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Events in 2001 and 5-4

Events in US in the birth year of Hunter Rowland

• 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 Hunter Rowland (5-4) in history

• Day 5-4 year 1614: Pocahontas, the daughter of the Powhatan school prisoner (who was made into an animated movie called Pocahontas), married John Rolfe. It was a shocking event when a native married a British colonist.
• Day 5-4 year 1792: George Washington cast the first presidential veto.
• Day 5-4 year 1887: Anne Sullivan makes the breakthrough to Helen Keller by spelling "water" in the manual alphabet.
• Day 5-4 year 1951: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for giving away atomic secrets to the Russians.
• Day 5-4 year 1955: Winston Churchill resigned as prime minister of Britain.
• Day 5-4 year 1971: Canadian Fran Phipps became the first woman to reach the North Pole.
• Day 5-4 year 1999: Libya gave over two suspects in the Lockerbie, Scotland Pan Am bombing.