TV actress Ellis Ann Jackson

Events in 2001 and 3-1

Events in US in the birth year of Ellis Ann Jackson

• 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 Ellis Ann Jackson (3-1) in history

• Day 3-1 year 1521: German theologian Martin Luther was excommunicated by Pope Leo X and expelled from the Catholic Church.
• Day 3-1 year 1777: General George Washington defeated Cornwallis's forces at the Battle of Princeton.
• Day 3-1 year 1833: Britain seized control of the Falkland Islands.
• Day 3-1 year 1870: Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge began.
• Day 3-1 year 1920: The New York Yankees acquired Babe Ruth and so began the "curse of the Bambino" that haunted the Boston Red Sox until 2004.
• Day 3-1 year 1947: Congressional proceedings were televised for the first time.
• Day 3-1 year 1958: Sir Edmund Hillary reached the South Pole overland.
• Day 3-1 year 1959: Alaska became the 49th state in the United States.
• Day 3-1 year 1962: Pope John XXIII excommunicated Fidel Castro.
• Day 3-1 year 1967: Jack Ruby, the man who shot John Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, died.
• Day 3-1 year 1987: Aretha Franklin became the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
• Day 3-1 year 1990: Manuel Noriega surrendered to U.S. forces.