Vine star Nathan Storey

Events in 2001 and 6-7

Events in US in the birth year of Nathan Storey

• 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 Nathan Storey (6-7) in history

• Day 6-7 year 1535: Attorney Thomas More was beheaded in Tower Hill, London, United Kingdom, after refusing to join the Church of England by Henry VIII.
• Day 6-7 year 1885: Louis Pasteur successfully treated a patient with a rabies vaccine.
• Day 6-7 year 1942: Anne Frank and her family sought refuge from the Nazis in Amsterdam.
• Day 6-7 year 1944: A fire caused by inept fire-eaters in the main tent of the Ringling Brothers Circus in Hartford, Conn., killed over 160 people.
• Day 6-7 year 1957: Althea Gibson won the Wimbledon women's singles tennis title. She was the first black person to win the event.
• Day 6-7 year 1997: The Mars rover Sojourner rolled onto the Martian surface.
• Day 6-7 year 1998: Roy Rogers, the King of the Cowboys, died.