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Events in 2001 and 25-4

Events in US in the birth year of Sianney Garcia

• 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 Sianney Garcia (25-4) in history

• Day 25-4 year 1901: New York became the first state to require license plates on cars.
• Day 25-4 year 1915: British, Australian, and New Zealand forces landed at Gallipoli.
• Day 25-4 year 1928: The first seeing eye dog was presented to Morris S. Frank.
• Day 25-4 year 1945: Delegates met in San Francisco to organize the United Nations.
• Day 25-4 year 1953: The Francis Crick and James Watson article describing the double helix of DNA is published in the magazine Nature.
• Day 25-4 year 1959: The St. Lawrence Seaway opened to shipping.
• Day 25-4 year 1990: Violeta Barrios de Chamorro was inaugurated as president of Nicaragua.
• Day 25-4 year 1992: Islamic forces took over most of Kabul, Afghanistan after the Soviet-controlled government collapsed.
• Day 25-4 year 2003: The Georgia legislature voted to scrap the "Confederate flag" design from its state flag.