Date: September 21, 2001
Vladivostok Air Flight 352 crashes on approach to Irkutsk Airport killing all 145 people on board. Date: July 4, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001FBI Agent Robert Hanssen Arrested for Soviet Spying -…
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…
China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO). Date: December 11, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 11 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Downtown Disney Opens at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, January 12, 2001French Taubira Law Recognizes Slavery as Crime Against…
Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi is assassinated by Hamdi Quran, a member of the PFLP, thus becoming the highest-ranking Israeli to be killed by a Palestinian. Date: October 17, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 17 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
A Gulfstream III crashes on approach to Aspen/Pitkin County Airport in Aspen, Colorado. All 18 people on board are killed. Date: March 29, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 29 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Laurent-Désiré Kabila Assassinated in Kinshasa…
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 2001Burhanuddin Rabbani Transfers Power…