Date: December 12, 2001
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 → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)…
A Gulfstream III crashes on approach to Aspen/Pitkin County Airport in Aspen, Colorado. All 18 people on board are killed. Date: March 29, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 29 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001BBC Television Centre Car Bomb…
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 → 📅 Other events on February 12 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Nepalese Royal Massacre: Crown…
In Ghana, 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium disaster. The deaths are caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of tear gas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee. Date: May 9, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other…
A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China kill 108 people and injure 38 others, the biggest mass murder in China in decades. Date: March 16, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
Diane Whipple, a lacrosse coach, is killed in a dog attack in San Francisco. The resulting court case clarified the meaning of implied malice murder. Date: January 26, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 26 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…