TV actress Mary-Charles Jones

Events in 2001 and 28-12

Events in US in the birth year of Mary-Charles Jones

• 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 Mary-Charles Jones (28-12) in history

• Day 28-12 year 1065: The famous British monastery of Westminster was consecrated.
• Day 28-12 year 1832: John C. Calhoun became the first vice president in U.S. history to resign from office.
• Day 28-12 year 1846: Iowa became the 29th state in the United States.
• Day 28-12 year 1869: William F. Semple patented chewing gum.
• Day 28-12 year 1895: The Lumiere Brothers gave the first commercial movie show at the Grand Cafe in Paris.
• Day 28-12 year 1937: Composer Maurice Ravel died in Paris at age 62.
• Day 28-12 year 1945: Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance.
• Day 28-12 year 1981: Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test-tube baby, was born in Norfolk, Va.