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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.
May 24, 2001
– The Versailles wedding hall disaster in Jerusalem, Israel, kills 23 and injures over 200
August 21, 2001
– NATO decides to send a peace-keeping force to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
September 21, 2001
– Deep Space 1 flies within 2,200 km of Comet Borrelly.
September 29, 2001
– The Syracuse Herald-Journal, a U.S. newspaper dating back to 1839, ceases publication.
October 5, 2001
– Robert Stevens becomes the first victim in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
October 19, 2001
– SIEV-X, an Indonesian fishing boat en-route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 asylum seekers, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.
December 1, 2001
– Captain Bill Compton brings Trans World Airlines Flight 220, an MD-83, into St. Louis International Airport bringing to an end 76 years of TWA operations following TWA’s purchase by American Airlines.
December 19, 2001
– Argentine economic crisis: December 2001 riots – Riots erupt in Buenos Aires.
December 22, 2001
– Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
Who Were Born On 2001?
January 21, 2001
– Jackson Brundage, American actor
June 21, 2001
– Alexandra Obolentseva, Russian chess player
July 8, 2001
– Yang Peiyi, Chinese singer
August 23, 2001
– Zaijian Jaranilla, Filipino actor
August 30, 2001
– Emily Bear, American pianist and composer
September 19, 2001
– Taylor Geare, American actress
October 12, 2001
– Raymond Ochoa, American actor
October 18, 2001
– Annelise Manojlovic, English actress
November 21, 2001
– Samantha Bailey, American actress
December 1, 2001
– Aiko, Princess Toshi, Japanese royalty