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Events in 1997 and 21-3

Events in the world in the birth year of Ling Big Yong

• Hebron agreement signed; Israel gives up large part of West Bank city of Hebron (Jan. 16). Israeli government approves establishment of Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem, a setback in Middle East peace process (Feb. 26). Background: Middle East Peace Negotiations
• US, UK, and France agree to freeze Nazis' gold loot (Feb. 3).
• Hong Kong returns to Chinese rule (June 30).
• Khmer Rouge hold trial of longtime leader Pol Pot (July 25).
• Swiss plan first payment to Holocaust victims (Sept. 17).
• European Union plans to admit six nations (Dec. 13).

Birthday Ling Big Yong (21-3) in history

• Day 21-3 year 1556: Archbishop Thomas Cranmer of Canterbury was imprisoned in Oxford, UK, accused of heresy.
• Day 21-3 year 1804: The French civil code, the Code Napoleon, was officially put forth.
• Day 21-3 year 1871: Journalist Henry M. Stanley began his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
• Day 21-3 year 1960: Police fired on demonstrators in Sharpeville, South Africa, after which the African National Congress was banned. 25 years later, a march marking the anniversary was also disrupted by police fire.
• Day 21-3 year 1963: Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco Bay, a harsh maximum security jail which once housed gangster Al Capone, closed.
• Day 21-3 year 1965: Martin Luther King, Jr., led the start of a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
• Day 21-3 year 2010: The House of Representatives passes a bill that will overhaul the American health-care system. The bill, called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, will be sent to President Obama to sign into law.