Greece Adopts Euro, Becomes 12th Eurozone Country, January 1, 2001
Date: January 1, 2001
Date: January 1, 2001
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 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 2001Microsoft Launches Xbox Game Console in North…
Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-102, carrying the Expedition 2 crew to the International Space Station. Date: March 8, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Dhaka Ramna Park Bombings Kill 10 During Bengali New…
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…
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 2001Space Shuttle Endeavour Launches STS-100 with Canadarm2 to ISS April…
Series of bombings at Ramna Park in Dhaka during the Bengali New Year celebrations leave 10 people dead and dozens other injured. Date: April 14, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 14 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Israeli Tourism Minister…