Youtube star Jess Bauer

Events in 1996 and 23-7

Events in the world in the birth year of Jess Bauer

• 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 Jess Bauer (23-7) in history

• Day 23-7 year 1829: William Burt patented a forerunner of the typewriter.
• Day 23-7 year 1885: Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, died at Mount McGregor, N.Y., at age 63.
• Day 23-7 year 1914: Austria and Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, precipitating World War I.
• Day 23-7 year 1945: Vichy government leader Marshal Henri Petain went on trial for treason.
• Day 23-7 year 1952: Revolution erupted in Egypt as the military took power in a bloodless coup. The following year the monarchy was abolished and, for the first time since the pharaohs, Egypt was again ruled by Egyptians.
• Day 23-7 year 1995: The Hale-Bopp comet was discovered by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp.
• Day 23-7 year 1997: Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic was sworn in as president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.