Musically star Kannon Klusmeyer

Events in 2003 and 30-9

Events in US in the birth year of Kannon Klusmeyer

• Space shuttle Columbia explodes, killing all 7 astronauts (Feb. 1).
• Bush signs ten-year, $350-billion tax cut package, the third-largest tax cut in U.S. history (May 28).
• In one of the most important rulings on the issue of affirmative action in twenty-five years-the Supreme Court decisively upholds the right of affirmative action in higher education (June 23).
• Investigation into the loss of space shuttle Columbia cites egregious organizational problems at NASA (Aug. 25).
• Congressional Budget Office predicts federal deficit of $480 billion in 2004 and $5.8 trillion by 2013 (Aug. 26).
• California governor Gray Davis ousted in recall vote; actor Arnold Schwarzenegger elected in his place (Oct. 7).
• President Bush signs $87.5 billion emergency package for post-war Iraq reconstruction; this supplements $79 billion approved in April. (Nov. 5).
• John A. Muhammad, convicted in the 2002 Washington, DC, area shootings, receives death sentence (Nov. 24).
• President Bush eliminates steel tariffs after WTO says U.S. violated trade laws (Dec. 4).

Birthday Kannon Klusmeyer (30-9) in history

• Day 30-9 year 1791: The opera "The Magic Flute" by famous musician Mozart was premiered in Vienna, Austria.
• Day 30-9 year 1927: Babe Ruth hit his 60th home run. The record stood until Roger Maris hit 61 in 1961. Mark McGwire beat Maris's record in 1998 by hitting 70 and Barry Bonds topped this in 2001 with 73.
• Day 30-9 year 1938: Britain and France surrendered to Germany's demands concerning the Sudetenland, and signed the Munich Pact.
• Day 30-9 year 1946: Twenty-two Nazi leaders were found guilty at the Nuremberg trials.
• Day 30-9 year 1949: The Berlin Airlift came to an end.
• Day 30-9 year 1955: Actor James Dean was killed in a car crash.
• Day 30-9 year 1966: Botswana gained its independence from Great Britain.