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Events in 2001 and 7-2

Events in US in the birth year of Jacob Paulo

• 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 Jacob Paulo (7-2) in history

• Day 7-2 year 1795: The 11th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified.
• Day 7-2 year 1904: Disastrous fire destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in downtown Baltimore.
• Day 7-2 year 1926: Carter G. Woodson founded Negro History Week, which later evolved into Black History Month.
• Day 7-2 year 1964: The Beatles arrived in the U.S. for the first time.
• Day 7-2 year 1971: Women in Switzerland were finally granted suffrage.
• Day 7-2 year 1974: The island of Grenada won its independence from Britain
• Day 7-2 year 1986: President Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier fled Haiti.
• Day 7-2 year 1990: The Communist Party of the Soviet Union allowed other parties to compete for power.
• Day 7-2 year 1991: Jean-Bertrand Aristide sworn in as first democratically-elected president of Haiti.