Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa. Date: June 10, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 10 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan. Date: June 8, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm causes $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the second costliest tropical storm in U.S. history. Date: June 5, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 5 📅 Events…
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)
Nepalese royal massacre: Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shoots and kills several members of his family including his father and mother. Date: June 1, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 1 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
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…
Erik Weihenmayer becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, with Dr. Sherman Bull. Date: May 25, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
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…