Date: April 1, 2001
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…
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 is brought to a halt near Kenton. The…
Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, is launched (Wikipedia Day). Date: January 15, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 15 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Tiananmen Square Self-Immolation Incident, Falun Gong Frame-Up Claims, January 23, 2001George W. Bush Praises Muslim…
The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, China, after a collision with a J-8 fighter, is released. Date: April 11, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 11 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Gulfstream III…
NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles (180 km) of Jupiter's moon Io. Date: October 15, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 15 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Tibetan Plateau Magnitude 7.8 Supershear Earthquake, November 14, 2001Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville…
War in Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops. Date: November 12, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 12 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Microsoft Releases Windows XP, Microsoft’s Successful Operating System, October 25, 2001American…