What happened in 2001

391 entries recorded for 2001, listed by date. That was 25 years ago.

2001 at a glance

Years ago: 25 (as of 2026)
Century: 21st century
Decade: 2000s
Generation born: Generation Z
Entries here: 391
Breakdown: 154 historical events · 229 births · 8 deaths

January

January 1
Greece
Historical event
Greece adopts the Euro, becoming the 12th Eurozone country.
January 1
Winter (singer)
Birth
Winter, South Korean singer
January 1
Angourie Rice
Birth
Angourie Rice, Australian actress
January 2
Cole Caufield
Birth
Cole Caufield, American ice hockey player
January 2
Luiz Henrique (footballer, born 2001)
Birth
Luiz Henrique, Brazilian footballer
January 3
Deni Avdija
Birth
Deni Avdija, Israeli-Serbian basketball player
January 4
Lola Young
Birth
Lola Young, English singer and songwriter
January 4
Odilon Kossounou
Birth
Odilon Kossounou, Ivorian footballer
January 5
Ellis Simms
Birth
Ellis Simms, English footballer
January 5
Mykhailo Mudryk
Birth
Mykhailo Mudryk, Ukrainian footballer
January 8
Zach Charbonnet
Birth
Zach Charbonnet, American football player
January 9
Eric Garcia (footballer, born 2001)
Birth
Eric García, Spanish footballer
January 9
Peter Mamouzelos
Birth
Peter Mamouzelos, Australian rugby league player
January 9
Zeke Nnaji
Birth
Zeke Nnaji, American basketball player
January 10
Santi Aldama
Birth
Santi Aldama, Spanish basketball player
January 12
Downtown Disney
Historical event
Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
January 12
Sam LaPorta
Birth
Sam LaPorta, American football player
January 13
January 2001 El Salvador earthquake
Historical event
The first of two large earthquakes in the span of a month struck El Salvador, killing at least 944 people and destroying over 100,000 homes.
January 14
Elayna Black
Birth
Cora Jade, American wrestler
January 15
Wikipedia
Historical event
Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, is launched (Wikipedia Day).
January 15
First Wikipedia edit
Historical event
The first edit to the internet encyclopedia Wikipedia was made.
January 16
Bill Clinton
Historical event
US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish–American War.
January 16
Second Congo War
Historical event
Second Congo War: Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards in Kinshasa.
January 17
Enzo Fernández
Birth
Enzo Fernández, Argentinian footballer
January 20
President of the Philippines
Historical event
President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent four-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
January 21
Baek Jong-bum
Birth
Baek Jong-bum, South Korean footballer
January 23
2001 Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident
Historical event
Five people attempted to set themselves on fire in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, an act that many later claimed to have been staged by the Chinese Communist Party to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution.
January 23
Olga Danilović
Birth
Olga Danilović, Serbian tennis player
January 25
Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Birth
Elisabetta Cocciaretto, Italian tennis player
January 26
Seismic magnitude scales
Historical event
The 7.7 Mw Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India, leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about 166,800 injured.
January 26
Death of Diane Whipple
Historical event
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.
January 26
2001 Gujarat earthquake
Historical event
An earthquake in the Indian state of Gujarat killed at least 20,000 people, injured 167,000 others and destroyed nearly 400,000 homes.
January 26
Latalia Bevan
Birth
Latalia Bevan, Welsh artistic gymnast
January 26
Isaac Okoro
Birth
Isaac Okoro, American basketball player
January 29
Indonesia
Historical event
Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.
January 29
Lee Dae-hwi
Birth
Lee Dae-hwi, South Korean singer
January 30
Curtis Jones (footballer, born 2001)
Birth
Curtis Jones, English footballer
January 31
Japan Airlines
Historical event
Two Japan Airlines planes nearly collide over Suruga Bay in Japan.
January 31
Libya
Historical event
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.

