Pop - Singer Zach Herron

Events in 2001 and 27-5

Events in US in the birth year of Zach Herron

• 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 Zach Herron (27-5) in history

• Day 27-5 year 1647: Alice Young was hanged for witchcraft in the thirteen American colonies. It was the first recorded witch execution in the United States.
• Day 27-5 year 1703: Tsar Peter, the Great of Russia, founded the city of Petersburg.
• Day 27-5 year 1936: The Queen Mary left England on its maiden voyage, arriving in France four hours later.
• Day 27-5 year 1937: Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opened.
• Day 27-5 year 1941: British ships sank the German battleship Bismarck off the coast of France, resulting in the loss of 2,300 lives.
• Day 27-5 year 1994: Nobel-prize winning dissident, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia after 20 years in exile.
• Day 27-5 year 1996: After a year and a half of bloodshed, Russian President Boris Yeltsin met with the leader of the Chechen rebels and negotiated a cease-fire.
• Day 27-5 year 1999: Slobodan Milosevic was indicted by the International War Crimes Tribunal at the Hague for crimes against humanity.