Youtube star Jamie Curry

Events in 1996 and 26-7

Events in the world in the birth year of Jamie Curry

• 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 Jamie Curry (26-7) in history

• Day 26-7 year 1788: New York became the 11th state in the United States.
• Day 26-7 year 1847: Liberia became Africa's first republic.
• Day 26-7 year 1908: The Office of the Chief Examiner, which in 1935 became the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), was created.
• Day 26-7 year 1947: President Harry S Truman signed the National Security Act, creating the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
• Day 26-7 year 1952: King Farouk I of Egypt abdicated after a coup led by Gamal Abdal Nasser.
• Day 26-7 year 1953: Fidel Castro was among a group of rebelling anti-Batistas who unsuccessfully attacked an army barracks.