Youtube star Joseph Peacock

Events in 1996 and 31-10

Events in the world in the birth year of Joseph Peacock

• 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 Joseph Peacock (31-10) in history

• Day 31-10 year 1517: To mark the beginning of the Protestant Reformation in Germany, Martin Luther passed the 95 Theses in front of the Wittenberg Palace church.
• Day 31-10 year 1846: Heavy snowfall leaves the Donner Party stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
• Day 31-10 year 1864: Nevada became the 36th state.
• Day 31-10 year 1941: Work on the Mount Rushmore monument was completed.
• Day 31-10 year 1956: Rear Admiral G. J. Dufek became the first person to land an airplane at the South Pole.
• Day 31-10 year 1984: Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated.
• Day 31-10 year 1992: Pope John Paul II admitted that the Roman Catholic Church had erred in convicting Galileo of heresy 350 years earlier.