TV actor Nathaniel Britt

Events in 2000 and 11-8

Events in the world in the birth year of Nathaniel Britt

• 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 Nathaniel Britt (11-8) in history

• Day 11-8 year 1909: Arapahoe became the first American ship to use the S.O.S. distress signal.
• Day 11-8 year 1934: The first inmates arrived at the federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.
• Day 11-8 year 1952: King Hussein of Jordan ascended the throne after his father had been declared mentally unfit.
• Day 11-8 year 1954: More than seven years of fighting in Indochina formerly ended with the cessation of French control.
• Day 11-8 year 1956: Abstract artist Jackson Pollock died in an automobile accident.
• Day 11-8 year 1960: Chad gained its independence from France.
• Day 11-8 year 1965: Following the arrest of a young black motorist, the predominately black neighborhood of Watts in Los Angeles erupted in riots that lasted six days and left 34 dead.
• Day 11-8 year 2003: Charles Taylor, president of Liberia, formally relinquished his office to Moses Blah and left for Nigeria.