February

February 1
Timor-Leste Defence Force
Historical event
The Timor-Leste Defence Force was established from the erstwhile anti-Indonesian independence movement Falintil.
February 1
Egor Chinakhov
Birth
Egor Chinakhov, Russian ice hockey player
February 2
WestCOL
Birth
Westcol, Colombian online streamer
February 3
Tre Mann
Birth
Tre Mann, American basketball player
February 3
Rhys Williams (footballer, born 2001)
Birth
Rhys Williams, English footballer
February 5
Kim Min-ju
Birth
Kim Min-ju, South Korean actress
February 7
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Historical event
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-98, carrying the Destiny laboratory module to the International Space Station.
February 7
R. J. Hampton
Birth
R. J. Hampton, American basketball player
February 8
I.N
Birth
I.N, South Korean singer
February 9
Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision
Historical event
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.
February 9
USS Greeneville
Historical event
The American submarine USS Greeneville collided with the Ehime Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by a high school, sinking the latter ship and killing nine people on board.
February 9
Dylan Cozens
Birth
Dylan Cozens, Canadian ice hockey player
February 10
Sergio Camello
Birth
Sergio Camello, Spanish footballer
February 11
Anna Kournikova (computer virus)
Historical event
A Dutch programmer launches the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.
February 11
Computer worm
Historical event
The computer worm Anna Kournikova, which would affect millions of users worldwide, was released by a 20-year-old Dutch student.
February 11
Bryan Gil
Birth
Bryan Gil, Spanish footballer
February 12
NASA
Historical event
The NASA space probe NEAR Shoemaker touched down on Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
February 12
NEAR Shoemaker
Historical event
NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
February 12
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Birth
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Georgian footballer
February 13
Seismic magnitude scales
Historical event
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits El Salvador, killing at least 315.
February 13
Kaapo Kakko
Birth
Kaapo Kakko, Finnish ice hockey player
February 15
Human genome
Historical event
The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.
February 16
Yuki Naito
Birth
Yuki Naito, Japanese tennis player
February 18
Sampit conflict
Historical event
Inter-ethnic violence between the Dayak and the Madurese broke out in Sampit, Indonesia, ultimately causing more than 500 deaths and the displacement of 100,000 Madurese from their homes.
February 18
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Historical event
American FBI agent Robert Hanssen was arrested for having spied for the KGB and GRU over a 22-year period.
February 18
Tanguy Coulibaly
Birth
Tanguy Coulibaly, French footballer
February 18
Jaime Jaquez Jr.
Birth
Jaime Jaquez Jr., American basketball player
February 18
Balthus
Death
Balthus, Polish-Swiss painter and illustrator (born 1908)
February 18
Dale Earnhardt
Death
Dale Earnhardt, American racer and seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion (born 1951)
February 19
David Mazouz
Birth
David Mazouz, American actor
February 19
Lee Kang-in
Birth
Lee Kang-in, South Korean footballer
February 25
A. R. Ammons
Death
A. R. Ammons, American poet and critic (born 1926)
February 25
Don Bradman
Death
Don Bradman, Australian international cricketer; holder of world record batting average (born 1908)
February 25
Vernon Carey Jr.
Birth
Vernon Carey Jr., American basketball player
February 27
Loganair Flight 670A
Historical event
Loganair Flight 670A crashes while attempting to make a water landing in the Firth of Forth in Scotland.
February 28
Selby rail crash
Historical event
A high-speed train crash occurred near Selby in North Yorkshire, England, killing 10 and injuring 82.
February 28
2001 Nisqually earthquake
Historical event
The 2001 Nisqually earthquake, having a moment magnitude of 6.8, with epicenter in southern Puget Sound, damages the Seattle metropolitan area.

March

March 1
Sapnap
Birth
Sapnap, American YouTuber
March 1
Wander Franco
Birth
Wander Franco, Dominican baseball player
March 3
Jvke
Birth
Jvke, American singer-songwriter
March 4
2001 BBC bombing
Historical event
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.
March 4
Freya Anderson
Birth
Freya Anderson, English freestyle swimmer
March 4
George Pickens
Birth
George Pickens, American football player
March 5
Mina, Saudi Arabia
Historical event
In Mina, Saudi Arabia, 35 pilgrims are killed in a stampede on the Jamaraat Bridge during the Hajj.
March 6
Milo Manheim
Birth
Milo Manheim, American actor
March 8
Space Shuttle Discovery
Historical event
Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-102, carrying the Expedition 2 crew to the International Space Station.
March 9
Jeon Somi
Birth
Jeon Somi, South Korean-Canadian singer
March 12
Kim Min-kyu (entertainer)
Birth
Kim Min-kyu, South Korean singer and actor
March 12
Max Duggan
Birth
Max Duggan, American football player
March 13
Tom Dearden
Birth
Thomas Dearden, Australian rugby league player
March 13
Beomgyu
Birth
Beomgyu, South Korean singer-songwriter
March 14
Nico Mannion
Birth
Nico Mannion, Italian-American basketball player
March 15
Ellie Leach
Birth
Ellie Leach, English actress
March 16
2001 Shijiazhuang bombings
Historical event
A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China, killed 108 people.
March 16
Kyle Hamilton
Birth
Kyle Hamilton, American football player
March 17
Pietro Pellegri
Birth
Pietro Pellegri, Italian footballer
March 20
Trevor Zegras
Birth
Trevor Zegras, American ice hockey player
March 22
Artūrs Šilovs
Birth
Artūrs Šilovs, Latvian ice hockey player
March 23
Mir
Historical event
The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
March 23
Roscosmos
Historical event
The Russian space agency deorbited the space station Mir, causing it to reenter the Earth's atmosphere and break up over the Pacific Ocean.
March 23
Anna Hall (heptathlete)
Birth
Anna Hall, American world champion heptathlete
March 24
Clara Burel
Birth
Clara Burel, French tennis player
March 26
Jameson Williams
Birth
Jameson Williams, American football player
March 27
Natanael Cano
Birth
Natanael Cano, Mexican rapper and singer
March 28
Athens International Airport
Historical event
Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos begins operation.
March 28
Wang Xiyu
Birth
Wang Xiyu, Chinese tennis player
March 29
Gulfstream III
Historical event
A Gulfstream III crashes on approach to Aspen/Pitkin County Airport in Aspen, Colorado. All 18 people on board are killed.
March 30
Anastasia Potapova
Birth
Anastasia Potapova, Russian tennis player

