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2001

This article is about the year 2001. For information on the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, see 2001: A Space Odyssey.


2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. By strict interpretation of the Gregorian Calendar, 2001 is also the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millenium. Popular culture, however, often views the year 2000 as holding this distinction.

2001 is also the year which marks:

  • The International Year of the Volunteer
  • The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations
Years:
1998 1999 2000 - 2001 - 2002 2003 2004
Decades:
1970s 1980s 1990s - 2000s - 2010s 2020s 2030s
Centuries:
20th century - 21st century - 22nd century
Contents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

  • July 2 - World's first self-contained artificial heart implanted in Robert Tools .
  • July 16 - The FBI arrests Dmitry Sklyarov at a convention in Las Vegas for violating a provision of the DMCA.
  • July 18 - In Baltimore, Maryland, a 60-car train derailment occurs in a tunnel sparking a fire that will last days and virtually shut down downtown Baltimore
  • July 19 - UK politician and novelist Jeffrey Archer, sentenced to four years in prison for perjury and perverting the course of justice.
  • July 20 - Vanessa Legget is found in contempt by a Federal Court for refusing to release notes made for her book on the Doris Angleton murder.
  • July 20-22 - G8 meeting takes place in Genoa, Italy. Massive demonstrations against the meeting by anti-globalisation groups. One demonstrator is shot dead by the army and several others are beaten up during a night ride of the police in a school where the demonstator where living.

August

September

October

November

December

Births

Deaths

For more deaths see: Deaths in 2001

January-February

March-May

June-July

August-October

November-December

Nobel Prizes

Fictional references to the year

  • In the japanese anime Neon Genesis Evangelion the Second Impact , which wiped out two-thirds of the planets population occurs.

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