Pop - Singer Olivia Cella

Events in 2001 and 21-6

Events in US in the birth year of Olivia Cella

• 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 Olivia Cella (21-6) in history

• Day 21-6 year 1527: Italian Renaissance philosopher and writer Niccolo Machiavelli passed away in Florence, Italy. Many people know him through “The Prince,”.
• Day 21-6 year 1788: New Hampshire becomes the 9th US state.
• Day 21-6 year 1834: Inventor Cyrus McCormick patented his mechanical washing machine.
• Day 21-6 year 1964: Three civil rights workers—James E. Chaney, 21; Andrew Goodman, 21; and Michael Schwerner, 24—disappeared in Philadelphia, Miss. In 2005, 41 years after the disappearance, Edgar Killen was convicted of their murders.
• Day 21-6 year 1982: John Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted murder of President Ronald Reagan.
• Day 21-6 year 1989: The U.S. Supreme Court decided that burning the U.S. flag was protected under the First Amendment.
• Day 21-6 year 1997: The WNBA made its debut.
• Day 21-6 year 2004: Michael Melvill pilots the first privately-developed spacecraft,SpaceShipOne, into space.