Date: September 14, 2001
Two Japan Airlines planes nearly collide over Suruga Bay in Japan. Date: January 31, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 31 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Slobodan Milošević Extradited to ICTY in The Hague, June 28, 2001Rus Flight 9633 Crashes…
Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, is launched (Wikipedia Day). Date: January 15, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 15 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Tibetan Plateau Magnitude 7.8 Supershear Earthquake, November 14, 2001U.S. Loses U.N. Human Rights Commission Seat…
A CSX EMD SD40-2 8888 rolls out of a train yard in Walbridge, Ohio, with 47 freight cars, including some tank cars with flammable chemical, after its engineer fails to reboard it after setting a yard switch. It travels south driverless for 66 miles (106 km) until it was brought to a halt near Kenton. The…
A Dutch programmer launches the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star. Date: February 11, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 11 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Sampit Conflict Begins: Dayak-Madurese Violence…
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 2001U.S. EP-3E Crew Released After Hainan Collision, April…
At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR Asagiri Station becomes overcrowded and people leaving the event fall down in a domino effect. Date: July 21, 2001 Read more on…