TV actress Sadie Sink

Events in 2002 and 16-4

Events in US in the birth year of Sadie Sink

• President Bush's first State of the Union address vows to expand the fight on terrorism and labels Iran, Iraq, and North Korea "an axis of evil" (Jan. 29).
• Kenneth L. Lay, chairman of bankrupt energy trader Enron, resigns; company under federal investigation for hiding debt and misrepresenting earnings (Jan. 24). Background: 2002 News of the Nation
• U.S. withdraws from International Court treaty (May 6).
• FBI lawyer Coleen Rowley criticizes FBI for thwarting terrorist efforts in a letter to the FBI director (May 21).
• U.S. abandons 31-year-old Antiballistic Missile treaty (June 13). Background: 2001 News of the Nation
• Bush announces change in Middle East policy: U.S. will not recognize an independent Palestinian state until Yasir Arafat is replaced (June 24).
• Bush signs corporate reform bill (July 30) in response to a spate of corporate scandals: Enron, Arthur Andersen, Tyco, Qwest, Global Crossing, ImClone, and Adelphia, among others, were convicted or placed under federal investigation for various misadventures in fraud and crooked accounting. Background: 2002 News of the Nation
• Pennsylvania miners rescued after spending 77 hours in a dark, flooded mine shaft (July 28).
• Bush addresses United Nations, calling for a "regime change" in Iraq (Sept. 12).
• Snipers prey upon DC suburbs, killing ten and wounding others (Oct. 2–24). Police arrest two sniper suspects, John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo (Oct. 24).
• Republicans retake the Senate in midterm elections; gain additional House seats (Nov. 5). Background: 2002 News of the Nation
• Bush signs legislation creating cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security (Nov. 25).
• Boston archbishop Cardinal Bernard Law resigns as a result of the Catholic Church's sexual abuse scandals and cover-up of priest-child molestation. (Dec. 13). Background: 2002 News of the Nation

Birthday Sadie Sink (16-4) in history

• Day 16-4 year 1746: The revolt that restored the senior line of the House of Stuart to the English Jacobite throne ended when the Duke of Cumberland defeated Charles "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stuart.
• Day 16-4 year 1912: Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel.
• Day 16-4 year 1917: Lenin returned to Russia after 10 years in exile in Switzerland.
• Day 16-4 year 1947: Financier Bernard Baruch coined the term “cold war” in a speech in South Carolina.
• Day 16-4 year 1972: China sent President Nixon two giant pandas as a gift.
• Day 16-4 year 1999: Hockey great Wayne Gretzky announced his retirement.
• Day 16-4 year 2007: A male student, Cho Seung-Hui, killed two in a Virginia Tech dorm, then killed 30 more 2 hours later in a classroom building. His suicide brought the death toll to 33, making the shooting rampage the most deadly in U.S. history. Fifteen others were wounded.