Dance artist Kayla Seitel

Events in 2005 and 14-4

Events in US in the birth year of Kayla Seitel

• George W. Bush is officially sworn in for his second term as president (Jan. 20).
• In his State of the Union address, President Bush announces his plan to reform Social Security (Feb. 2). Despite months of campaigning, his plan receives only a lukewarm reception.
• The Terry Schiavo case becomes the focus of an emotionally charged battle in Congress (March 20).
• Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor announces her retirement (July 1).
• President Bush signs the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), which will remove trade barriers between the U.S. and Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua (Aug. 2).
• Hurricane Katrina wreaks catastrophic damage on the Gulf coast; more than 1,000 die and millions are left homeless. Americans are shaken not simply by the magnitude of the disaster but by how ill-prepared all levels of government are in its aftermath. (Aug. 25-30). See also Hurricane Katrina Timeline.
• Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who served on the U.S. Supreme Court for 33 years, dies (Sept. 3).
• John Roberts becomes 17th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (Sept 22).
• Another major hurricane, Rita, ravages the Gulf coast (Sept. 23).
• House majority leader Tom Delay is accused of conspiring to violate Texas's election laws. He steps aside from his House leadership position (Sept. 28).
• Number of deaths of U.S. soldiers in Iraq reaches 2,000 (Oct. 25).
• President Bush selects Harriet Miers, White House counsel, to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (Oct 3). Miers withdraws her nomination after strong criticism from the president's conservative base (Oct. 27).
• A federal grand jury indicts I. Lewis Libby, Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, with obstruction of justice and perjury in connection with a White House leak investigation. (Oct. 28).
• President Bush nominates conservative judge Samuel Alito to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court (Oct. 31).
• California Republican congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham resigns after pleading guilty to taking at least $2.4 million in bribes (Nov. 28).
• The Sept. 11 Public Discourse Project reports that the country is still "alarmingly vulnerable to terrorist strikes." (Dec. 5).
• The press reveals that in 2002, Bush signed a presidential order to allow the National Security Agency to spy on Americans suspected of being connected to terrorist activity without warrants. (Dec. 15).
• See also People in the News, 2005 and 2005 News Quizzes.

Birthday Kayla Seitel (14-4) in history

• Day 14-4 year 1775: Former US treasury governor Benjamin Rush was one of the founders of America's first anti-slavery society.
• Day 14-4 year 1828: Noah Webster copyrighted the first edition of his dictionary.
• Day 14-4 year 1860: The first pony express rider reached his destination of San Francisco. He left St. Joseph, Mo., on April 3.
• Day 14-4 year 1865: Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
• Day 14-4 year 1894: The first kinetoscope parlor opened in New York City.
• Day 14-4 year 1912: Titanic hit the iceberg that would sink her the next morning.
• Day 14-4 year 1969: In a record breaking night at the Academy Awards, a tie between Katherine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand resulted in the two sharing the the Best Actress Oscar and Hepburn broke the record as the only actress to win three Best Actress Oscars.
• Day 14-4 year 2002: Hugo Chávez returned as president of Venezuela after being forced out of office two days previously.
• Day 14-4 year 2003: Abu Abbas, the leader of the terrorist group Palestine Liberation Front when the group hijacked the liner Achille Lauro, was captured by U.S. forces in Iraq.
• Day 14-4 year 2010: An explosion in the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland results in a volcanic ash plume in the atmosphere over northern and central Europe. Air travel in the region is halted for several days.