Youtube star Celia Dail

Events in 1999 and 22-4

Events in the world in the birth year of Celia Dail

• Russian president Boris Yeltsin survives impeachment hearings (May), reshuffles his cabinet twice (May, Aug.), and takes military action against Islamic separatists in Dagestan and Chechnya. Background: 1999 in Review.
• Nelson Mandela, first black president of South Africa, steps down (June 16), and Thabo Mbeki takes over.
• War erupts in Kosovo after Yugoslavia's president Slobodan Milosevic clamps down on the province, massacring and deporting ethnic Albanians. NATO begins Operation Allied Force on March 24, 1999, launching air strikes against Belgrade for 78 consecutive days until Milosevic relents. Background: Timeline: The Splintering of Kosovo and Timeline: NATO in Kosovo.
• Magnitude 7.4 earthquake kills more than 15,600 and leaves 600,000 homeless in Turkey (Aug. 17).
• East Timor population votes for independence from Indonesia (Aug. 30, 1999), which causes pro-Indonesian forces to massacre and uproot thousands of East Timorese.
• Pakistani government is overthrown in the midst of economic strife and intensified fighting with India over Kashmir (Oct. 12). Background: 1999 in Review.
• The world awaits the consequences of the Y2K bug, with more drastic millennial theorists warning of Armageddon.
• See also: 1999 Year in Review: News of the World

Birthday Celia Dail (22-4) in history

• Day 22-4 year 1500: Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navigator and explorer Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered the land of Brazil and claimed it for Portugal.
• Day 22-4 year 1509: Lord Henry VIII becomes king of England.
• Day 22-4 year 1616: The great Spanish poet and playwright Cervantes passed away in Madrid. (Some other sources put the date of death as April 23.)
• Day 22-4 year 1864: Congress authorized the inscription "In God We Trust" on coins minted as U.S. currency.
• Day 22-4 year 1889: The land rush in Oklahoma began when it was opened to settlers.
• Day 22-4 year 1970: The first Earth Day was observed.
• Day 22-4 year 1994: Richard M. Nixon died of a stroke at the age of 81.
• Day 22-4 year 2000: Armed immigration agents took Elian Gonzalez from the Miami home of his relatives to reunite him with his father.