Space Shuttle Discovery Launches STS-102 to ISS with Expedition 2 Crew March 8, 2001

In the Netherlands, a Scottish court convicts Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and acquits another Libyan citizen for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. Date: January 31, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 31 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On…

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 📅…

During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque. Date: May 6, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001India-Bangladesh Border Conflict Begins Over Disputed Border April…

Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-100 carrying the Canadarm2 to the International Space Station. Date: April 19, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 19 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Australia Sets World Record 31–0 Soccer Victory Over American Samoa…

Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan. Date: June 8, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Gulfstream III Crashes Near…