Female Opera Samantha Bailey

Events in 2001 and 21-11

Events in US in the birth year of Samantha Bailey

• 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 Samantha Bailey (21-11) in history

• Day 21-11 year 1783: Two men, D'Rozier and D'Arlandes, made the first free flight in a hot air balloon, reaching a maximum altitude of about 3,000 ft, flying about 5 and a half miles in 20 minutes, and returning safely to the ground.
• Day 21-11 year 1789: North Carolina becomes the 12th state of the United States.
• Day 21-11 year 1922: Georgia's Rebecca Felton was sworn into the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman U.S. Senator.
• Day 21-11 year 1934: Cole Porter's musical Anything Goes opened in New York City.
• Day 21-11 year 1969: For the first time since 1930, the U.S. Senate rejected a Supreme Court nominee, Clement Haynsworth.
• Day 21-11 year 1973: The 18 1/2 min gap in the Richard Nixon Watergate tapes was revealed.
• Day 21-11 year 1991: Egypt's Boutros Boutros-Ghali was chosen to become secretary-general by the UN Security Council.