Dance artist Tristan Rubiano

Events in 2001 and 1-1

Events in US in the birth year of Tristan Rubiano

• 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 Tristan Rubiano (1-1) in history

• Day 1-1 year 1863: Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
• Day 1-1 year 1908: The ball signifying the New Year was dropped for the first time at Times Square in New York City.
• Day 1-1 year 1914: The world's first airline, St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, starts operation in St. Petersburg, Florida.
• Day 1-1 year 1959: Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries took over Cuba and toppled Fulgencio Batista's regime.
• Day 1-1 year 1975: John Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman, and John Ehrlichman were convicted of obstruction of justice in the Watergate affair.
• Day 1-1 year 1993: Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
• Day 1-1 year 1994: The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect.
• Day 1-1 year 2002: Euro coins and notes went into circulation in twelve European nations.