Youtube star Zedakiah Koterba

Events in 1998 and 13-7

Events in US in the birth year of Zedakiah Koterba

• President accused in White House sex scandal; denies allegations of affair with White House intern, Monica Lewinsky (Jan. 21 et seq.).
• President outlines first balanced budget in 30 years (Feb. 3).
• US Supreme Court rules line-item veto unconstitutional (Feb. 12).
• Unabomber sentenced to four life terms (May 4).
• Life sentence meted out to Terry Nichols, convicted in Oklahoma City bombing fatal to 168 (June 4).
• Starr Report by independent counsel outlines case for impeachment proceedings against President (Sept. 11).
• Matthew Shepard, gay Wyoming student, fatally beaten in hate crime; two arrested (Oct. 6 et seq.).
• House impeaches President Clinton along party lines on two charges, perjury and obstruction of justice. (Dec. 19).

Birthday Zedakiah Koterba (13-7) in history

• Day 13-7 year 1793: Royalist Charlotte Corday stabbed French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat to death in a bathtub.
• Day 13-7 year 1863: The draft riots, protesting unfair conscription in the Civil War, began in New York City.
• Day 13-7 year 1865: P. T. Barnum's American Museum, which had featured Tom Thumb and the original Siamese twins Chang and Eng, was destroyed by fire.
• Day 13-7 year 1930: The first World Cup soccer competition began in Montevideo, Uruguay.
• Day 13-7 year 1943: The Battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle in history—involving some 6,000 tanks, 2,000,000 troops, and 4,000 aircraft—ended in German defeat.
• Day 13-7 year 1977: A 25-hour blackout hit New York City, engendering widespread rioting and looting.
• Day 13-7 year 2003: Iraq's interim governing council was inaugurated.