TV actress Isabella Day

Events in 2004 and 12-1

Events in US in the birth year of Isabella Day

• Bush proposes ambitious space program that includes flights to the Moon, Mars, and beyond (Jan. 14).
• John Kerry secures Democratic nomination after winning nine out of ten primaries and caucuses (March 2).
• U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison. Images spark outrage around the world (April 30).
• Gay marriages begin in Massachusetts, the first state in the country to legalize such unions (May 17).
• Senate Intelligence Committee reports that intelligence on Iraq's weapons programs was "overstated" and flawed (July 5).
• Sept. 11 commission harshly criticizes government’s handling of terrorist attacks (July 22).
• Democratic National Convention in Boston nominates John Kerry for president (July 26–29).
• Pentagon-sponsored Schlesinger report rejects idea that Abu Ghraib prison abuse was work of a few aberrant soldiers, and asserts there were "fundamental failures throughout all levels of command" (Aug. 24).
• Republican Convention in New York renominates President Bush (Aug. 30–Sept. 2).
• Florida hit by hurricanes Bonnie (Aug. 12) and Charley (Aug. 13).
• U.S.’s final report on Iraq’s weapons finds no WMDs (Sept. 16).
• Congress extends tax cuts due to expire at the end of 2005 (Sept. 23).
• Hurricane Ivan ravages U.S. south (Sept. 15). Hurricane Jeanne hits Florida (Sept. 26).
• George W. Bush is reelected president, defeats John Kerry (Nov. 2).

Birthday Isabella Day (12-1) in history

• Day 12-1 year 1773: The first public museum in the United States was established in Charleston, South Carolina
• Day 12-1 year 1896: H. L. Smith took the first X-ray photograph. It was a hand with a bullet in it.
• Day 12-1 year 1915: The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote.
• Day 12-1 year 1932: Hattie W. Caraway, a democrat from Arkansas became the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate.
• Day 12-1 year 1964: One month after Zanzibar became independent, the ruling Zanzibar Nationalist Party was overthrown in a violent coup.
• Day 12-1 year 1991: A divided Congress gave President Bush the go-ahead on the Persian Gulf War.
• Day 12-1 year 1998: Nineteen European countries signed an agreement banning human cloning.
• Day 12-1 year 2010: Haiti is dealt a catastrophic blow when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes 10 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, the country's capital. It is the region's worst earthquake in 200 years. The number of fatalities were between 46,000 and 85,000 people.