A Dutch programmer launches the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star. Date: February 11, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 11 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision takes place, killing nine of the thirty-five people on board the Japanese fishery high-school training ship Ehime Maru, leaving the USS Greeneville (SSN-772) with US $2 million in repairs, at Pearl Harbor. Date: February 9, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 9 📅…
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-98, carrying the Destiny laboratory module to the International Space Station. Date: February 7, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 7 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
Two Japan Airlines planes nearly collide over Suruga Bay in Japan. Date: January 31, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 31 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
In the Netherlands, a Scottish court convicts Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and acquits another Libyan citizen for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. Date: January 31, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 31 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On…
Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals. Date: January 29, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 29 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
Diane Whipple, a lacrosse coach, is killed in a dog attack in San Francisco. The resulting court case clarified the meaning of implied malice murder. Date: January 26, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 26 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
The 7.7 Mw Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India, leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about 166,800 injured. Date: January 26, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 26 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
Five people attempt to set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an act that many people later claim is staged by the Chinese Communist Party to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution. Date: January 23, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day…
President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent four-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Date: January 20, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 20 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)