Date: April 11, 2001
Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed. Date: September 12, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 12 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Russian Mir Space Station…
FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Date: February 18, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Pope John Paul II…
Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan. Date: September 4, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 4 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Laurent-Désiré Kabila Assassinated in Kinshasa January 16, 2001Bill…
Members of Abu Sayyaf, an Islamist separatist group, seize twenty hostages from an affluent island resort on Palawan in the Philippines; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002. Date: May 27, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On…
Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital. Date: September 14, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 14 📅 Events on this day…
Second Congo War: Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards in Kinshasa. Date: January 16, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 16 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Erwadi Fire Incident: 28 Mentally Ill Burned to…