Campinas Mayor Antônio da Costa Santos Assassinated September 10, 2001

Second Congo War: Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards in Kinshasa. Date: January 16, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 16 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Japan Airlines Planes Nearly Collide Over Suruga Bay…

Rus Flight 9633 crashes during takeoff from Chkalovsky Airport, killing all 10 people on board. Date: July 14, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 14 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Microsoft Launches Xbox Game Console in North America, November 15,…

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 2001Greece Adopts Euro, Becomes 12th…

French Taubira law is enacted, officially recognizing the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity. Date: May 21, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 21 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Campinas Mayor Antônio da Costa Santos Assassinated September…

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…

War on terror: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States. Date: November 13, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 13 📅…