Youtube star Becca Grace

Events in 2000 and 10-7

Events in the world in the birth year of Becca Grace

• 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 Becca Grace (10-7) in history

• Day 10-7 year 1890: Wyoming became the 44th state in the United States.
• Day 10-7 year 1940: The Battle of Britain began.
• Day 10-7 year 1951: Armistice talks to end the Korean War began at Kaesong.
• Day 10-7 year 1973: The Bahamas became independent from Great Britain.
• Day 10-7 year 1985: The Coca-Cola Company announced that it was bringing back the original Coke and calling it Coca-Cola Classic.
• Day 10-7 year 1989: Mel Blanc, the “man of a thousand voices,” including such cartoon characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig, died in Los Angeles.
• Day 10-7 year 1991: President Bush lifted economic sanctions against South Africa.
• Day 10-7 year 1995: Myanmar activist Aung San Suu Kyi was released after six years of house arrest.
• Day 10-7 year 2003: Spain opened its first mosque (in Granada) since the Moors were expelled in 1492.