World singer Jose Antonio Monroig

Events in 1998 and 27-3

Events in the world in the birth year of Jose Antonio Monroig

• 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 Jose Antonio Monroig (27-3) in history

• Day 27-3 year 1794: Congress authorizes the construction of six frigates, including the Constitution (Old Ironsides) , for the U.S. Navy.
• Day 27-3 year 1866: President Andrew Johnson vetoed a civil rights bill which later became the 14th amendment.
• Day 27-3 year 1884: The first long-distance telephone call was made, between Boston and New York.
• Day 27-3 year 1917: The Seattle Metropolitans became the first U.S. hockey team to win the Stanley Cup.
• Day 27-3 year 1958: Nikita Khrushchev became Soviet premier and first secretary of the Communist Party.
• Day 27-3 year 1964: A 9.2 magnitude earthquake hit 80 miles east of Anchorage, Alaska, killing 117 and producing a 50-foot tsunami that traveled over 8,000 miles.
• Day 27-3 year 1977: Pan American and KLM Boeing 747s collided on a runway in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands. The 542 people killed is the highest ever for an aviation disaster.
• Day 27-3 year 2001: A federal judge ruled that the University of Michigan’s affirmative action policy was invalid, a ruling that later would be reversed in an appeal.