Youtube star Michael Philippou

Events in 1992 and 12-4

Events in the world in the birth year of Michael Philippou

• Yugoslav Federation broken up (Jan. 15). US recognizes three former Yugoslav republics (April 7). UN expels Serbian-dominated Yugoslavia (Sept. 22).
• Bush and Yeltsin proclaim a formal end to the Cold War (Feb. 1).
• US lifts trade sanctions against China (Feb. 21).
• General Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, convicted in US court (April 9) and sentenced to 40 years on drug charges (July 10).
• Russian Parliament approves START treaty (Nov. 4).
• US forces leave Philippines, ending nearly a century of American military presence (Nov. 24).
• Czechoslovak Parliament approves separation into two nations (Nov. 25). Background: Czech Republic and Slovakia
• UN approves US-led force to guard food for Somalia (Dec. 3).
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) signed (Dec. 17).

Birthday Michael Philippou (12-4) in history

• Day 12-4 year 1861: The Civil War began when Fort Sumter was attacked.
• Day 12-4 year 1862: James J. Andrews led the raiding party that stole the Confederate locomotive "The General," inspiring the 1926 Buster Keaton movie.
• Day 12-4 year 1945: President Franklin Roosevelt died.
• Day 12-4 year 1955: The polio vaccine of Dr. Jonas Salk was called "safe, effective, and potent."
• Day 12-4 year 1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri A. Gagarin became the first human in space and also the first human to orbit the earth in a spacecraft.
• Day 12-4 year 1981: The first space shuttle, Columbia, took its first test flight.
• Day 12-4 year 1983: Harold Washington was elected Chicago’s first African-American mayor.
• Day 12-4 year 1999: Arkansas federal judge Susan Webber Wright found President Clinton in contempt of court for lying about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.