Youtube star Labib Yasir

Events in 1995 and 10-8

Events in the world in the birth year of Labib Yasir

• US rescues Mexico's economy with $20-billion aid program (Feb. 21).
• Russian space station Mir greets first Americans (March 14). US shuttle docks with station (June 27).
• Nerve gas attack in Tokyo subway kills eight and injures thousands. The Aum Shinrikyo ("Supreme Truth") cult is to blame (March 20). Background: International Terrorism
• Death toll 2,000 in Rwanda massacre (April 22).
• Fighting escalates in Bosnia and Croatia (May 1). Warring parties agree on cease-fire (Oct. 5); sign peace treaty (Dec. 14).
• France explodes nuclear device in Pacific; wide protests ensue (Sept. 5). Background: nuclear weapons
• Israelis and Palestinians agree on transferring West Bank to Arabs (Sept. 24). Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin slain by Jewish extremist at peace rally (Nov. 4).

Birthday Labib Yasir (10-8) in history

• Day 10-8 year 1821: Missouri became the 24th state in the United States.
• Day 10-8 year 1846: The Smithsonian Institution was established in Washington, D.C., from funds left by British scientist James Smithson.
• Day 10-8 year 1921: Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken with polio at his summer home on Campobello island.
• Day 10-8 year 1944: U.S. forces seized Guam from Japan.
• Day 10-8 year 1948: Candid Camera with Allen Funt debuted on television.
• Day 10-8 year 1988: President Reagan signed a bill that awarded $20,000 to each survivor of the Japanese-American internment.
• Day 10-8 year 1993: Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as the second female U.S. Supreme Court justice.