TV actress Jade Holden

Events in 2001 and 13-3

Events in US in the birth year of Jade Holden

• 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 Jade Holden (13-3) in history

• Day 13-3 year 1639: Cambridge College is officially renamed Harvard University.
• Day 13-3 year 1781: British-German astronomer, Sir William Herschel, discovered Uranus.
• Day 13-3 year 1852: "Uncle Sam" cartoon appeared for the first time in N.Y. Lantern weekly.
• Day 13-3 year 1868: The Senate began President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial.
• Day 13-3 year 1906: Suffragist Susan B. Anthony died.
• Day 13-3 year 1925: Tennessee passed a bill prohibiting the teaching of evolution in public schools.
• Day 13-3 year 1930: Clyde W. Tombaugh announced the discovery of the planet Pluto.
• Day 13-3 year 1972: Britain and China resumed full diplomatic relations after 22 years; Britain withdrew its consulate from Taiwan.
• Day 13-3 year 1996: A man shot dead 16 children and a woman teacher in a school in Dunblane, Scotland. He then shot himself.
• Day 13-3 year 2012: The Encyclopaedia Britannica discontinued its print edition after 244 years.