Historical Events In 2001

Jan 07   On this day in history a general practitioner in Manchester, England may have killed more than 200 patients over almost 24 years, says a new clinical study of his medical practice. Dr Harold Shipman is currently serving 15 life sentences for the deaths of 15 patients.   

Jan 16   Environmental activists and local authorities in a town in El Salvador where a mountainside buried an entire neighbourhood say deforestation and greed contributed to the earthquake disaster in the year 2001.   

Jan 16   President Laurent Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo was shot to death, reportedly by one of his bodyguards, who in turn was killed by other bodyguards on this day in history.   

Jan 17   Jewish Holocaust survivors win compensation deal from Austria for assets stripped from them when Austria was part of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich on this day in history.   

Jan 17   In the year 2001 parts of California were plunged into darkness after utility companies failed to deliver enough electrical power. The rolling blackouts affected as many as 2 million people.   

Jan 18   Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson admitted he had fathered a daughter born out of wedlock in 1999 to an employee of his Rainbow/PUSH coalition on this day in history.   

Jan 19   President Clinton announced he had made a deal with the independent prosecutor that would prevent him from being indicted after he left office on this day in history.   

Jan 20   On this day in history george W. Bush was inaugurated as the 43rd president of the United States.   

Jan 20   Just hours before leaving office, President Clinton issued 176 pardons -- a number of them controversial in the year 2001.   

Jan 26   On this day in history gujarat earthquake in India killing 20,085 people   

Jan 31   The Montreal Canadians Hockey team is sold by Molsons to an American on this day in history.   

Feb 02   Former President Clinton and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton say they will pay for $US86,000 worth of White House gifts they'd chosen to keep on this day in history.   

Mar 07   In the year 2001 bradley Dillion Blahay was born May 7, 2001 at 5 29 PM 4.4 lbs. at MetroHealth - Cleveland, Ohio   

Mar 07   Bradley Dillion Blahay was born May 7, 2001 at 5:29 PM 4.4 lbs. at MetroHealth - Cleveland, Ohio on this day in history.   

Mar 15   On this day in history aUSTRALIA'S dollar plunged to a historic low of US49.84c last night.   

Mar 17   AUSTRALIA has its first woman police chief, with Christine Nixon today appointed Victoria's new police commissioner on this day in history.   

Apr 13   On this day in history at 8 20 p.m. MDT. A magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck 50 km to the northeast of Dawson Creek, BC and about 100 km north of Grand Prairie, Alberta   

Apr 13   In the year 2001 at 8:20 p.m. MDT. A magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck 50 km to the northeast of Dawson Creek, BC and about 100 km north of Grand Prairie, Alberta   

Apr 15   In the year 2001 natalie Rasmussen gets a new car from her parents in Yorba Linda   

Apr 28   Dennis Tito, a millionaire, becomes the first space tourist on this day in history.   

May 07   Bradley Dillion Blahay was born May 7, 2001 at 5 29 PM 4.4 lbs. at MetroHealth - Cleveland, Ohio on this day in history.   

May 07   Bradley Dillion Blahay was born May 7, 2001 at 5:29 PM 4.4 lbs. at MetroHealth - Cleveland, Ohio in the year 2001.   

May 11   Kurt Schachner turned 40 YEARS OLD. And boy does he show it on this day in history.   

Jun 05   Pedro Laín Entralgo, Spanish writer, medical and humanist in the year 2001.   

Jul 01   On this day in history cholera in South Africa   

Sep 11   1 04 p.m. Bush, speaking from Barksdale Air Force Base, says that all appropriate security measures are being taken, including putting the U.S. military on high alert worldwide on this day in history.   

Sep 11   1 48 p.m. President Bush leaves Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana aboard Air Force One and flies to Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska on this day in history.   

Sep 11   10 05 a.m. The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses, plummeting into the streets below. A massive cloud of dust and debris forms and slowly drifts away from the building in the year 2001.   

Sep 11   In the year 2001 10 10 a.m. A portion of the Pentagon collapses.   

Sep 11   10 10 a.m. United Airlines Flight 93 crashes in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh in the year 2001.   

Sep 11   10 28 a.m. The World Trade Center's north tower collapses from the top down as if it were being peeled apart, releasing a tremendous cloud of debris and smoke on this day in history.   

Sep 11   10 45 a.m. All federal office buildings in Washington are evacuated in the year 2001.   

Sep 11   On this day in history 10:05 a.m.: The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses, plummeting into the streets below. A massive cloud of dust and debris forms and slowly drifts away from the building.   

Sep 11   10:10 a.m.: A portion of the Pentagon collapses in the year 2001.   

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Jan 01   In the year 2001 death of ray Walston, American actor (b. 1914)   

Jan 02   William P. Rogers, American politician (b. 1913) died on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Les Brown, American bandleader (b. 1912) died in the year 2001.   

Jan 05   Nancy Parsons, American actress (b. 1942) died in the year 2001.   

Jan 09   In the year 2001 death of maurice Prather, American photographer (b. 1926)   

Jan 11   Sir Denys Lasdun, English architect (b. 1914) died in the year 2001.   

Jan 12   On this day in history death of affirmed, American racehorse (b. 1975)   

Jan 13   In the year 2001 death of michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1985)