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Events in 2001 and 8-3

Events in US in the birth year of Cole Galotti

• 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 Cole Galotti (8-3) in history

• Day 8-3 year 1782: A peaceful settlement of Delaware Indians were massacred by militia at Gnadenhutten in Ohio.
• Day 8-3 year 1917: Russia's February Revolution, which eventually led to the overthrow the csarist government, began.
• Day 8-3 year 1945: Phyllis Mae Daley, the first African-American nurse to serve in World War II, received her U.S. Navy commission.
• Day 8-3 year 1948: The Supreme Court ruled that religious instruction in public schools violated the Constitution.
• Day 8-3 year 1950: The Soviet Union claimed to be in possession of the atomic bomb.
• Day 8-3 year 1965: First U.S. combat troops arrived in Vietnam.
• Day 8-3 year 1983: President Reagan called the USSR an "Evil Empire."
• Day 8-3 year 1999: Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio died.