Actress Erika Bierman

Events in 2001 and 14-6

Events in US in the birth year of Erika Bierman

• In final days of presidency, Bill Clinton issues controversial pardons, including one for Marc Rich, billionaire fugitive financier (Jan. 20).
• George W. Bush is sworn in as 43rd president (Jan. 20).
• U.S. submarine Greeneville sinks Japanese fishing boat, killing 9 (Feb. 9).
• FBI agent Robert Hanssen is charged with spying for Russia for 15 years (Feb. 20).
• Race riots in Cincinnati continue for several days following a shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer (April 7 et seq.).
• Four are declared guilty in 1998 terrorist bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania (May 29). Background: U.S. Embassy Bombings.
• Balance of the Senate shifts after Jim Jeffords of Vermont changes his party affiliation from Republican to Independent. The move strips Republicans of control of the Senate and gives Democrats the narrowest of majorities (50-49-1) (June 5).
• Bush signs new tax-cut law, the largest in 20 years (June 7). Background: Economic Downturn and a Tax Cut.
• Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh executed (June 11).
• Budget surplus dwindles. The Congressional Budget Office attributes this rapid change in the nation's fortunes to the slowing economy and the Bush tax cut (Aug. 22). Background: Economic Downturn and a Tax Cut.
• Terrorists attack United States. Hijackers ram jetliners into twin towers of New York City's World Trade Center and the Pentagon. A fourth hijacked plane crashes 80 mi outside of Pittsburgh (Sept. 11). Toll of dead and injured in thousands. Within days, Islamic militant Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaeda terrorist network are identified as the parties behind the attacks.
• Anthrax scare rivets nation, as anthrax-laced letters are sent to various media and government officials. Several postal workers die after handling the letters (throughout October).

Birthday Erika Bierman (14-6) in history

• Day 14-6 year 1775: The United States Army is established.
• Day 14-6 year 1777: The Continental Congress has officially chosen the leaf of the United States with 50 stars and 13 stripes.
• Day 14-6 year 1922: Warren Harding became the first president to be heard on the radio.
• Day 14-6 year 1940: German troops entered Paris. The Nazis opened the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.
• Day 14-6 year 1951: The first commercial computer, Univac I, was unveiled.
• Day 14-6 year 1954: President Eisenhower signed the order inserting the words "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance.
• Day 14-6 year 1982: Argentine forces surrendered to British troops on the Falkland Islands.