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Events in 1996 and 15-5

Events in the world in the birth year of LOGinHDi

• 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 LOGinHDi (15-5) in history

• Day 15-5 year 1862: The U.S. Department of Agriculture was created by an act of Congress on this day.
• Day 15-5 year 1911: The Standard Oil Company, headed by John D. Rockefeller, was ordered dissolved by the Supreme Court, under the Sherman Antitrust Act.
• Day 15-5 year 1918: The first air mail route in the U.S. was established between New York and Washington, DC, with a stop at Philadelphia.
• Day 15-5 year 1930: On a Boeing Air Transport flight between Oakland and Chicago, Ellen Church became the first airline stewardess.
• Day 15-5 year 1940: Nylon stockings went on sale for the first time in the United States.
• Day 15-5 year 1972: Alabama Governor George Wallace was shot and crippled as he campaigned for the presidency.
• Day 15-5 year 1988: The Soviet Union began to withdraw its estimated 115,000 troops from Afghanistan.