TV actor Cole Jensen

Events in 2001 and 16-8

Events in US in the birth year of Cole Jensen

• 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 Cole Jensen (16-8) in history

• Day 16-8 year 1777: American forces won the Battle of Bennington, Vermont.
• Day 16-8 year 1829: The original Siamese twins, Eng and Chang, arrived in Boston.
• Day 16-8 year 1948: Baseball legend Babe Ruth died in New York City at age 53.
• Day 16-8 year 1960: Cyprus, the third-largest island in the Mediterranean, became an independent republic.
• Day 16-8 year 1962: Algeria was admitted to the Arab League.
• Day 16-8 year 1977: Elvis Presley died at Graceland, his Memphis,Tenn., home, from heart failure at age 42.
• Day 16-8 year 2003: Former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin died.