TV actress Maria Quezada

Events in 2001 and 21-4

Events in US in the birth year of Maria Quezada

• 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 Maria Quezada (21-4) in history

• Day 21-4 year 1836: Texan army under Sam Houston defeated Mexicans in the Battle of San Jacinto.
• Day 21-4 year 1910: Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), author of the novel Huckleberry Finn, died at the age of 74.
• Day 21-4 year 1918: Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the notorious World War I German flying ace known as the "Red Baron," was killed in action today.
• Day 21-4 year 1960: Brazil inaugurated its new capital, Brasilia.
• Day 21-4 year 1975: South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu resigned.
• Day 21-4 year 1980: Rosie Ruiz was the first woman to cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon. She was later disqualified for cheating.
• Day 21-4 year 1995: Timothy McVeigh was arrested in connection with the Oklahoma City bombing.
• Day 21-4 year 1997: The ashes of Timothy Leary, Gene Roddenberry, and 22 others blasted into space for the first space funerals.