Voice actor Raymond Ochoa

Events in 2001 and 12-10

Events in US in the birth year of Raymond Ochoa

• 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 Raymond Ochoa (12-10) in history

• Day 12-10 year 1492: The explorer Columbus first set foot in what is now known as the Bahamas.
• Day 12-10 year 1870: Gen. Robert E. Lee died in Lexington, Va., at age 63.
• Day 12-10 year 1960: Soviet premier Nikita Krushchev created a disturbance at the U.N. General Assembly by pounding his desk with his shoe.
• Day 12-10 year 1964: The Soviets launched Voskhod I, the first space capsule to carry three people into orbit.
• Day 12-10 year 1999: NBA Hall-of-Famer Wilt Chamberlain died at his Bel Air home at age 63.
• Day 12-10 year 2000: 17 U.S. sailors killed with the terrorist attack on the USS Cole in Yemen.
• Day 12-10 year 2002: A bomb destroyed a nightclub in Bali, killing 202, mostly tourists.