April

April 1
President of Yugoslavia
Historical event
Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
April 1
Same-sex marriage in the Netherlands
Historical event
Same-sex marriage in the Netherlands was legalized, making it the first country to do so.
April 1
Lockheed EP-3
Historical event
An American Lockheed EP-3 and a Chinese Shenyang J-8 collided in mid-air off Hainan, resulting in an international dispute between the two countries.
April 4
Jalen Carter
Birth
Jalen Carter, American football player
April 4
Anzor Alem
Birth
Anzor Alem, Congolese actor and singer
April 4
Angelo Stiller
Birth
Angelo Stiller, German footballer
April 5
John Beecher (ice hockey)
Birth
Johnny Beecher, American ice hockey player
April 5
Felipe Peña
Birth
Felipe Peña, Argentine footballer
April 6
Oscar Piastri
Birth
Oscar Piastri, Australian racing driver
April 6
Moritz Seider
Birth
Moritz Seider, German ice hockey player
April 7
NASA
Historical event
NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey (artist's conception pictured), the longest-surviving continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth, launched from Cape Canaveral.
April 9
Nika Mühl
Birth
Nika Mühl, Croatian basketball player
April 11
Lockheed EP-3
Historical event
The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, China, after a collision with a J-8 fighter, is released.
April 11
Australia men's national soccer team
Historical event
The Australia national men's soccer team sets a world record for the largest victory in an international association football match, winning the game 31–0 against American Samoa at the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers for OFC. Australia's Archie Thompson also breaks the record for
April 11
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
Historical event
In a FIFA World Cup qualifying match, Australia defeated American Samoa 31–0, the largest margin of victory recorded in international football.
April 11
Manuel Ugarte (footballer)
Birth
Manuel Ugarte, Uruguayan footballer
April 13
Neco Williams
Birth
Neco Williams, Welsh footballer
April 14
2001 Ramna Batamul bombings
Historical event
Series of bombings at Ramna Park in Dhaka during the Bengali New Year celebrations leave 10 people dead and dozens other injured.
April 14
Jalen Williams
Birth
Jalen Williams, American basketball player
April 15
Shanti Dope
Birth
Shanti Dope, Filipino rapper
April 16
Bangladesh
Historical event
India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.
April 16
2001 Bangladesh–India border skirmishes
Historical event
India and Bangladesh began a six-day conflict over their disputed border, which ended in a stalemate.
April 17
Violette Dorange
Birth
Violette Dorange, French Professional Round the World Sailor
April 17
Ryujin (rapper)
Birth
Shin Ryujin, South Korean rapper, singer and dancer
April 19
Space Shuttle Endeavour
Historical event
Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-100 carrying the Canadarm2 to the International Space Station.
April 19
PinkPantheress
Birth
PinkPantheress, British singer-songwriter and record producer
April 19
Dalton Knecht
Birth
Dalton Knecht, American basketball player
April 26
Thiago Almada
Birth
Thiago Almada, Argentine footballer
April 28
Anthony Volpe
Birth
Anthony Volpe, American baseball player
April 29
Danilo (footballer, born 2001)
Birth
Danilo, Brazilian footballer

