TV actor Nikolas Caballero

Events in 2002 and 7-6

Events in the world in the birth year of Nikolas Caballero

• Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic’s trial on charges of crimes against humanity opens at The Hague (Feb. 12).
• Tamil Tigers and Sri Lankan government sign a cease-fire agreement, ending 19 years of civil war (Feb. 22). Background: World in Review
• India's worst Hindu-Muslim violence in a decade rocked the state of Gujarat after a Muslim mob fire-bombed a train, killing Hindu activists. Hindus retaliated, and more than 1,000 died in the bloodshed (Feb. 27 et seq.). Background: World in Review
• U.S. and Afghan troops launch Operation Anaconda against remaining al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters in Afghanistan (March 2). Background: Taliban Timeline and Afghanistan
• Israeli tanks and warplanes attack West Bank towns of Nablus, Jenin, Bethlehem, and others in response to string of Palestinian suicide attacks (March 29–April 21). In the first three months of 2002, 14 suicide bombers kill dozens of Israeli civilians, and wounded hundreds. Background: World in Review
• International Criminal Court wins UN ratification; U.S. refuses to ratify (April 11).
• Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez ousted in coup, then reinstated (April 12, 14).
• U.S. and Russia reach landmark arms agreement to cut both countries' nuclear arsenals by up to two-thirds over the next 10 years (May 13).
• East Timor becomes a new nation (May 20).
• Terrorist bomb in Bali kills hundreds (Oct. 12).
• Government suspended in Northern Ireland in protest of suspected IRA spy ring (Oct. 14).
• North Korea admits to developing nuclear arms in defiance of treaty (Oct. 16).
• Chechen rebels take 763 hostages in Moscow theater (Oct. 23). Russian authorities release a gas into theater, killing 116 hostages and freeing remainder (Oct. 26). Background: Chechnya Timeline
• China's Jiang Zemin officially retires as general secretary; Hu Jintao named as his successor (Nov. 14).
• UN Security Council passes unanimous resolution calling on Iraq to disarm or else face "serious consequences." (Nov. 8).
• UN arms inspectors return to Iraq (Nov. 18).

Birthday Nikolas Caballero (7-6) in history

• Day 7-6 year 1494: Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, a treaty dividing the "New World" between the two countries.
• Day 7-6 year 1654: "Sun King" Louis XIV ascended the throne of France.
• Day 7-6 year 1776: Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduced a resolution in the Continental Congress proposing the Declaration of Independence.
• Day 7-6 year 1892: Homer Plessy was arrested for his refusal to move from a whites-only seat on a train. This led to the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision.
• Day 7-6 year 1929: Vatican City became a sovereign state.
• Day 7-6 year 1948: President Eduard Beneš of Czechoslovakia resigned and the Communist takeover of the country was completed.
• Day 7-6 year 1967: Dorothy Parker, American short story writer, poet, and critic, died.
• Day 7-6 year 2003: Rev. V. Gene Robinson was elected the first openly gay bishop by New Hampshire Episcopalians.