TV actor Archie Lyndhurst

Events in 2000 and 22-10

Events in the world in the birth year of Archie Lyndhurst

• Austria at center of European dispute after conservative People's Party forms coalition with the far-right Freedom Party, headed by xenophobe Jörg Haider (Feb. 3).
• Reformists win control of Iranian parliament for first time since 1979 Islamic revolution (Feb. 26).
• Governing of Northern Ireland passes back and forth between Britain and nascent Northern Irish parliament; major dispute over IRA's refusal to disarm (Feb-May).
• Former Indonesian president Suharto under house arrest, charged with corruption and abuse of power (May 29).
• Presidents of North and South Korea sign peace accord, and at least symbolically, end a half-century of antagonism (June 13).
• Vicente Fox Quesada elected president of Mexico, ending 71 years of one-party rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) (July 2).
• Concorde crash kills 113 near Paris (July 25).
• Palestinians and Israelis clash, spurred by visit of right-wing Israeli leader Ariel Sharon to a joint Jewish/Muslim holy site; "Al Aksa intifada" continues unabated (Sept. 30 et seq.).
• Nationwide uprising overthrows Yugoslavian president Milosevic (Oct. 5); Vojislav Kostunica sworn in as president (Oct. 7).
• U.S. sailors on Navy destroyer Cole die in Yemen terrorist explosion (Oct. 12).
• Mad cow disease alarms Europe (Nov. 30 et seq.).
• See also: 2000 Year in Review and 2000 Month-by-Month

Birthday Archie Lyndhurst (22-10) in history

• Day 22-10 year 1797: Balloon operator Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes the first parachute jump from a hot air balloon.
• Day 22-10 year 1836: Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
• Day 22-10 year 1954: West Germany joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
• Day 22-10 year 1962: President Kennedy announced an air and naval blockade of Cuba, following the discovery of Soviet missile bases on the island.
• Day 22-10 year 1973: Spanish cellist, conductor, and composer Pablo Casals died in Puerto Rico, at age 96.
• Day 22-10 year 1979: Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi, the deposed Shah of Iran, was allowed in the United States for medical treatment. This action led to the Iran hostage crisis.