TV actress Madeline Holliday

Events in 2002 and 25-3

Events in the world in the birth year of Madeline Holliday

• 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 Madeline Holliday (25-3) in history

• Day 25-3 year 1634: Settlers sent by the late Lord Baltimore founded the state of Maryland, USA.
• Day 25-3 year 1894: Jacob Sechler Coxey and his "army" of unemployed men began their march from Ohio to Washington, DC.
• Day 25-3 year 1911: A fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. in New York City killed 145 workers.
• Day 25-3 year 1931: The Scottsboro boys were arrested in Alabama.
• Day 25-3 year 1934: Horton Smith won the first Masters golf tournament at Augusta National in Georgia.
• Day 25-3 year 1957: The European Economic Community was established by the Treaty of Rome.
• Day 25-3 year 1965: The 25,000-person Alabama Freedom March to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks, led by Martin Luther King Jr., ended its journey from Selma on the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Ala.
• Day 25-3 year 1975: King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was shot and killed by his nephew.
• Day 25-3 year 1994: U.S. troops withdrew from Somalia.