Date: January 26, 2001
The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law. Date: October 26, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 26 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Greece Adopts Euro, Becomes 12th Eurozone Country January 1, 2001Tiananmen Square Self-Immolation Incident, January 23,…
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 📅…
The 2001 Nisqually earthquake, having a moment magnitude of 6.8, with epicenter in southern Puget Sound, damages the Seattle metropolitan area. Date: February 28, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 28 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Tibetan Plateau Magnitude 7.8…
Megawati Sukarnoputri was sworn in as the first female president of Indonesia following her predecessor's impeachment. Date: July 23, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001NEAR Shoemaker Lands on Asteroid Eros in First Touchdown,…
The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature. Date: February 15, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001El Salvador Earthquake Kills 315, February 13, 2001Tiananmen Square Self-Immolation Incident, Falun Gong…
The Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos, resulting in military and civilian casualties and destroyed aircraft. Date: July 24, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 24 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001China Joins World Trade…