memorable events in 2001?

Question

ideally 1 event per 2 months please

Answer 1

January 26 - An earthquake hits Gujarat, India. More than 20,000 deaths.

February - Iraq disarmament crisis: British and U.S. forces carry out bombing raids attempting to disable Iraq's air defense network
February 16 - Baghdad suburb bombed by US and UK war planes, 3 people killed

March 5 - In Mecca, 35 Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death during the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

April 20 - The anti-globalization movement holds a People's Summit and large protest marches, some of which are forcibly put down by police, against the FTAA summit in Quebec City, Quebec

In Afghanistan, the ruling Taliban militia announces a law requiring Hindus to wear identity labels to distinguish them from Muslims. The measure also requires Hindu women to be veiled for the first time.

June 11 - Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh executed in Indiana
June 19 - 23 people killed and 11 wounded by an American missile hitting a soccer field in northern Iraq, county of Tel Afr

July 20-22 - The 27th G8 summit takes place in Genoa, Italy. Massive demonstrations against the meeting by anti-globalisation groups. One demonstrator, Carlo Giuliani, is shot dead by a carabiniere and several others are badly injured during an attack by the police on a school which the protesters were using as their headquarters.

August 2 - Robert Mueller confirmed as the new FBI director.


September 9 - Ahmed Shah Massoud, leader of the Afghan Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan
September 11 - The September 11, 2001 attacks occur in United States; almost 3,000 people are killed in the World Trade Center in New York City, The Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and on Flight 93, which crashed in rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
September 18 - The 2001 anthrax attacks commence as anthrax letters are mailed from Hamilton, New Jersey to ABC News, CBS
September 20 - Address of President Bush to a joint session of Congress: Freedom at War with Fear.

Octorber 4 - First case of anthrax in the US (attack) is announced by federal officials.
October 7 - The American attack on Afghanistan begins. The United Kingdom participates.

November 12 - 2001 Attack on Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops (Northern Alliance fighters took Kabul on November 14).
November 13 - Doha Round: The World Trade Organization ends a four-day ministerial conference in Doha, Qatar.

December 2 - Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection five days after Dynegy canceled a US$8.4 billion buyout bid (as of 2003 this was the largest bankruptcy in the history of the United States).
December 18 - Two men, Ahmed Agiza and Muhammad Zery, are secretly deported to Egypt from Sweden after a request from the United States in what is believed to be a CIA-led operation. (Washington Post)
December 20 - The Argentine government of President Fernando De la Rúa collapses amidst rioting and violence throughout the country.

A very busy Year.

Answer 2

Certainly the Sept. 11 terrorist attack in the US is the top story of the year, even globally. In the US, the Enron scandal blossomed in late spring/early summer (May/June?), and that scandal is still shaking things up. The crash of the Internet economy in the US throughout 2001 is also big news.

In the wake of 9/11, all aircraft in the US were grounded for several days, something that had never happened before or since. After the actual attack, that may be the most memorable thing about 2001.

Also, the anthrax attack in Oct 2001 was very memorable. The crime remains unsolved.

Answer 3

I think that I can list a few.
Jan. Earthquake in India killed 20,000
Mar. Mir Space station crashed to Earth.
May. The great man Douglas Adams died.
Sep 9/11 enough said
Nov. Gamecube was released
Dec. 1st instalment of Lord of the Rings trilogy was released.
Bound to have been a lot more but we can't think of any at the minute.

Answer 4

I recommend going to your local public library.

Ask for the World Almanac from 2002. The 2002 Almanac will have the events from the previous year listed.

You can also check the yearbooks that are published with encyclopedias.

You will get more choices/ideas if you check these reference sources.

Answer 5

60s - lunar touchdown (close 2nd, kennedy assassination) 70s - Nixon resigning 80s - Berlin wall coming down/ 49ers 90s - upward push of the internet 00s - tie 9/11, asian tsunami replace: Poe has a bigger answer for the 90s than I did, the rwanda genocide actually trumps the internet

Answer 6

definitely 9/11, and also the plane falling on queens in new york a few weeks after 9/11

Answer 7

9/11 was by far the most memorable. It's also my sisters birthday. Sad day for her.

Answer 8

I had my first child in March 2001. Memorable to me obviously not to any of you though!!

Answer 9

Most, at least in the states, would think of Sept. II, since we have since heard so much about 9-11.

I don't remember much from other months except my usual routines.

Answer 10

Getting up in the middle of the night and going to work