Date: December 12, 2001
During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque. Date: May 6, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001First Anthrax Letters Mailed from Trenton, New Jersey…
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-98, carrying the Destiny laboratory module to the International Space Station. Date: February 7, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 7 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Southern Peru Earthquake and…
Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting. Date: July 28, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 28 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001SIEV X Migrant Boat Sinks, 353 Dead,…
The Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision takes place, killing nine of the thirty-five people on board the Japanese fishery high-school training ship Ehime Maru, leaving the USS Greeneville (SSN-772) with US $2 million in repairs, at Pearl Harbor. Date: February 9, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 9 📅…
In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls. Date: September 3, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 3 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Aaliyah Dies in Bahamas Plane Crash, August 25, 2001Israeli…
Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. Date: January 12, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 12 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001El Salvador Earthquake Kills 315, February 13, 2001Wikipedia Launched: Free…