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2001 Your chance to see what was in the news during the year that you, your children, or your family & friends were born |
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2001 2001 (Roman Numerals: MMI) was the 1st year of the 21st century, and also the first year of the 3rd millennium. However, in popular culture, the previous year, 2000, become widely known as the "millennium year". 2001 was not a leap year, and the first day of the year was a Monday. On this page, we have listed some of the major historical, news and sporting events that took place in 2001. News Events of 2001 AOL announces agreement to buy Time Warner for $162 billion, the largest corporate merger in history. Former Soviet/Russian space station, Mir, re-enters atmosphere.  Former Yugoslav President, Slobodan Milosevic surrenders to face war crimes charges.  Tony Blair is re-elected in British General Election. Terrorists hijack four US airlines, and crash them. World Trade Center in New York City destroyed.  USA Patriot Act becomes law in the USA. Windows XP is officially released by Microsoft. Microsoft releases the Xbox console.  Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Nintendo GameCube released. Apple introduces the iPod.  Wikipedia, an online free encyclopedia is launched. Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection. NEAR Shoemaker is the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid. First draft of complete human genome published in Nature. Apple opens its first Apple Stores. Sports in 2001
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