Youtube star Katrina Pacher

Events in 1999 and 31-1

Events in the world in the birth year of Katrina Pacher

• Russian president Boris Yeltsin survives impeachment hearings (May), reshuffles his cabinet twice (May, Aug.), and takes military action against Islamic separatists in Dagestan and Chechnya. Background: 1999 in Review.
• Nelson Mandela, first black president of South Africa, steps down (June 16), and Thabo Mbeki takes over.
• War erupts in Kosovo after Yugoslavia's president Slobodan Milosevic clamps down on the province, massacring and deporting ethnic Albanians. NATO begins Operation Allied Force on March 24, 1999, launching air strikes against Belgrade for 78 consecutive days until Milosevic relents. Background: Timeline: The Splintering of Kosovo and Timeline: NATO in Kosovo.
• Magnitude 7.4 earthquake kills more than 15,600 and leaves 600,000 homeless in Turkey (Aug. 17).
• East Timor population votes for independence from Indonesia (Aug. 30, 1999), which causes pro-Indonesian forces to massacre and uproot thousands of East Timorese.
• Pakistani government is overthrown in the midst of economic strife and intensified fighting with India over Kashmir (Oct. 12). Background: 1999 in Review.
• The world awaits the consequences of the Y2K bug, with more drastic millennial theorists warning of Armageddon.
• See also: 1999 Year in Review: News of the World

Birthday Katrina Pacher (31-1) in history

• Day 31-1 year 1606: Guy Fawkes, the alleged accomplice in the "Gunpowder Plot", was executed by hanging, dragging, and divided into four.
• Day 31-1 year 1865: The House of Representatives approved the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished slavery in the United States.
• Day 31-1 year 1940: The first social security check was issued to Ida Fuller for $22.54.
• Day 31-1 year 1958: The first U.S. earth satellite, Explorer I, was launched.
• Day 31-1 year 1990: The first McDonald's opened in Russia.