Youtube star Sarah Christine Fowler

Events in 2002 and 1-7

Events in US in the birth year of Sarah Christine Fowler

• President Bush's first State of the Union address vows to expand the fight on terrorism and labels Iran, Iraq, and North Korea "an axis of evil" (Jan. 29).
• Kenneth L. Lay, chairman of bankrupt energy trader Enron, resigns; company under federal investigation for hiding debt and misrepresenting earnings (Jan. 24). Background: 2002 News of the Nation
• U.S. withdraws from International Court treaty (May 6).
• FBI lawyer Coleen Rowley criticizes FBI for thwarting terrorist efforts in a letter to the FBI director (May 21).
• U.S. abandons 31-year-old Antiballistic Missile treaty (June 13). Background: 2001 News of the Nation
• Bush announces change in Middle East policy: U.S. will not recognize an independent Palestinian state until Yasir Arafat is replaced (June 24).
• Bush signs corporate reform bill (July 30) in response to a spate of corporate scandals: Enron, Arthur Andersen, Tyco, Qwest, Global Crossing, ImClone, and Adelphia, among others, were convicted or placed under federal investigation for various misadventures in fraud and crooked accounting. Background: 2002 News of the Nation
• Pennsylvania miners rescued after spending 77 hours in a dark, flooded mine shaft (July 28).
• Bush addresses United Nations, calling for a "regime change" in Iraq (Sept. 12).
• Snipers prey upon DC suburbs, killing ten and wounding others (Oct. 2–24). Police arrest two sniper suspects, John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo (Oct. 24).
• Republicans retake the Senate in midterm elections; gain additional House seats (Nov. 5). Background: 2002 News of the Nation
• Bush signs legislation creating cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security (Nov. 25).
• Boston archbishop Cardinal Bernard Law resigns as a result of the Catholic Church's sexual abuse scandals and cover-up of priest-child molestation. (Dec. 13). Background: 2002 News of the Nation

Birthday Sarah Christine Fowler (1-7) in history

• Day 1-7 year 1863: The Battle of Gettysburg, which marked the turning point in the Civil War, began.
• Day 1-7 year 1867: Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain under the British North America Act.
• Day 1-7 year 1898: Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders fought the battle of San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War.
• Day 1-7 year 1943: Income tax withholding began in the United States.
• Day 1-7 year 1962: Burundi and Rwanda achieved independence.
• Day 1-7 year 1963: The U.S. Post Office inaugurated its five-digit ZIP (Zone Improvement Plan) codes.
• Day 1-7 year 1968: The United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, and 58 other nations signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
• Day 1-7 year 1994: Yasir Arafat returned to Palestinian land after 27 years in exile.
• Day 1-7 year 1997: After 156 years of British colonial rule, Hong Kong was returned to China.
• Day 1-7 year 2000: Vermont's civil unions law went into effect.
• Day 1-7 year 2013: Croatia became the 28th member of the European Union.