May

May 3
United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Historical event
The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947.
May 3
Rachel Zegler
Birth
Rachel Zegler, American actress and singer
May 4
Noah Beck
Birth
Noah Beck, American media personality and actor
May 4
Joan Garcia
Birth
Joan García, Spanish footballer
May 6
Syria
Historical event
During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
May 8
Jordyn Huitema
Birth
Jordyn Huitema, Canadian soccer player
May 9
Ghana
Historical event
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.
May 9
Accra Sports Stadium
Historical event
Police at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra, Ghana, fired tear gas to quell unrest at a football match, leading to a stampede that killed 126 people.
May 10
Sudhakarrao Naik
Death
Sudhakarrao Naik, Indian politician, Governor of Himachal Pradesh (born 1934)
May 11
Douglas Adams
Death
Douglas Adams, English novelist and screenwriter (born 1952)
May 12
Issa Kaboré
Birth
Issa Kaboré, Burkinabé footballer
May 14
Jack Hughes
Birth
Jack Hughes, American hockey player
May 15
CSX Transportation
Historical event
A CSX EMD SD40-2 8888 rolls out of a train yard in Walbridge, Ohio, with 47 freight cars, including some tank cars with flammable chemical, after its engineer fails to reboard it after setting a yard switch. It travels south driverless for 66 miles (106 km) until it is brought to
May 15
CSX 8888 incident
Historical event
A runaway train loaded with hazardous chemicals traveled driverless for 66 miles (106 km) through Ohio before being stopped near Kenton.
May 18
Emma Navarro
Birth
Emma Navarro, American tennis player
May 19
Elizabeth Mandlik
Birth
Elizabeth Mandlik, American tennis player
May 21
Christiane Taubira
Historical event
French Taubira law is enacted, officially recognizing the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.
May 22
Joshua Zirkzee
Birth
Joshua Zirkzee, Dutch footballer
May 22
Emma Chamberlain
Birth
Emma Chamberlain, American internet personality
May 22
Enzo Barrenechea
Birth
Enzo Barrenechea, Argentine footballer
May 23
Brennan Johnson
Birth
Brennan Johnson, Welsh footballer
May 24
Emily Austin
Birth
Emily Austin, journalist and social media influencer
May 25
Erik Weihenmayer
Historical event
Erik Weihenmayer becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, with Dr. Sherman Bull.
May 25
Chloé Lukasiak
Birth
Chloé Lukasiak, American actress and dancer
May 27
Abu Sayyaf
Historical event
Members of Abu Sayyaf, an Islamist separatist group, seize twenty hostages from an affluent island resort on Palawan in the Philippines; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002.
May 27
Dos Palmas kidnappings
Historical event
Twenty tourists were kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants in Palawan, Philippines, triggering a hostage crisis that lasted for more than a year.
May 29
Supreme Court of the United States
Historical event
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.
May 29
Andrew Torgashev
Birth
Andrew Torgashev, American figure skater
May 29
Puka Nacua
Birth
Puka Nacua, American football player
May 31
Iga Świątek
Birth
Iga Świątek, Polish tennis player
May 31
Breece Hall
Birth
Breece Hall, American football player

June

June 1
Nepalese royal massacre
Historical event
Nepalese royal massacre: Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shoots and kills several members of his family including his father and mother.
June 1
Dolphinarium discotheque bombing
Historical event
Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.
June 1
Hamas
Historical event
A Hamas-affiliated Islamist militant blew himself up outside a nightclub in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 21 people, most of whom were teenage girls.
June 2
Kysaiah Pickett
Birth
Kysaiah Pickett, Australian rules footballer
June 3
Jalen Suggs
Birth
Jalen Suggs, American basketball player
June 4
Takefusa Kubo
Birth
Takefusa Kubo, Japanese footballer
June 4
Choerry
Birth
Choerry, South Korean singer and member of Loona
June 5
Tropical Storm Allison
Historical event
Tropical Storm Allison, the costliest Atlantic tropical cyclone that was never a hurricane, made landfall in Texas, causing approximately $8.5 billion in damage.
June 5
Chaeryeong
Birth
Chaeryeong, South Korean singer and dancer
June 6
Rayan Aït-Nouri
Birth
Rayan Aït-Nouri, French-Algerian footballer
June 7
Betty Neels
Death
Betty Neels, English nurse and author (born 1910)
June 7
Víctor Paz Estenssoro
Death
Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, 52nd President of Bolivia (born 1907)
June 8
Mamoru Takuma
Historical event
Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan.
June 9
Xolo Maridueña
Birth
Xolo Maridueña, American actor.
June 10
Pope John Paul II
Historical event
Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.
June 10
Julien Alfred
Birth
Julien Alfred, Saint Lucian sprinter
June 11
Timothy McVeigh
Historical event
Timothy McVeigh, detonator of a truck bomb in front of the Oklahoma federal building, was executed by lethal injection for using a weapon of mass destruction, among other charges.
June 11
Tesco bomb campaign
Historical event
Robert Edward Dyer was sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment for conducting a six-month-long letter-bomb campaign against the British supermarket chain Tesco.
June 11
Billy Gilmour
Birth
Billy Gilmour, Scottish footballer
June 13
Bowen Byram
Birth
Bowen Byram, Canadian ice hockey player
June 13
Sung Han-bin
Birth
Sung Han-bin, South Korean singer
June 18
Evan Mobley
Birth
Evan Mobley, American basketball player
June 20
Nicolas Jackson
Birth
Nicolas Jackson, Senegalese footballer
June 20
Gonçalo Ramos
Birth
Gonçalo Ramos, Portuguese footballer
June 21
Alexandria, Virginia
Historical event
A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, indicts 13 Saudis and a Lebanese in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 American servicemen.
June 21
Alexandra Obolentseva
Birth
Alexandra Obolentseva, Russian chess player
June 22
Luciano Gondou
Birth
Luciano Gondou, Argentine footballer
June 23
2001 southern Peru earthquake
Historical event
The 8.4 Mw southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured.
June 25
Philip Broberg
Birth
Philip Broberg, Swedish professional ice hockey player
June 28
Slobodan Milošević
Historical event
Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.
June 29
Julian Champagnie
Birth
Julian Champagnie, American basketball player
June 29
Gunnar Henderson
Birth
Gunnar Henderson, American baseball player
June 29
Aaron Schoupp
Birth
Aaron Schoupp, Australian rugby league player

