Youtube star Kevin Vieira

Events in 1996 and 20-3

Events in US in the birth year of Kevin Vieira

• US budget crisis in fourth month (Jan 3).
• Clinton approves resumption of many government operations (Jan. 6).
• Bob Dole sweeps primaries (March 5).
• F.B.I. arrests suspected Unabomber (April 3).
• Clinton signs line-item veto bill (April 9).
• President blocks ban on late-term abortions (April 10).
• Valujet crashes in Everglades; all 110 aboard killed (May 11).
• 747 airliner crashes in Atlantic off Long Island, N.Y.; all 230 aboard perish (July 17).
• Congress passes welfare reform bill (Aug. 2); approved by Clinton Aug. 22.
• Republican convention nominates Bob Dole and Jack Kemp (Aug. 14); Democratic convention nominates incumbents Clinton and Gore, who win the national election (Nov. 5).
• Clinton appoints Madeleine Albright as first female US secretary of state (Dec. 5).

Birthday Kevin Vieira (20-3) in history

• Day 20-3 year 1602:
  Dutch East India Company was born. During its 196-year history, it has become one of the most influential companies in the world.
• Day 20-3 year 1727: The great British scientist Sir Isaac Newton passed away in London at 84.
• Day 20-3 year 1852: Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was published.
• Day 20-3 year 1969: John Lennon married Yoko Ono in Gibraltar.
• Day 20-3 year 1985: Libby Riddles became the first woman to win the Iditarod.
• Day 20-3 year 1990: Namibia becomes an independent nation.
• Day 20-3 year 1995: Two members of the Japanese cult Aum Sinrikyo released poisonous gas in a Tokyo subway stop during rush hour, killing 12 people and sending over 5,000 to the hospital for treatment.
• Day 20-3 year 1999: Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones became the first to fly a hot-air balloon nonstop around the world.
• Day 20-3 year 2003: Ground troops entered Iraq and a second round of air strikes against Baghdad was launched.