Singer Rapper Nia Kay

Events in 2001 and 8-12

Events in US in the birth year of Nia Kay

• 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 Nia Kay (8-12) in history

• Day 8-12 year 1854: Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception.
• Day 8-12 year 1886: The American Federation of Labor was founded at a convention of union leaders in Columbus, Ohio.
• Day 8-12 year 1941: Congress declared war on Japan and the U.S. entered World War II.
• Day 8-12 year 1949: Communist attacks forced the Chinese Nationalist government to flee to the island of Formosa (Taiwan).
• Day 8-12 year 1978: Former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir died.
• Day 8-12 year 1980: John Lennon, former member of the Beatles, was shot and killed in New York City by a deranged fan.
• Day 8-12 year 1987: President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed the first treaty to reduce the nuclear arsenals of the two superpowers.
• Day 8-12 year 1993: President Bill Clinton signed The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) into law.