TV actor Mikel Iglesias

Events in 1996 and 10-7

Events in the world in the birth year of Mikel Iglesias

• 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 Mikel Iglesias (10-7) in history

• Day 10-7 year 1890: Wyoming became the 44th state in the United States.
• Day 10-7 year 1940: The Battle of Britain began.
• Day 10-7 year 1951: Armistice talks to end the Korean War began at Kaesong.
• Day 10-7 year 1973: The Bahamas became independent from Great Britain.
• Day 10-7 year 1985: The Coca-Cola Company announced that it was bringing back the original Coke and calling it Coca-Cola Classic.
• Day 10-7 year 1989: Mel Blanc, the “man of a thousand voices,” including such cartoon characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig, died in Los Angeles.
• Day 10-7 year 1991: President Bush lifted economic sanctions against South Africa.
• Day 10-7 year 1995: Myanmar activist Aung San Suu Kyi was released after six years of house arrest.
• Day 10-7 year 2003: Spain opened its first mosque (in Granada) since the Moors were expelled in 1492.