TV actress Jennica Garcia

Events in 1989 and 26-12

Events in the world in the birth year of Jennica Garcia

• US planes shoot down two Libyan fighters over international waters in Mediterranean (Jan. 4).
• Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares author Salman Rushdie's book The Satanic Verses offensive and sentences him to death (Feb. 14).
• Tens of thousands of Chinese students take over Beijing's Tiananmen Square in rally for democracy (April 19 et seq.). More than one million in Beijing demonstrate for democracy; chaos spreads across nation (mid-May et seq.). Thousands killed in Tiananmen Square as Chinese leaders take hard line toward demonstrators (June 4 et seq.).
• Mikhail S. Gorbachev named Soviet President (May 25).
• P. W. Botha quits as South Africa's President (Aug. 14).
• Deng Xiaoping resigns from China's leadership (Nov. 9).
• After 28 years, Berlin Wall is open to West (Nov. 11).
• Czech Parliament ends Communists' dominant role (Nov. 30).
• Romanian uprising overthrows Communist government (Dec. 15 et seq.); President Ceausescu and wife executed (Dec. 25).
• US troops invade Panama, seeking capture of General Manuel Noriega (Dec. 20).

Birthday Jennica Garcia (26-12) in history

• Day 26-12 year 1776: The founder of the United States, George Washington, defeated the Hessians at Trenton.
• Day 26-12 year 1865: James H. Nason received a patent for a coffee percolator.
• Day 26-12 year 1966: The first Kwanzaa is celebrated.
• Day 26-12 year 1972: The 33rd president of the United States, Harry S. Truman, died in Kansas City, Mo.
• Day 26-12 year 1985: Zoologist Dian Fossey was found murdered in Rwanda.
• Day 26-12 year 1996: JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in her Boulder, Colo., home.
• Day 26-12 year 2004: In the Indian Ocean, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, the largest in 40 years, triggered a tsunami that ultimately killed more than 280,000.