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Events in 2001 and 12-2

Events in US in the birth year of Berkley Coscia

• 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 Berkley Coscia (12-2) in history

• Day 12-2 year 1554: In just nine days, Lady Jane Gray, the queen of England, was executed for high treason. She is known by the nickname "Queen of Nine Days".
• Day 12-2 year 1733: James Edward Oglethorpe led the first British colonists to Savannah, the first capital of Georgia. He later became the first governor of Georgia.
• Day 12-2 year 1818: Chile formally proclaimed its independence from Spain.
• Day 12-2 year 1870: The Utah Territory granted women the right to vote (revoked in 1887).
• Day 12-2 year 1909: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded.
• Day 12-2 year 1912: Pu Yi, the last emperor of the Manchu (Ch'ing) dynasty in China, renounced his throne following the establishment of a republic under Sun Yat-sen.
• Day 12-2 year 1973: The first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam war took place.
• Day 12-2 year 1999: The Senate voted to acquit President Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
• Day 12-2 year 2002: Yugoslavian ex-president Slobodan Milosevic went on trial for war crimes.
• Day 12-2 year 2010: The 2010 Winter Olympics opened in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The games got off to a tragic start when a luger from the Republic of Georgia, Nodar Kumaritashvili, dies tragically in a crash during training run.