormick patented his mechanical washing machine.
• Day 21-6 year 1964: Three civil rights workers—James E. Chaney, 21; Andrew Goodman, 21; and Michael Schwerner, 24—disappeared in Philadelphia, Miss. In 2005, 41 years after the disappearance, Edgar Killen was convicted of their murders.
• Day 21-6 year 1982: John Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted murder of President Ronald Reagan.
• Day 21-6 year 1989: The U.S. Supreme Court decided that burning the U.S. flag was protected under the First Amendment.
• Day 21-6 year 1997: The WNBA made its debut.
• Day 21-6 year 2004: Michael Melvill pilots the first privately-developed spacecraft,SpaceShipOne, into space.