TV actor Luke Donaldson

Events in 2006 and 7-1

Events in US in the birth year of Luke Donaldson

• President Bush signs a law renewing the Patriot Act, including a signing statement stating that he does not consider himself bound by its requirement to tell Congress how the law is being used (Mar. 9).
• House releases a report on the response to Hurricane Katrina, assigning blame on all levels of government (Feb. 15).
• Jack Abramoff, a lobbyist with ties to several members of Congress, is sentenced to six years in prison by a Florida judge on fraud charges (Mar. 29).
• George Bush and Tony Blair express regret for the abuse of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison, for removing all Baathists from positions of power in Iraq, and for other missteps (May 25).
• The Supreme Court rules that military tribunals cannot be set up to try prisoners in the absence of Congressional authorization and that prisoners are entitled to fair trials under the Geneva Conventions (June 29).
• President Bush uses his veto power for the first time, striking down legislation that would have expanded the number of stem cell lines available for embryonic research using federal financing. (July 19).
• Democrats gain control of both houses of Congress in the midterm elections (Nov. 7).
• John Bolton steps down as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations when it becomes clear that he does not have enough votes in the Senate to win confirmation (Dec. 4).

Birthday Luke Donaldson (7-1) in history

• Day 7-1 year 1896: Fanny Farmer published her first cookbook.
• Day 7-1 year 1927: Transatlantic commercial telephone service began between New York and London.
• Day 7-1 year 1953: Harry Truman announced that the U.S. had developed the hydrogen bomb.
• Day 7-1 year 1955: Marian Anderson made her Metropolitan Opera debut.
• Day 7-1 year 1979: Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge government.
• Day 7-1 year 1989: Japan's Emperor Hirohito died.
• Day 7-1 year 1999: The impeachment trial of President William Clinton began in the Senate.