TV actor Terrell Ransom Jr.

Events in 2003 and 5-7

Events in US in the birth year of Terrell Ransom Jr.

• Space shuttle Columbia explodes, killing all 7 astronauts (Feb. 1).
• Bush signs ten-year, $350-billion tax cut package, the third-largest tax cut in U.S. history (May 28).
• In one of the most important rulings on the issue of affirmative action in twenty-five years-the Supreme Court decisively upholds the right of affirmative action in higher education (June 23).
• Investigation into the loss of space shuttle Columbia cites egregious organizational problems at NASA (Aug. 25).
• Congressional Budget Office predicts federal deficit of $480 billion in 2004 and $5.8 trillion by 2013 (Aug. 26).
• California governor Gray Davis ousted in recall vote; actor Arnold Schwarzenegger elected in his place (Oct. 7).
• President Bush signs $87.5 billion emergency package for post-war Iraq reconstruction; this supplements $79 billion approved in April. (Nov. 5).
• John A. Muhammad, convicted in the 2002 Washington, DC, area shootings, receives death sentence (Nov. 24).
• President Bush eliminates steel tariffs after WTO says U.S. violated trade laws (Dec. 4).

Birthday Terrell Ransom Jr. (5-7) in history

• Day 5-7 year 1811: Venezuela became the first South American country to declare independence from Spain.
• Day 5-7 year 1865: William Booth formed the Salvation Army in London, England.
• Day 5-7 year 1946: Larry Doby signed with the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first African American player in the American League.
• Day 5-7 year 1954: Elvis Presley recorded "That's All Right," his first commercial record.
• Day 5-7 year 1975: Cape Verde became independent after 500 years of Portuguese rule.
• Day 5-7 year 1996: Dolly, the first sheep cloned from adult cells, was born.
• Day 5-7 year 2002: Baseball great Ted Williams died.