Dance artist Alyssa Chi

Events in 2001 and 23-5

Events in US in the birth year of Alyssa Chi

• 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 Alyssa Chi (23-5) in history

• Day 23-5 year 1430: The heroic French warrior Joanna of Arc was captured by the Burgundians and sold to the British.
• Day 23-5 year 1788: South Carolina became the 8th state in United States.
• Day 23-5 year 1830: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad began the first passenger service in the United States.
• Day 23-5 year 1873: The North West Mounted Police force was formed in Canada. It would later be known as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
• Day 23-5 year 1911: The New York Public Library, at the time the largest marble structure ever built in the United States, was dedicated by President Taft in New York City after 16 years of construction.
• Day 23-5 year 1934: Bonnie (Parker) and Clyde (Barrow) were killed in a police shootout.
• Day 23-5 year 1945: Heinrich Himmler, head of Adolf Hitler’s Gestapo, committed suicide while in prison.
• Day 23-5 year 1949: The German Federal Republic came into existence.
• Day 23-5 year 1997: Moderate Mohammad Khatami was elected president of Iran.