Pop - Singer Sierra Jean

Events in 2001 and 29-10

Events in US in the birth year of Sierra Jean

• 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 Sierra Jean (29-10) in history

• Day 29-10 year 1682: Writer William Penn set foot in what is now Pennsylvania, USA.
• Day 29-10 year 1787: Mozart's opera Don Giovanni was premiered in Prague, Czech Republic.
• Day 29-10 year 1923: The Republic of Turkey was proclaimed under Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
• Day 29-10 year 1929: The New York Stock Exchange crashed on Black Tuesday, precipitating the Great Depression.
• Day 29-10 year 1956: Israel invaded the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula during the Suez Canal crisis.
• Day 29-10 year 1966: The National Organization for Women was founded.
• Day 29-10 year 1998: John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, returned to space at age 77.
• Day 29-10 year 2004: European leaders signed the European Union's first constitution.
• Day 29-10 year 2012: Hurricane Sandy smashed into the eastern seaboard of the U.S., killing 117 people in the U.S. and 69 in Canada and the Caribbean. The storm caused about $50 billion in damage in the U.S.