Vine star Nick Havlin

Events in 2001 and 21-5

Events in US in the birth year of Nick Havlin

• 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 Nick Havlin (21-5) in history

• Day 21-5 year 1542: Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto died in the Mississippi River during his North American expedition through the Southeastern United States in search of gold and a way to China.
• Day 21-5 year 1881: Clara Barton founded what became the American Red Cross.
• Day 21-5 year 1927: Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly across the Atlantic (from New York to Paris) in his monoplane, The Spirit of St. Louis.
• Day 21-5 year 1932: Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean (from Newfoundland to Ireland).
• Day 21-5 year 1956: The first hydrogen bomb to be dropped by air exploded over the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.
• Day 21-5 year 1989: In Hong Kong, approximately one million people took to the streets to show their support for students protesting for democratic reforms in China’s Tiananmen Square.
• Day 21-5 year 1991: Rajiv Gandhi, former Indian prime minister, was assassinated by a suicide bomber.
• Day 21-5 year 1998: Indonesian President Suharto resigned.
• Day 21-5 year 1999: Susan Lucci finally won a Daytime Emmy on her 19th nomination.
• Day 21-5 year 2003: Christine Todd Whitman announced her resignation as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.