July

July 1
Chosen Jacobs
Birth
Chosen Jacobs, American actor and singer
July 1
P1Harmony
Birth
Theo, South Korean singer-songwriter
July 3
Promise David
Birth
Promise David, Canadian soccer player
July 3
Folarin Balogun
Birth
Folarin Balogun, American soccer player
July 4
Vladivostok Air Flight 352
Historical event
Vladivostok Air Flight 352 crashes on approach to Irkutsk Airport killing all 145 people on board.
July 10
Isabela Merced
Birth
Isabela Merced, American actress
July 12
Space Shuttle program
Historical event
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-104, carrying the Quest Joint Airlock to the International Space Station.
July 12
Kaylee McKeown
Birth
Kaylee McKeown, Australian swimmer
July 13
Kim Sin-jin
Birth
Kim Sin-jin, South Korean footballer
July 14
Bradley John Murdoch
Historical event
Australian criminal Bradley John Murdoch murders British tourist Peter Falconio and abducts his girlfriend in the Northern Territory.
July 14
Rus Flight 9633
Historical event
Rus Flight 9633 crashes during takeoff from Chkalovsky Airport, killing all 10 people on board.
July 16
Island Boys
Birth
Island Boys, American social media personalities
July 18
Agustina Roth
Birth
Agustina Roth, Argentine BMX rider
July 20
Killing of Carlo Giuliani
Historical event
Twenty-three-year-old Italian anti-globalist Carlo Giuliani was shot dead by a police officer while protesting outside the 27th G8 summit held in Genoa, Italy.
July 20
Álex Baena
Birth
Álex Baena, Spanish footballer
July 21
Akashi, Hyōgo
Historical event
At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR Asagiri Station becomes overcrowded and people leaving the event fall down in a domino effec
July 23
Megawati Sukarnoputri
Historical event
Megawati Sukarnoputri was sworn in (pictured) as the first female president of Indonesia following her predecessor's impeachment.
July 23
Lily Phillips
Birth
Lily Phillips, British pornographic actress
July 24
Bandaranaike Airport attack
Historical event
The Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos, resulting in military and civilian casualties and destroyed aircraft.
July 24
Drake London
Birth
Drake London, American football player
July 24
Ryan Johnson (ice hockey, born 2001)
Birth
Ryan Johnson, American ice hockey player
July 25
Phoolan Devi
Historical event
Phoolan Devi, a serving Indian member of Parliament, was shot outside her house in New Delhi, India.
July 25
Bryce Young
Birth
Bryce Young, American football player
July 27
Miguel Gutiérrez (footballer, born 2001)
Birth
Miguel Gutiérrez, Spanish footballer
July 28
2001 World Aquatics Championships
Historical event
At the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Australian Ian Thorpe became the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single FINA world championship.
July 28
Ian Thorpe
Historical event
Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.

August

August 1
Park Si-eun (entertainer)
Birth
Park Si-eun, South Korean actress
August 1
Scottie Barnes
Birth
Scottie Barnes, American basketball player
August 1
Ben Trbojevic
Birth
Ben Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player
August 5
Anthony Edwards (basketball)
Birth
Anthony Edwards, American basketball player
August 6
Erwadi fire incident
Historical event
Erwadi fire incident: Twenty-eight mentally ill persons tied to a chain are burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.
August 8
Karpalak ambush
Historical event
Albanian rebels ambush a convoy of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia near Tetovo, killing 10 soldiers.
August 9
Second Intifada
Historical event
Second Intifada: A suicide bomber attacked a pizza restaurant in Jerusalem, killing 15 people and wounding 130 others.
August 10
Space Shuttle program
Historical event
Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-105 to the International Space Station, carrying the astronauts of Expedition 3 to replace the crew of Expedition 2.
August 10
2001 Angola train attack
Historical event
The 2001 Angola train attack occurs, causing 252 deaths.
August 11
Moyuka Uchijima
Birth
Moyuka Uchijima, Japanese tennis player
August 12
Dixie D'Amelio
Birth
Dixie D'Amelio, American social media personality and singer
August 16
Jannik Sinner
Birth
Jannik Sinner, Italian tennis player
August 19
Awak Kuier
Birth
Awak Kuier, Finnish basketball player
August 22
LaMelo Ball
Birth
LaMelo Ball, American basketball player
August 24
Air Transat Flight 236
Historical event
Air Transat Flight 236 loses all engine power over the Atlantic Ocean, forcing the pilots to conduct an emergency landing in the Azores.
August 24
Mildred Maldonado
Birth
Mildred Maldonado, Mexican rhythmic gymnast
August 25
Aaliyah
Historical event
American singer Aaliyah and several members of her record company were killed when their overloaded aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport in The Bahamas.
August 26
Patrick Williams (basketball)
Birth
Patrick Williams, American basketball player
August 27
Franz Wagner
Birth
Franz Wagner, German basketball player
August 28
Kamilla Rakhimova
Birth
Kamilla Rakhimova, Russian tennis player
August 29
Binter Mediterráneo Flight 8261
Historical event
Four people are killed when Binter Mediterráneo Flight 8261 crashes into the N-340 highway near Málaga Airport.
August 31
Amanda Anisimova
Birth
Amanda Anisimova, American tennis player

