Youtube star David Spencer

Events in 1992 and 29-1

Events in the world in the birth year of David Spencer

• Yugoslav Federation broken up (Jan. 15). US recognizes three former Yugoslav republics (April 7). UN expels Serbian-dominated Yugoslavia (Sept. 22).
• Bush and Yeltsin proclaim a formal end to the Cold War (Feb. 1).
• US lifts trade sanctions against China (Feb. 21).
• General Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, convicted in US court (April 9) and sentenced to 40 years on drug charges (July 10).
• Russian Parliament approves START treaty (Nov. 4).
• US forces leave Philippines, ending nearly a century of American military presence (Nov. 24).
• Czechoslovak Parliament approves separation into two nations (Nov. 25). Background: Czech Republic and Slovakia
• UN approves US-led force to guard food for Somalia (Dec. 3).
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) signed (Dec. 17).

Birthday David Spencer (29-1) in history

• Day 29-1 year 1802: John Beckley became the first Librarian of Congress. He was paid $2 a day.
• Day 29-1 year 1845: Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven was published.
• Day 29-1 year 1850: Henry Clay introduced the Compromise of 1850 to the Senate.
• Day 29-1 year 1861: Kansas became the 34th state in the United States.
• Day 29-1 year 1886: Karl Benz received a patent for the first successful gasoline-driven car.
• Day 29-1 year 1936: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson were the first players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
• Day 29-1 year 1963: Poet Robert Frost died in Boston.
• Day 29-1 year 2002: In his State of the Union address, President Bush labels Iraq, Iran, and North Korea an "axis of evil."