Youtube star Jeffrey Almonte

Events in 1996 and 8-8

Events in the world in the birth year of Jeffrey Almonte

• 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 Jeffrey Almonte (8-8) in history

• Day 8-8 year 1588: British naval forces attacked the Armada fleet, permanently crippling the "invincible" Spanish fleet.
• Day 8-8 year 1786: Dr. Michael-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat became the first people to climb Mont Blanc.
• Day 8-8 year 1876: Thomas Edison patented the mimeograph machine.
• Day 8-8 year 1900: The first Davis Cup tennis tournament began at the Longwood Cricket Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.
• Day 8-8 year 1963: In "The Great Train Robbery," some 15 thieves robbed the Glasgow-to-London mail train, making off with more than $6 million in cash.
• Day 8-8 year 1969: Sharon Tate, wife of director Roman Polanski, and four others were murdered by members of Charles Manson's "family."
• Day 8-8 year 1974: President Nixon announced he would resign the following day as a result of the Watergate scandal.
• Day 8-8 year 2008: The Summer Olympic Games opened in Beijing, China.