Youtube star Ty Perez

Events in 1999 and 4-10

Events in the world in the birth year of Ty Perez

• Russian president Boris Yeltsin survives impeachment hearings (May), reshuffles his cabinet twice (May, Aug.), and takes military action against Islamic separatists in Dagestan and Chechnya. Background: 1999 in Review.
• Nelson Mandela, first black president of South Africa, steps down (June 16), and Thabo Mbeki takes over.
• War erupts in Kosovo after Yugoslavia's president Slobodan Milosevic clamps down on the province, massacring and deporting ethnic Albanians. NATO begins Operation Allied Force on March 24, 1999, launching air strikes against Belgrade for 78 consecutive days until Milosevic relents. Background: Timeline: The Splintering of Kosovo and Timeline: NATO in Kosovo.
• Magnitude 7.4 earthquake kills more than 15,600 and leaves 600,000 homeless in Turkey (Aug. 17).
• East Timor population votes for independence from Indonesia (Aug. 30, 1999), which causes pro-Indonesian forces to massacre and uproot thousands of East Timorese.
• Pakistani government is overthrown in the midst of economic strife and intensified fighting with India over Kashmir (Oct. 12). Background: 1999 in Review.
• The world awaits the consequences of the Y2K bug, with more drastic millennial theorists warning of Armageddon.
• See also: 1999 Year in Review: News of the World

Birthday Ty Perez (4-10) in history

• Day 4-10 year 1887: The International Herald Tribune was published for the first time.
• Day 4-10 year 1895: The first U.S. Open Golf tournament was held in Newport, Rhode Island.
• Day 4-10 year 1957: The Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, into orbit around the earth, ushering in the Space Age and Space Race.
• Day 4-10 year 1965: Pope Paul VI made the first visit to the Western Hemisphere by a reigning pope. He came to New York to address the UN General Assembly.
• Day 4-10 year 1970: Rock singer Janis Joplin was found dead of a drug overdose at age 27.
• Day 4-10 year 1990: The German parliament met for the first time since the reunification of Germany.
• Day 4-10 year 2001: Authorities confirmed a tabloid editor in Florida had contracted anthrax. He died the next day.
• Day 4-10 year 2002: John Walker Lindh, the "American Taliban," received a 20-year sentence.