Date: June 8, 2001
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The 7.7 Mw Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India, leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about 166,800 injured. Date: January 26, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 26 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Space Shuttle Discovery Launches STS-105 to ISS, Expedition 3 August…
A Gulfstream III crashes on approach to Aspen/Pitkin County Airport in Aspen, Colorado. All 18 people on board are killed. Date: March 29, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 29 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Tropical Storm Allison Devastates Houston,…
The September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks killing 2,977 people using four aircraft hijacked by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Date: September…
In Mina, Saudi Arabia, 35 pilgrims are killed in a stampede on the Jamaraat Bridge during the Hajj. Date: March 5, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos Opens March…
Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first contemporary country to allow it. Date: April 1, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Laurent-Désiré Kabila Assassinated in Kinshasa January 16, 2001Tiananmen Square Self-Immolation Incident,…
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes a remote part of the Tibetan Plateau. It has the longest known surface rupture recorded on land (~400 km) and is the best documented example of a supershear earthquake. Date: November 14, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 14 📅 Events on this day in 2001…