Youtube star James Yammouni

Events in 1996 and 27-2

Events in the world in the birth year of James Yammouni

• 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 James Yammouni (27-2) in history

• Day 27-2 year 1844: Dominican Republic gained independence from Haiti.
• Day 27-2 year 1933: German Reichstag building in Berlin was destroyed by fire.
• Day 27-2 year 1951: The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, limiting the President to two terms.
• Day 27-2 year 1973: Members of the American Indian Movement occupied the village of Wounded Knee, S.D.
• Day 27-2 year 1991: Kuwait was liberated in the Gulf War.
• Day 27-2 year 2003: Fred Rogers, of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, died.
• Day 27-2 year 2012: Ali Abdullah Saleh stepped down as president of Yemen after months of protests.