Vine star Juanpa Zurita

Events in 1996 and 29-3

Events in the world in the birth year of Juanpa Zurita

• Chechens capture 2,000 Russians (Jan. 9). Chechnya peace treaty signed (May 27).
• France agrees to end nuclear testing (Jan. 29). Background: nuclear disarmament
• Britain alarmed by an outbreak of "mad cow" disease (March 20 et seq.).
• UN tribunal charges war crimes by Bosnian Muslims and Croats (March 22). Nations pledge $1.23 billion in aid to rebuild Bosnia (April 22).
• South Africa gets new constitution (May 8).
• Israel elects Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister (May 31).
• Iraqis strike at Kurdish enclave (Aug. 31); after warning, US attacks Iraq's southern air defenses (Sept. 2–3).
• Militant Taliban leaders seize Afghan capital of Kabul (Sept. 27).
• Ethnic violence breaks out in Zairian refugee camps (Oct. 13); Clinton approves plan for UN-backed relief mission for 1.2 million Hutu refugees starving in eastern Zaire (Nov. 13). Hundreds of thousands return to Rwanda (Nov. 15–18).

Birthday Juanpa Zurita (29-3) in history

• Day 29-3 year 1848: For the first time in recorded history, Niagara Falls stopped flowing. An ice jam in the Niagara River above the rim of the falls caused the water to stop.
• Day 29-3 year 1867: The North America Act was passed by the British parliament, creating the dominion of Canada.
• Day 29-3 year 1951: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were found guilty of passing atomic secrets to the Russians and were sentenced to death.
• Day 29-3 year 1971: Lt. William Calley was convicted of murdering 22 Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre.
• Day 29-3 year 1973: The last U.S. troops left South Vietnam.
• Day 29-3 year 1999: The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 10,000 for the first time, at 10,006.78.
• Day 29-3 year 2002: Israel declared Yasir Arafat an enemy.