17 events found for 2001
India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border
Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-100 carrying the Canadarm2 to the International Space Station
During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque
In Ghana, 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium disaster
A CSX EMD SD40-2 8888 rolls out of a train yard in Walbridge, Ohio, with 47 freight cars, including some tank cars with
French Taubira law is enacted, officially recognizing the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity
Erik Weihenmayer becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, with Dr
Members of Abu Sayyaf, an Islamist separatist group, seize twenty hostages from an affluent island resort on Palawan in
Nepalese royal massacre: Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shoots and kills several members of his family including his fat
Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv
Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of
Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan
Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa
Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing