Musically star Matty Nev

Events in 2003 and 30-7

Events in US in the birth year of Matty Nev

• 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 Matty Nev (30-7) in history

• Day 30-7 year 1619: The first legislature in British North America was met in Jamestown.
• Day 30-7 year 1729: The city of Baltimore in the state of Maryland, USA, was founded.
• Day 30-7 year 1932: The tenth modern Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles.
• Day 30-7 year 1945: The USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sank within 15 minutes. It was one of the greatest naval losses of World War II, resulting in the deaths of nearly 900 men.
• Day 30-7 year 1956: The phrase "In God We Trust" was adopted as the U.S. national motto.
• Day 30-7 year 1965: President Lyndon Johnson signed the Medicare Bill into law.
• Day 30-7 year 1975: Former Teamsters union president James Hoffa was reported missing. Many suspect he was murdered, though his remains have never been found.
• Day 30-7 year 1980: The Republic of Vanuatu, formerly known as the New Hebrides, gained its independence from France and Britain.
• Day 30-7 year 2002: Lisa Leslie became the first woman to dunk in a professional basketball game.
• Day 30-7 year 2012: 620 million people were without power in India, the worst power outage in world history.