Youtube star Gwynne Furches

Events in 1996 and 27-11

Events in the world in the birth year of Gwynne Furches

• Chechens capture 2,000 Russians (Jan. 9). Chechnya peace treaty signed (May 27).
• France agrees to end nuclear testing (Jan. 29). Background: nuclear disarmament
• Britain alarmed by an outbreak of "mad cow" disease (March 20 et seq.).
• UN tribunal charges war crimes by Bosnian Muslims and Croats (March 22). Nations pledge $1.23 billion in aid to rebuild Bosnia (April 22).
• South Africa gets new constitution (May 8).
• Israel elects Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister (May 31).
• Iraqis strike at Kurdish enclave (Aug. 31); after warning, US attacks Iraq's southern air defenses (Sept. 2–3).
• Militant Taliban leaders seize Afghan capital of Kabul (Sept. 27).
• Ethnic violence breaks out in Zairian refugee camps (Oct. 13); Clinton approves plan for UN-backed relief mission for 1.2 million Hutu refugees starving in eastern Zaire (Nov. 13). Hundreds of thousands return to Rwanda (Nov. 15–18).

Birthday Gwynne Furches (27-11) in history

• Day 27-11 year 1852: Lord Byron's daughter Ada died. She had assisted Charles Babbage with his "analytical engine" and is credited with inventing computer language.
• Day 27-11 year 1895: Alfred Nobel signed his last will, which established the Nobel Prize.
• Day 27-11 year 1910: New York's Pennsylvania Station opened.
• Day 27-11 year 1953: Playwright Eugene O'Neill died in Boston at age 65.
• Day 27-11 year 1970: Pope Paul VI was attacked at the Manila airport by a Bolivian painter disguised as a priest.
• Day 27-11 year 1973: Gerald R. Ford was confirmed by the Senate to become vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew.
• Day 27-11 year 2003: President Bush secretly flew to Iraq to spend Thanksgiving with the troops.