The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature. Date: February 15, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits El Salvador, killing at least 315. Date: February 13, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 13 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid. Date: February 12, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 12 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)