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Events in 2000 and 26-2

Events in the world in the birth year of It's Just Luke

• 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 It's Just Luke (26-2) in history

• Day 26-2 year 1815: Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from exile on the island of Elba.
• Day 26-2 year 1870: A 312-ft long pneumatic subway was opened in New York City; funding for a larger version never materialized.
• Day 26-2 year 1901: Leaders of the Boxer Uprising in China, Chi-hsui and Hsu Cheng-yu, were beheaded.
• Day 26-2 year 1919: Grand Canyon National Park was established.
• Day 26-2 year 1935: RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging) was first demonstrated by Robert Watson-Watt.
• Day 26-2 year 1993: A bomb exploded at the World Trade Center in New York. The blast killed six people and injured more than 1,000.