Model Kaia Gerber

Events in 2001 and 3-9

Events in US in the birth year of Kaia Gerber

• 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 Kaia Gerber (3-9) in history

• Day 3-9 year 1189: At London's Westminster Abbey. Richard I, nicknamed "The One with Lion's Heart," is crowned King of England.
• Day 3-9 year 1658: Lord of England Oliver Cromwell passed away at Whitehall Palace, London.
• Day 3-9 year 1783: The Treaty of Paris officially ended the Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain.
• Day 3-9 year 1939: Great Britain and France declared war on Germany during World War II.
• Day 3-9 year 1967: Nguyen Van Thieu was elected president of South Vietnam.
• Day 3-9 year 1974: Frank Robinson was named the first African-American manager in major league baseball.
• Day 3-9 year 1976: The unmanned U.S. spacecraft Viking II landed on Mars and took the first pictures of the planet's surface.
• Day 3-9 year 1978: Pope John Paul I was installed as the 264th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.