Date: January 29, 2001
SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people. Date: October 19, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 19 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
Apple Computer releases the iPod. Date: October 23, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 23 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville Collision Kills Nine at Pearl Harbor, February 9, 2001Abu Sayyaf Seizes 20 Hostages at Palawan…
In Ghana, 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium disaster. The deaths are caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of tear gas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee. Date: May 9, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other…
Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they are traveling in. Date: November 11, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 11 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Supreme Court Rules…
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 2001Burhanuddin Rabbani Transfers Power to Hamid Karzai Interim Government, December 22,…
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments. Date: May 29, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 29 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches STS-98 to…