September

September 3
The Troubles
Historical event
The Troubles: Ulster loyalists resumed a picket outside a Catholic girls' primary school in the Protestant portion of Ardoyne, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
September 3
Belfast
Historical event
In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls.
September 3
Kaia Gerber
Birth
Kaia Gerber, American model and actress
September 4
Tokyo DisneySea
Historical event
Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
September 4
Talitha Bateman
Birth
Talitha Bateman, American actress
September 5
Bukayo Saka
Birth
Bukayo Saka, English footballer
September 5
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow
Birth
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, Australian rugby league player
September 6
Terrence Clarke
Birth
Terrence Clarke, American basketball player (died 2021)
September 6
Freya Allan
Birth
Freya Allan, English actress
September 8
Bill Mamadou
Birth
Bill Mamadou, Singaporean footballer
September 9
Ahmad Shah Massoud
Historical event
Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.
September 9
Al-Qaeda
Historical event
Two al-Qaeda attackers assassinated Ahmad Shah Massoud, a pivotal Afghan resistance leader, two days before the September 11 attacks in the United States.
September 9
Hailey Van Lith
Birth
Hailey Van Lith, American basketball player
September 10
Charles Ingram
Historical event
During his appearance on the British TV game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, contestant Charles Ingram reaches the £1 million top prize, but it was later revealed that he had cheated to the top prize by listening to coughs from his wife and another contestant.
September 10
Antônio da Costa Santos
Historical event
Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.
September 10
Nick Cross (American football)
Birth
Nick Cross, American football player
September 10
Armando Broja
Birth
Armando Broja, Albanian-born English footballer
September 11
Al-Qaeda
Historical event
al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger airliners to carry out a series of terrorist attacks (one pictured) against targets in New York City and the area of Washington, D.C., killing 2,977 people.
September 11
Nicholas Robertson (ice hockey)
Birth
Nicholas Robertson, American ice hockey player
September 11
Joseph Fahnbulleh
Birth
Joseph Fahnbulleh, Liberian-American sprinter
September 12
Ansett Australia
Historical event
Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.
September 12
Ziaire Williams
Birth
Ziaire Williams, American basketball player
September 13
September 11 attacks
Historical event
Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks.
September 14
Washington National Cathedral
Historical event
Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
September 15
Championship Auto Racing Teams
Historical event
During a CART race at the Lausitzring in Germany, former Formula One driver Alex Zanardi suffers a heavy accident resulting in him losing both his legs.
September 16
Avishag Semberg
Birth
Avishag Semberg, Israeli Olympic taekwondo bronze medalist
September 17
George W. Bush
Historical event
American president George W. Bush delivered remarks at the Islamic Center of Washington (pictured) condemning Islamophobia in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.
September 17
New York Stock Exchange
Historical event
The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.
September 18
Anthrax
Historical event
First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
September 20
War on terror
Historical event
In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "war on terror".
September 21
Murder of Ross Parker
Historical event
Ross Parker is murdered in Peterborough, England, by a gang of ten British Pakistani youths.
September 21
Peterborough
Historical event
Several British Muslim youths in Peterborough, England, murdered 17-year-old Ross Parker, leading to debate over whether the British media failed to cover racially motivated crimes with white victims.
September 21
America: A Tribute to Heroes
Historical event
America: A Tribute to Heroes was broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200 million for the victims of the September 11 attacks.
September 23
Lai Kuan-lin
Birth
Lai Kuan-lin, Taiwanese film director
September 25
Cade Cunningham
Birth
Cade Cunningham, American basketball player
September 26
Wang Xinyu
Birth
Xinyu Wang, Chinese tennis player
September 27
Zug massacre
Historical event
In Switzerland, a gunman shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself.
September 27
David Malukas
Birth
David Malukas, American race car driver
September 27
Caleb Love
Birth
Caleb Love, American basketball player

