World singer Leo Rispal

Events in 2000 and 3-8

Events in the world in the birth year of Leo Rispal

• 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 Leo Rispal (3-8) in history

• Day 3-8 year 1492: Explorer Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain.
• Day 3-8 year 1914: Germany declared war on France.
• Day 3-8 year 1923: Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th president of the United States, following the death of Warren G. Harding.
• Day 3-8 year 1949: The National Basketball Association was formed.
• Day 3-8 year 1958: The nuclear-powered submarmine Nautilus became the first vessel to cross the North Pole underwater.
• Day 3-8 year 1981: U.S. air traffic controllers went on strike.
• Day 3-8 year 1987: A 22-cent stamp honoring author William Faulkner was issued. Its first-day cancellation was held in Oxford, Miss., where Faulkner had served as postmaster from 1921 until his resignation in 1924 following accusations of negligence.