2001 Calendar
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2001 Historical Event(s)
January 24, 2001
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Snake in Chinese astrology.
January 26, 2001
– An earthquake hits Gujarat, India, causing more than 20,000 deaths.
May 9, 2001
– In Ghana 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium Disaster. The deaths are caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of teargas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee.
May 25, 2001
– 32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer, of Boulder, Colorado, becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
July 24, 2001
– Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, becoming the first monarch in history to regain political power through democratic election to a different office.
October 5, 2001
– Robert Stevens becomes the first victim in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
October 8, 2001
– U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
October 23, 2001
– Apple announces the iPod.
November 12, 2001
– In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 en route to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.
Who Were Born On 2001?
February 21, 2001
– Isabella Acres, American actress
June 12, 2001
– John Bigelow IV, golf prodigy from North Philadelphia
June 21, 2001
– Alexandra Obolentseva, Russian chess player
August 4, 2001
– Seishiro Kato, Japanese actor
August 30, 2001
– Emily Bear, American pianist and composer
September 19, 2001
– Taylor Geare, American actress
October 18, 2001
– Annelise Manojlovic, English actress
December 1, 2001
– Aiko, Princess Toshi, Japanese royalty
December 9, 2001
– Ronnie Paris, American child abuse victim (d. 2005)
December 28, 2001
– Madison De La Garza, American child actress