TV actor Daniel Kerr

Events in 2000 and 27-4

Events in the world in the birth year of Daniel Kerr

• 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 Daniel Kerr (27-4) in history

• Day 27-4 year 1521: Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan died more than a month after landing in the Philippines, and the natives killed him during a war.
• Day 27-4 year 1805: The U.S. Marines captured Derna, on the shores of Tripoli.
• Day 27-4 year 1865: The worst steamship disaster in the history of the United States occurred when there was an explosion aboard the Sultana ; more than 1,400 people were killed.
• Day 27-4 year 1956: Rocky Marciano retired as undefeated world heavyweight boxing champion.
• Day 27-4 year 1961: Sierra Leone gained independence from Great Britain.
• Day 27-4 year 1983: Pitcher Nolan Ryan surpassed Walter Johnson’s strikeout record—one that had held since 1927.
• Day 27-4 year 1987: Austrian president Kurt Waldheim was barred from entering the United States. He was accused of aiding in the execution of thousands of Jews in World War II.
• Day 27-4 year 1993: Eritrea declared itself independent.