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Date: January 15, 2001
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Date: January 15, 2001
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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 โ ๐ Other events on February 12 ๐ Events on this day in 2001 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Afghan Northern Alliance Captures…
President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent four-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Date: January 20, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 20 ๐ Events on this day in 2001 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Budapest Convention on Cybercrime Signed…
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 โ ๐ Other events on December 8 ๐ Events on this day in 2001 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Slobodan Miloลกeviฤ…
An EP-3E United States Navy surveillance aircraft collides with a Chinese People's Liberation Army Shenyang J-8 fighter jet. The Chinese pilot ejected but is subsequently lost. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in Hainan, China and is detained. Date: April 1, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on April 1 ๐ …
Sampit conflict: Inter-ethnic violence between Dayaks and Madurese breaks out in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, ultimately resulting in more than 500 deaths and 100,000 Madurese displaced from their homes. Date: February 18, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 18 ๐ Events on this day in 2001 ๐ On This Day…
A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet. Date: November 27, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on November 27 ๐ Events on this day in 2001 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 2001Mina Hajj…