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Events in 2001 and 28-9

Events in US in the birth year of Andrew Foy

• 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 Andrew Foy (28-9) in history

• Day 28-9 year 1542: The famous explorer with dual Portuguese and Spanish citizenship, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, landed in what is now San Diego.
• Day 28-9 year 1781: The "American Revolution" campaign ended in Yorktown Heights, Virginia.
• Day 28-9 year 1920: Eight Chicago White Sox players were indicted for fixing the 1919 World Series in the "Black Sox scandal."
• Day 28-9 year 1924: Two U.S. Army planes landed in Seattle after completing the first round-the-world-flight in 175 days.
• Day 28-9 year 1939: A German-Soviet agreement divided Poland between Nazi Germany and the USSR.
• Day 28-9 year 1967: Walter Washington became the first mayor of the District of Columbia.
• Day 28-9 year 1972: Japan and Communist China agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations.
• Day 28-9 year 1989: Former Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos died in exile in Hawaii.
• Day 28-9 year 1991: Jazz great Miles Davis died.
• Day 28-9 year 2003: Althea Gibson, the first African-American tennis player to win at Wimbledon, died.