NEAR Shoemaker First Spacecraft to Land on Asteroid, February 12, 2001
Date: February 12, 2001
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Date: February 12, 2001
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BBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was attributed to the Real IRA. Date: March 4, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 4 π Events on this day in 2001 π On This Day (Today)…
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 $5.5Β billion in damages, making Allison the second costliest tropical storm in U.S. history. Date: June 5, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 5 π Events…
Microsoft launches the Xbox game console in North America. Date: November 15, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 15 π Events on this day in 2001 π On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Vietnam Upgrades Phong NhaβKαΊ» BΓ ng Nature Reserve to National Park December 12, 2001Bill Clinton Awards Theodore…
A raid conducted by the Internal Security Department (ISD) of Singapore foils a Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) plot to bomb foreign embassies in Singapore. Date: December 8, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 8 π Events on this day in 2001 π On This Day (Today) More events from 2001George W….
AntΓ΄nio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated. Date: September 10, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 10 π Events on this day in 2001 π On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Bill Clinton Awards Theodore Roosevelt Posthumous Medal of Honor January 16, 2001Greece Adopts Euro, Becomes…
A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, indicts 13 Saudis and a Lebanese in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 American servicemen. Date: June 21, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 21 π Events on this day in 2001 π On This Day…