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This article is about the year 2001. For other uses, see 2001 (disambiguation) .
2001 (MMI common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar . By traditional interpretation of the Gregorian Calendar , 2001 is also the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium . Popular culture, however, often views the year 2000 as holding this distinction.
See also Wikipedia's almanac of events for this year.
Contents
1 Important Events
1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 April 1.5 May 1.6 June 1.7 July 1.8 August 1.9 September 1.10 October 1.11 November 1.12 December 1.13 Unknown dates
2 Births 3 Deaths
3.1 January 3.2 February 3.3 March 3.4 April 3.5 May 3.6 June 3.7 July 3.8 August 3.9 September 3.10 October 3.11 November 3.12 December 3.13 Date unknown
4 Nobel prizes 5 Templeton Prize 6 2001 in fiction
6.1 Computer and video games 6.2 Film 6.3 Television
7 External links
Important Events January 1 - Many people celebrate the beginning of the new millennium - the 21st century (but not as much as the celebrations in 2000) and have a millennium feast. A black monolith measuring approximately 9 feet tall appears in Seattle, Washington 's Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous artist in reference to the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey January 3 - The 107th United States Congress is sworn in, including incoming freshmen Senators Bill Nelson (D-FL), Tom Carper (D-DE), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), John Ensign (R-NV), George Allen (R-VA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ben Nelson (D-NE), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Jon Corzine (D-NJ), Jean Carnahan (D-MO), and Mark Dayton (D-MN).
January 8 - Noah, a gaur , is born, the first individual of an endangered species to be cloned .
January 11 - The Federal Trade Commission approves the merger of America Online and Time Warner to form AOL Time Warner January 13 - A 7.6 magnitude earthquake hits all of El Salvador , killing at least 800 people and leaving thousands homeless. (See also February 13.).
January 15 - Wikipedia , a Wiki free content encyclopedia, goes online (Wikipedia Day ).
January 16 - US President Bill Clinton awards former US President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service during the Spanish-American War . Eleven of Roosevelt's descendants accept the honor on his behalf.
January 17 - Impeachment proceedings against Philippine President Joseph Estrada end prematurely after the second envelope, which allegedly holds proof that the accused has committed plunder , remains unopened by majority vote of the senator -judges. Those senators who voted for the opening of the envelope walk out of the courtroom along with the people watching inside. This event, covered on several Philippine television channels, and the resulting SMS/text messages encouraging everyone to go to EDSA and shout for the removal or resignation of Estrada from office, triggers the second EDSA People Power Revolution or People Power II .
January 20 - Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is sworn in by Chief Justice Hilario Davide as the 14th President of the Republic of the Philippines after the Armed Forces of the Philippines and several cabinet members withdraw their support for Joseph Estrada .
January 20 - George W. Bush is sworn in as the 43rd President of the United States .
January 22 - Four of the "Texas 7 " are caught at a convenience store in Woodland Park, Colorado , and a fifth kills himself inside a motor home.Confirmation needed January 23 -January 25 - United Nations war crimes prosecutor Del Ponte demands that Serbia hand over Slobodan Milošević .Confirmation needed January 24 - The last 2 of the "Texas 7 " are taken into custody in Colorado Springs, Colorado .Confirmation needed January 24 - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Mandelson resigns from the British cabinet for the second time.
January 26 - A 50-year-old Douglas DC-3 crashes near Ciudad Bolivar , Venezuela , killing 24.Confirmation needed January 26 - An earthquake hits Gujarat , India , causing more than 20,000 deaths and destroying most of the historical city.
January 27 - A plane crashes 40 miles east of Denver, Colorado , killing 2 players of the Oklahoma State University basketball team, 6 team staffers, and the 2-person crew.
January 28 - Super Bowl XXXV : The Baltimore Ravens beat the New York Giants 34-7.
January 29 - Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm Parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign, due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.Confirmation needed January 31 - The Scottish Court in the Netherlands convicts 1 Libyan and acquits another for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 which crashed in Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.
February 6 - Likud Party leader Ariel Sharon wins election as Prime Minister of Israel .
February 9 - The submarine USS Greeneville strikes and sinks the Japanese fishing vessel Ehime-Maru Hawaii .
February 11 - The East beats the West 111-110 in the 50th NBA All Star Game in Washington, DC .
February 11 - Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh is imploded.
February 12 - The NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros , becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid .
February 13 - A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits El Salvador , killing at least 400.
February 16 - Iraq disarmament crisis : British and U.S. forces carry out bombing raids, attempting to disable Iraq 's air defense network.
February 16 - US and UK war planes bomb a Baghdad suburb; 3 people are killed.
February 18 - Dodge returns to NASCAR with the Dodge Intrepid. Ray Evernham leads the effort with drivers: Bill Elliot (car number 9) and Casey Atwood (car number 19).
February 18 - NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt is killed instantly in a crash on the last lap of the Daytona 500 while his DEI cars driven by his son, Dale Earnhardt Jr. , and Michael Waltrip , finish second and first, respectively.
February 18 - FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested and charged with spying for Russia for 15 years.
February 18 - The Nisqually Earthquake strikes Seattle, Washington .
February 19 - An Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial .
February 20 - The 2001 UK foot and mouth crisis begins.
February 24 -February 27 - Patient Tony Collins spends 77 hours and 30 minutes on a hospital trolley outside the toilets in the Princess Margaret Hospital , Swindon , United Kingdom.
February 28 - The Selby rail crash near Selby, North Yorkshire, England , kills 10 people.
April 1 - U.S.-China Spy Plane Incident : A Chinese fighter jet bumps into a U.S. EP-3E surveillance aircraft which is forced to make an emergency landing in Hainan , China . The U.S. crew is detained for 10 days and the F-8 Chinese pilot, Wang Wei , goes missing and is presumed dead.
April 1 - Former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on charges of war crimes .
April 1 - In the Netherlands , the Act on the Opening up of Marriage goes into effect. The Act allows same-sex couples to legally marry for the first time in the world since the reign of Nero .
April 1 - WWF WrestleMania X-Seven declares new attendance record for any event at the Reliant Astrodome in Houston TX
April 7 - Timothy Thomas , a 19-year-old African-American, is shot by a police officer in Cincinnati, sparking riots in downtown Cincinnati from April 10 to April 12 .
April 9 - The Cincinnati Reds defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-2 in the first game at PNC Park , the first two-deck stadium built in the U.S. since Milwaukee County Stadium opened in 1953 .
April 15 - Joey Ramone , punk music pioneer, dies.
April 26 - Junichiro Koizumi becomes Prime Minister of Japan .
April 27 - Impostor Christopher Rocancourt is arrested in Oak Bay , British Columbia .
April 28 - Soyuz TM-32 Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying the first space tourist, American Dennis Tito .
April 29 - The UK Census is conducted in the United Kingdom.
April 30 - Blanche Barton , High Priestess of the Church of Satan , steps down and gives her position to Peter H. Gilmore and Peggy Nadramia .
Soyuz TM-32 is left docked at the
International Space Station as a new lifeboat.
