Date: January 20, 2001
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 2001Greece Adopts Euro, Becomes 12th Eurozone Country, January 1, 2001George W….
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) More events from 2001US EP-3E Crew Released After Hainan Collision April 11, 2001Apple Releases iPod October…
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 📅…
Greece adopts the Euro, becoming the 12th Eurozone country. Date: January 1, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001U.S. Loses U.N. Human Rights Commission Seat for First Time, May 3, 2001SIEV X Migrant Boat…
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…
The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947. Date: May 3, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 3 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Tiananmen Square…