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Events in 2001 and 11-4

Events in US in the birth year of GtfoSage

• 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 GtfoSage (11-4) in history

• Day 11-4 year 1814: Emperor Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba, Tuscany, Italy
• Day 11-4 year 1899: The treaty ending the Spanish-American War took effect.
• Day 11-4 year 1921: Iowa imposed the first state cigarette tax.
• Day 11-4 year 1945: Allies liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.
• Day 11-4 year 1951: President Harry Truman fired General Douglas McArthur.
• Day 11-4 year 1968: President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the 1968 Civil Rights Act.
• Day 11-4 year 1979: Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was overthrown.
• Day 11-4 year 1981: President Ronald Reagan returned to the White House after he was shot in an assassination attempt.
• Day 11-4 year 2007: Science-fiction writer Kurt Vonnegut died in New York City at age 84.