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Events in 1998 and 20-12

Events in the world in the birth year of MishaMCS

• Serbs battle ethnic Albanians in Kosovo (March 5 et seq.). Serbs renew attack on Kosovo rebels (June 1). NATO, on verge of air strikes, reaches settlement with Milosevic on Kosovo (Oct. 12).
• Good Friday Accord is reached in Northern Ireland (April 10). Irish Parliament backs peace agreement (April 22). Background: N. Ireland Peace Negotiations
• Europeans agree on single currency, the euro (May 3).
• India conducts three atomic tests despite worldwide disapproval (May 11, 13). Pakistan stages five nuclear tests in response (May 29, 30).
• Indonesian dictator Suharto steps down after 32 years in power (May 21).
• Iraq ends cooperation with UN arms inspectors (Aug. 5). Clinton orders air strikes (Dec. 16–19).
• US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania bombed (Aug. 7). US cruise missiles hit suspected terrorist bases in Sudan and Afghanistan (Aug. 20).
• Russia fights to avert financial collapse (Aug. 17).
• Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet arrested in London (Oct. 16).
• Wye Mills Agreement between Netanyahu and Arafat moves Middle East peace talks forward (Oct. 23). Background: Middle East Peace Negotiations

Birthday MishaMCS (20-12) in history

• Day 20-12 year 1790: Samuel Slater built America's first cotton mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
• Day 20-12 year 1803: The United States officially bought the Louisiana territory from France for $15 million.
• Day 20-12 year 1860: South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union.
• Day 20-12 year 1968: Author John Steinbeck died at age 66.
• Day 20-12 year 1989: The United States invaded Panama and installed a new government but failed to capture General Manuel Antonio Noriega.
• Day 20-12 year 1996: Astronomer Carl Sagan died at age 62.