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Events in 2006 and 25-3

Events in US in the birth year of Lady Xeona

• President Bush signs a law renewing the Patriot Act, including a signing statement stating that he does not consider himself bound by its requirement to tell Congress how the law is being used (Mar. 9).
• House releases a report on the response to Hurricane Katrina, assigning blame on all levels of government (Feb. 15).
• Jack Abramoff, a lobbyist with ties to several members of Congress, is sentenced to six years in prison by a Florida judge on fraud charges (Mar. 29).
• George Bush and Tony Blair express regret for the abuse of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison, for removing all Baathists from positions of power in Iraq, and for other missteps (May 25).
• The Supreme Court rules that military tribunals cannot be set up to try prisoners in the absence of Congressional authorization and that prisoners are entitled to fair trials under the Geneva Conventions (June 29).
• President Bush uses his veto power for the first time, striking down legislation that would have expanded the number of stem cell lines available for embryonic research using federal financing. (July 19).
• Democrats gain control of both houses of Congress in the midterm elections (Nov. 7).
• John Bolton steps down as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations when it becomes clear that he does not have enough votes in the Senate to win confirmation (Dec. 4).

Birthday Lady Xeona (25-3) in history

• Day 25-3 year 1634: Settlers sent by the late Lord Baltimore founded the state of Maryland, USA.
• Day 25-3 year 1894: Jacob Sechler Coxey and his "army" of unemployed men began their march from Ohio to Washington, DC.
• Day 25-3 year 1911: A fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. in New York City killed 145 workers.
• Day 25-3 year 1931: The Scottsboro boys were arrested in Alabama.
• Day 25-3 year 1934: Horton Smith won the first Masters golf tournament at Augusta National in Georgia.
• Day 25-3 year 1957: The European Economic Community was established by the Treaty of Rome.
• Day 25-3 year 1965: The 25,000-person Alabama Freedom March to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks, led by Martin Luther King Jr., ended its journey from Selma on the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Ala.
• Day 25-3 year 1975: King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was shot and killed by his nephew.
• Day 25-3 year 1994: U.S. troops withdrew from Somalia.