Youtube star Claudia Perez

Events in 2001 and 13-12

Events in US in the birth year of Claudia Perez

• 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 Claudia Perez (13-12) in history

• Day 13-12 year 1642: Dutch explorer Abel Tasman discovered New Zealand.
• Day 13-12 year 1918: President Wilson arrived in France, becoming the first U.S. president to visit Europe while in office.
• Day 13-12 year 1978: The U.S. Mint began stamping the Susan B. Anthony dollar, the first U.S. coin honoring a woman.
• Day 13-12 year 1981: The Polish government imposed martial law in an attempt to crush the Solidarity movement.
• Day 13-12 year 1989: South African President F. W. de Klerk met with Nelson Mandela for the first time.
• Day 13-12 year 1996: Kofi Annan of Ghana chosen to become UN secretary-general.
• Day 13-12 year 2000: George W. Bush accepted presidency 36 days after election; Al Gore, Jr., conceded.
• Day 13-12 year 2003: American forces captured Saddam Hussein who was hiding in a hole near his hometown of Tikrit.