October

October 1
3G
Historical event
3G wireless technology first becomes available when it is adopted by Japanese telecommunications company NTT Docomo.
October 1
2001 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly car bombing
Historical event
Militants attack the state legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38.
October 1
Mason Greenwood
Birth
Mason Greenwood, English footballer
October 1
Luna Blaise
Birth
Luna Blaise, American actress and singer
October 3
C. J. Stroud
Birth
C. J. Stroud, American football player
October 3
Max Plath
Birth
Max Plath, Australian rugby league player
October 3
Anton Lundell
Birth
Anton Lundell, Finnish ice hockey player
October 4
Siberia Airlines Flight 1812
Historical event
Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 crashes after being struck by an errant Ukrainian missile. Seventy-eight people are killed.
October 6
Hitomi Honda
Birth
Hitomi Honda, Japanese singer based in South Korea
October 7
United States invasion of Afghanistan
Historical event
The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground, starting the longest war in American history.
October 7
Princess Senate Seeiso
Birth
Princess Senate Seeiso, Princess of Lesotho
October 8
Scandinavian Airlines
Historical event
A twin engine Cessna and a Scandinavian Airlines System jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people.
October 8
Milan Linate Airport
Historical event
At Linate Airport in Milan, Italy, Scandinavian Airlines Flight SK686 collided on take-off with a Cessna Citation II business jet, killing 118 people.
October 8
United States Department of Homeland Security
Historical event
U.S. president George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
October 9
Kyla Leibel
Birth
Kyla Leibel, Canadian swimmer
October 11
Polaroid Corporation
Historical event
The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
October 11
Maja Chwalińska
Birth
Maja Chwalińska, Polish tennis player
October 11
Chu Ye-jin
Birth
Chu Ye-jin, South Korean actress
October 11
Daniel Maldini
Birth
Daniel Maldini, Italian footballer
October 11
Jacob Preston (rugby league)
Birth
Jacob Preston, Australian rugby league player
October 12
Brett Cooper (commentator)
Birth
Brett Cooper, American political commentator, actress, and social media personality
October 13
Cam Thomas
Birth
Cam Thomas, American basketball player
October 13
Caleb McLaughlin
Birth
Caleb McLaughlin, American actor
October 13
De'Von Achane
Birth
De'Von Achane, American football player
October 14
Rowan Blanchard
Birth
Rowan Blanchard, American actress
October 15
Galileo (spacecraft)
Historical event
NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles (180 km) of Jupiter's moon Io.
October 16
Willian Pacho
Birth
Willian Pacho, Ecuadorian footballer
October 17
Rehavam Ze'evi
Historical event
Rehavam Ze'evi, the Israeli minister of tourism, was assassinated in revenge for the killing of PFLP leader Abu Ali Mustafa.
October 17
Thomas Strudwick
Birth
Thomas Strudwick, British motorcycle road racer
October 19
SIEV X
Historical event
SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.
October 20
Paige Bueckers
Birth
Paige Bueckers, American basketball player
October 22
Jo Yuri
Birth
Jo Yu-ri, South Korean singer and actress
October 22
Brian Branch
Birth
Brian Branch, American football player
October 23
Grand Theft Auto III
Historical event
Grand Theft Auto III was released, helping to popularize open-world and mature-content video games.
October 23
Apple Inc.
Historical event
Apple Computer releases the iPod.
October 25
Windows XP
Historical event
Windows XP, one of the most popular and widely used versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system, was released for retail sale.
October 25
Microsoft
Historical event
Microsoft releases Windows XP, which becomes one of Microsoft's most successful operating systems.
October 25
Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant
Birth
Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant
October 26
George W. Bush
Historical event
President George W. Bush signed the Patriot Act into law, significantly expanding the authority of United States law enforcement agencies.
October 26
Patriot Act
Historical event
The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
October 28
Sonay Kartal
Birth
Sonay Kartal, British tennis player
October 30
Michael Jackson
Historical event
Michael Jackson released Invincible, his final studio album and the most expensive album ever produced.

November

November 1
Turkey
Historical event
Turkey, Australia, and Canada agree to commit troops to the invasion of Afghanistan.
November 1
Alofiana Khan-Pereira
Birth
Alofiana Khan-Pereira, Australian rugby league player
November 2
Moisés Caicedo
Birth
Moisés Caicedo, Ecuadorian footballer
November 3
Jake LaRavia
Birth
Jake LaRavia, American basketball player
November 3
Hailey Baptiste
Birth
Hailey Baptiste, American tennis player
November 6
Day'Ron Sharpe
Birth
Day'Ron Sharpe, American basketball player
November 7
Amybeth McNulty
Birth
Amybeth McNulty, Irish actress
November 11
Pierre Billaud
Historical event
Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they are traveling in.
November 12
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Historical event
War in Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.
November 12
American Airlines Flight 587
Historical event
American Airlines Flight 587 crashed into residential buildings five minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, killing a total of 265 people.
November 12
Raffey Cassidy
Birth
Raffey Cassidy, English actress
November 13
War on terror
Historical event
War on terror: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
November 14
2001 Kunlun earthquake
Historical event
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes a remote part of the Tibetan Plateau. It has the longest known surface rupture recorded on land (~400 km) and is the best documented example of a supershear earthquake.
November 14
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Historical event
War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
November 15
Microsoft
Historical event
Microsoft launches the Xbox game console in North America.
November 15
TyTy Washington Jr.
Birth
TyTy Washington Jr., American basketball player
November 17
Kate Douglass
Birth
Kate Douglass, American swimmer
November 18
Caleb Williams
Birth
Caleb Williams, American football player
November 19
Aviation and Transportation Security Act
Historical event
The Aviation and Transportation Security Act is enacted by the 107th United States Congress in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The Act created the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
November 20
Caty McNally
Birth
Caty McNally, American tennis player
November 20
Adrien Truffert
Birth
Adrien Truffert, French footballer
November 21
Rizky Ridho
Birth
Rizky Ridho, Indonesian footballer
November 22
Chenle
Birth
Chenle, Chinese singer
November 23
Budapest Convention on Cybercrime
Historical event
The Budapest Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
November 23
Tino Anjorin
Birth
Tino Anjorin, English footballer
November 24
Crossair Flight 3597
Historical event
Crossair Flight 3597 crashes in Bassersdorf near Zurich Airport, killing 24 people, including singer Melanie Thornton and two members of the German band Passion Fruit.
November 26
Pau Víctor
Birth
Pau Víctor, Spanish footballer
November 27
Hydrogen
Historical event
A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.
November 27
Sodium
Historical event
Astronomers announced the detection of sodium in the atmosphere of the extrasolar planet HD 209458 b (artist's impression pictured), the first exoplanet atmosphere to be measured.
November 27
Zoe Colletti
Birth
Zoe Colletti, American actress

