Date: January 29, 2001
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…
Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first contemporary country to allow it. Date: April 1, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001George W. Bush Announces Office of Homeland Security, October 8, 2001Mina…
Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv. Date: June 1, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 1 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001NEAR Shoemaker Lands on Asteroid Eros in First Touchdown, February…
Loganair Flight 670A crashes while attempting to make a water landing in the Firth of Forth in Scotland. Date: February 27, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 27 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001NEAR Shoemaker First Spacecraft to Land on…
An EP-3E United States Navy surveillance aircraft collides with a Chinese People's Liberation Army Shenyang J-8 fighter jet. The Chinese pilot ejected but is subsequently lost. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in Hainan, China and is detained. Date: April 1, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅…
American singer Aaliyah and several members of her entourage are killed as their overloaded aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport, Bahamas. Date: August 25, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Wikipedia…