Youtuber Bailey Mcknight-Howard

Events in 1999 and 31-12

Events in the world in the birth year of Bailey Mcknight-Howard

• 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 Bailey Mcknight-Howard (31-12) in history

• Day 31-12 year 1879: Thomas Edison gave the first public demonstration of an electric incandescent lamp.
• Day 31-12 year 1938: The first breath test for drivers, "drunkometer," was introduced in Indianapolis.
• Day 31-12 year 1946: President Truman officially proclaimed the end of hostilities in World War II.
• Day 31-12 year 1961: The Marshall Plan expired after distributing more than $12 billion in foreign aid.
• Day 31-12 year 1963: Central African Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was formally dissolved.
• Day 31-12 year 1964: The al-Fatah guerrillas of Yasser Arafat launched their first terrorist raid on Israel.
• Day 31-12 year 1987: Robert Mugabe sworn in as Zimbabwe's president.