Singer Luong Phu Thien

Events in 1996 and 9-8

Events in the world in the birth year of Luong Phu Thien

• Chechens capture 2,000 Russians (Jan. 9). Chechnya peace treaty signed (May 27).
• France agrees to end nuclear testing (Jan. 29). Background: nuclear disarmament
• Britain alarmed by an outbreak of "mad cow" disease (March 20 et seq.).
• UN tribunal charges war crimes by Bosnian Muslims and Croats (March 22). Nations pledge $1.23 billion in aid to rebuild Bosnia (April 22).
• South Africa gets new constitution (May 8).
• Israel elects Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister (May 31).
• Iraqis strike at Kurdish enclave (Aug. 31); after warning, US attacks Iraq's southern air defenses (Sept. 2–3).
• Militant Taliban leaders seize Afghan capital of Kabul (Sept. 27).
• Ethnic violence breaks out in Zairian refugee camps (Oct. 13); Clinton approves plan for UN-backed relief mission for 1.2 million Hutu refugees starving in eastern Zaire (Nov. 13). Hundreds of thousands return to Rwanda (Nov. 15–18).

Birthday Luong Phu Thien (9-8) in history

• Day 9-8 year 1854: Henry David Thoreau's Walden, recounting his experiment in solitary life on the shores of Massachusetts' Walden Pond, was published.
• Day 9-8 year 1936: Jesse Owens became the first American to win four gold medals in one Olympics.
• Day 9-8 year 1945: The United States exploded a nuclear bomb over Nagasaki, Japan, killing an estimated 74,000 people.
• Day 9-8 year 1965: Singapore proclaimed its independence from Malaysia.
• Day 9-8 year 1974: Vice president Gerald Ford was sworn in as president following Nixon's resignation.
• Day 9-8 year 1995: Jerry Garcia, lead singer and guitarist of the Grateful Dead, died.