December

December 1
United Russia
Historical event
The United Russia political party was founded.
December 1
Carole Monnet
Birth
Carole Monnet, French tennis player
December 2
Enron
Historical event
Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
December 2
Enron scandal
Historical event
Less than two months after disclosing accounting violations, the Texas-based energy firm Enron filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, evaporating nearly $11 billion in shareholder wealth.
December 5
Space Shuttle Endeavour
Historical event
Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-108, carrying the Expedition 4 crew to the International Space Station.
December 7
Jalen McMillan
Birth
Jalen McMillan, American football player
December 8
Internal Security Department (Singapore)
Historical event
A raid conducted by the Internal Security Department (ISD) of Singapore foils a Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) plot to bomb foreign embassies in Singapore.
December 8
Josh Christopher
Birth
Josh Christopher, American basketball player
December 10
Coby Mayo
Birth
Coby Mayo, American professional baseball player
December 11
World Trade Organization
Historical event
China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
December 12
Prime Minister of Vietnam
Historical event
Prime Minister of Vietnam Phan Văn Khải announces the decision on upgrading the Phong Nha–Kẻ Bàng nature reserve to a national park, providing information on projects for the conservation and development of the park and revised maps.
December 12
Michael Olise
Birth
Michael Olise, French footballer
December 13
2001 Indian Parliament attack
Historical event
Indian Parliament attack: Sansad Bhavan, the building housing the Indian Parliament, is attacked by five Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists. Twelve people are killed, including the terrorists.
December 13
Jayden Goodwin
Birth
Jayden Goodwin, Australian cricketer
December 14
Joshua Rush
Birth
Joshua Rush, American actor and activist
December 15
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Historical event
The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean.
December 16
Kai Cenat
Birth
Kai Cenat, American streamer
December 18
Jalen Johnson
Birth
Jalen Johnson, American basketball player
December 18
Billie Eilish
Birth
Billie Eilish, American singer
December 19
1998–2002 Argentine great depression
Historical event
Argentine economic crisis: December riots: Riots erupt in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
December 20
Facundo Pellistri
Birth
Facundo Pellistri, Uruguayan footballer
December 22
Burhanuddin Rabbani
Historical event
Burhanuddin Rabbani of the Northern Alliance handed over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by Hamid Karzai.
December 22
Richard Reid
Historical event
Richard Reid unsuccessfully attempted to detonate a bomb in his shoe on a transatlantic flight from Paris to Miami.
December 22
Camila Osorio
Birth
Camila Osorio, Colombian tennis player
December 22
Jack Draper
Birth
Jack Draper, British tennis player
December 24
Choi Sung-beom
Birth
Choi Sung-beom, South Korean football player
December 26
Aleksej Pokuševski
Birth
Aleksej Pokuševski, Serbian basketball player
December 27
Ander Barrenetxea (footballer)
Birth
Ander Barrenetxea, Spanish footballer
December 28
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
Birth
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Canadian actress
December 31
Flag of Rwanda
Historical event
Rwanda adopts a new national flag and anthem.
December 31
Katie Volynets
Birth
Katie Volynets, American tennis player

Questions about 2001

What happened in 2001?

This site records 391 entries for 2001, including Greece on January 1. They are listed below by date.

How long ago was 2001?

25 years ago, counting from 2026. Anyone born in 2001 turns 25 this year.

Which century is 2001 in?

2001 falls in the 21st century, in the 2000s.

Which generation was born in 2001?

Generation Z (1997–2012). First generation raised with smartphones and social media.

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