Youtube star Giovanna Chaves

Events in 2000 and 4-12

Events in the world in the birth year of Giovanna Chaves

• 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 Giovanna Chaves (4-12) in history

• Day 4-12 year 1783: George Washington delivered his farewell address to his officers at Fraunces Tavern in New York City.
• Day 4-12 year 1816: James Monroe of Virginia was elected (by electors) the fifth president of the United States.
• Day 4-12 year 1875: William Marcy "Boss" Tweed of New York's Tammany Hall escaped from jail and fled the country.
• Day 4-12 year 1945: The Senate approved U.S. participation in the United Nations.
• Day 4-12 year 1978: Dianne Feinstein became San Francisco's first female mayor.
• Day 4-12 year 1991: Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson is released after seven years as a hostage in Lebanon.
• Day 4-12 year 1993: Rock musician and composer Frank Zappa died at age 52.
• Day 4-12 year 2003: Interpol put the former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, on its most-wanted list.