Youtube star Spencer Elmer

Events in 2000 and 2-2

Events in the world in the birth year of Spencer Elmer

• Austria at center of European dispute after conservative People's Party forms coalition with the far-right Freedom Party, headed by xenophobe Jörg Haider (Feb. 3).
• Reformists win control of Iranian parliament for first time since 1979 Islamic revolution (Feb. 26).
• Governing of Northern Ireland passes back and forth between Britain and nascent Northern Irish parliament; major dispute over IRA's refusal to disarm (Feb-May).
• Former Indonesian president Suharto under house arrest, charged with corruption and abuse of power (May 29).
• Presidents of North and South Korea sign peace accord, and at least symbolically, end a half-century of antagonism (June 13).
• Vicente Fox Quesada elected president of Mexico, ending 71 years of one-party rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) (July 2).
• Concorde crash kills 113 near Paris (July 25).
• Palestinians and Israelis clash, spurred by visit of right-wing Israeli leader Ariel Sharon to a joint Jewish/Muslim holy site; "Al Aksa intifada" continues unabated (Sept. 30 et seq.).
• Nationwide uprising overthrows Yugoslavian president Milosevic (Oct. 5); Vojislav Kostunica sworn in as president (Oct. 7).
• U.S. sailors on Navy destroyer Cole die in Yemen terrorist explosion (Oct. 12).
• Mad cow disease alarms Europe (Nov. 30 et seq.).
• See also: 2000 Year in Review and 2000 Month-by-Month

Birthday Spencer Elmer (2-2) in history

• Day 2-2 year 1536: The capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires, is the largest port city founded by Spanish explorer Pedro de Mendoza.
• Day 2-2 year 1709: Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk was rescued after four years alone on a deserted island off the coast of Chile. He was the inspiration for writer Daniel Defoe to write the famous novel "Robinson Crusoe."
• Day 2-2 year 1848: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican War, was signed. In the treaty, Mexico ceded to the United States a huge portion of what is today the American West and Southwest, including California and New Mexico.
• Day 2-2 year 1870: The Cardiff Giant was revealed to be a hoax.
• Day 2-2 year 1876: The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs was formed.
• Day 2-2 year 1887: The first gathering at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsatawney, Pa. to wait for the groundhog's shadow occurred.
• Day 2-2 year 1922: James Joyce's Ulysses was published.
• Day 2-2 year 1943: Nazi troops surrendered in the World War II Battle of Stalingrad.
• Day 2-2 year 1971: Idi Amin became dictator of Uganda.
• Day 2-2 year 1980: The Abscam scandal was revealed.
• Day 2-2 year 1990: South African President F. W. de Klerk lifted a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela.
• Day 2-2 year 2003: Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel stepped down after 13 years.