Singer Vu Thai Thao Vy

Events in 2002 and 22-11

Events in the world in the birth year of Vu Thai Thao Vy

• 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 Vu Thai Thao Vy (22-11) in history

• Day 22-11 year 1497: The famous Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama became the first navigator to sail around the "Cape of Good Hope" to search for a sea route to India.
• Day 22-11 year 1718: The notorious pirate Edward Teach, also known as the Blackbeard Pirate, was killed off the coast of Ocracoke, North Carolina, USA.
• Day 22-11 year 1842: Volcano St. Helens in Washington state erupts. Ash flies up to 48 km.
• Day 22-11 year 1906: "S-O-S" was adopted as a distress signal at the International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin.
• Day 22-11 year 1943: President Franklin Roosevelt, British prime minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek met in Cairo to discuss measures for defeating Japan.
• Day 22-11 year 1963: President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas.
• Day 22-11 year 1990: Margaret Thatcher announced her resignation as prime minister of the United Kingdom.