TV actress Haley Hauser

Events in 2001 and 18-5

Events in US in the birth year of Haley Hauser

• 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 Haley Hauser (18-5) in history

• Day 18-5 year 1642: The city of Montreal in Canada today was founded by the French.
• Day 18-5 year 1804: Napoleon Bonaparte was proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate.
• Day 18-5 year 1896: The Supreme Court affirmed racial segregation in Plessy v. Ferguson as "separate but equal."
• Day 18-5 year 1920: Pope John Paul II was born near Krakow, Poland.
• Day 18-5 year 1953: Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound.
• Day 18-5 year 1974: India became the 6th country to become a nuclear power.
• Day 18-5 year 1980: Mount St. Helens, in Washington state, erupted after being dormant for 123 years.
• Day 18-5 year 1994: Israeli troops withdrew from the Gaza strip after three decades of occupation and Palestinians took over.
• Day 18-5 year 2000: A bill was finally passed that removed the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse.
• Day 18-5 year 2003: President Megawati Sukarnoputri of Indonesia declared martial law and sent 30,000 troops into Aceh.
• Day 18-5 year 2004: Sonia Gandhi stunned her party, the Indian National Congress, by refusing to accept the prime ministership of India.