Date: December 13, 2001
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…
Four people are killed when Binter Mediterráneo Flight 8261 crashes into the N-340 highway near Málaga Airport. Date: August 29, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches STS-98 to ISS February…
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 📅…
Albanian rebels ambush a convoy of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia near Tetovo, killing 10 soldiers. Date: August 8, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Tiananmen Square Self-Immolation Incident, Falun Gong Frame-Up…
The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji. Date: March 23, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 23 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Richard Reid Shoe…
The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947. Date: May 3, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 3 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Air Transat…