Date: July 12, 2001
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments. Date: May 29, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on May 29 đ Events on this day in 2001 đ On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Bill Clinton Awards Theodore Roosevelt Posthumous…
The 8.4 Mw⯠southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured. Date: June 23, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on June 23 đ Events on this day in 2001 đ On This…
Erik Weihenmayer becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, with Dr. Sherman Bull. Date: May 25, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on May 25 đ Events on this day in 2001 đ On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Sampit Conflict Begins: Dayak-Madurese…
The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji. Date: March 23, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on March 23 đ Events on this day in 2001 đ On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Space Shuttle Endeavour…
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 â đ Other events on February 12 đ Events on this day in 2001 đ On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Sampit Conflict Begins: Dayak-Madurese…
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 â đ Other events on June 21 đ Events on this day in 2001 đ On This Day…