Date: December 13, 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 2001Indonesian Student Protesters Storm Parliament Over Wahid Corruption…
The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean. Date: December 15, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 15 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Shijiazhuang Bomb Blasts Kill 108…
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…
The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law. Date: October 26, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 26 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Space Shuttle Endeavour Launches STS-100 with Canadarm2 to ISS April 19, 2001Pan Am Flight 103…
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) More events from 2001Wikipedia Launches Free Wiki Encyclopedia, January 15, 2001Hubble Discovers First Extrasolar Planet Atmosphere on…
Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first contemporary country to allow it. Date: April 1, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Indonesian Student Protesters Storm Parliament Over Wahid Corruption Scandal, January 29,…