Track and field athlete Nguyen Thi Huyen

Events in 1993 and 15-5

Events in the world in the birth year of Nguyen Thi Huyen

• 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 Nguyen Thi Huyen (15-5) in history

• Day 15-5 year 1862: The U.S. Department of Agriculture was created by an act of Congress on this day.
• Day 15-5 year 1911: The Standard Oil Company, headed by John D. Rockefeller, was ordered dissolved by the Supreme Court, under the Sherman Antitrust Act.
• Day 15-5 year 1918: The first air mail route in the U.S. was established between New York and Washington, DC, with a stop at Philadelphia.
• Day 15-5 year 1930: On a Boeing Air Transport flight between Oakland and Chicago, Ellen Church became the first airline stewardess.
• Day 15-5 year 1940: Nylon stockings went on sale for the first time in the United States.
• Day 15-5 year 1972: Alabama Governor George Wallace was shot and crippled as he campaigned for the presidency.
• Day 15-5 year 1988: The Soviet Union began to withdraw its estimated 115,000 troops from Afghanistan.