August 2001 calendar

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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in August 2001.
The US president was George W. Bush (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Tony Blair (Labour), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on August 2001: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of August 2001?

Events

01 Aug 2001 Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore installed a 2.5-ton monument of Ten Commandments, nicknamed by detractors and media as 'Roy's Rock'. It was hidden in the Rotunda of The Judiciary Building.
02 Aug 2001 Robert Mueller has been confirmed as the new FBI Director.
03 Aug 2001 Seven people are injured when the Real IRA explodes a car bomb at Ealing in London, UK.
04 Aug 2001 Windy Bay, a Seattle-based fishing vessel, strikes a rock in Prince William Sound 65km southwest Valdez, Alaska. The sheen of 133,000 litres diesel fuel covers 10 km. About 36,800 litres are recovered.
06 Aug 2001 Death: Dick Rehbein, a second-year quarterbacks coach with the New England Patriots in NFL, has died at 45 from heart failure.
09 Aug 2001 U.S. President George W. Bush announced his support for federal funding for limited research on embryonic and stem cells.
10 Aug 2001 Film: Osmosis Jones starring Bill Murray, played by Chris Rock
16 Aug 2001 Rosario Marin is elected 41st Treasurer for the United States.
20 Aug 2001 TV series: Oswald
21 Aug 2001 Red Cross warns of famine in Tajikistan and asks for international financial assistance for Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
24 Aug 2001 Film: Bubble Boy
25 Aug 2001 At 22 years old, Aaliyah, a contemporary R&B and pop artist, is killed in a plane accident.
27 Aug 2001 Intel announces the 2-GHz Pentium4 processor.
31 Aug 2001 September 1, 2001 - Vancouver TV realignment takes place in British Columbia, Canada.

Famous Birthday

Maddox Jolie Pitt
Emily Bear
American child pianist and composer.
Andrea Negro
French youngest candidate at the 2015 baccalaureat (Abitur equivalent), mathematician prodigy.
Leslie Diaz
Dancer.
Anderson Webb
YouTube Star.
Autumn Miller
Dancer.
JJ Totah
TV Actor.
Toby Randall
Vine Star.
Harley Graham
TV Actress.
Zion Barrino
Family Member.
Karma Bridges
Family Member.
Juju Beatz
Dancer.
Cole Jensen
TV Actor.
Drew Justice
TV Actor.
Aaliyah Hudson
YouTube Star.
Leif Lunburg
Pop Singer.
Zaijan Jaranilla
TV Actor.
Garrett Landis
Family Member.
SimplyLuke
YouTube Star.
Sean Fox
TV Actor.
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Famous Deaths

Aaliyah
American singer, dancer, actress, and model.
Dorothy Tutin
British leading actress of noted Shakespearean roles and some films since 1952.
Francisco Rabal
Spanish-French actor director and screenwriter (d. 2001).
Kim Stanley
American actress (Born 1925).
Philippe Leotard
French actor and singer (Born 1940).
Abu Ali Mustafa
leader of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (assassinated) (Born 1938).
Graeme ''Shirley'' Strachan
Australian singer (Skyhooks), TV and radio star (Born 1952).
Wilhelm Mohnke
German Nazi military personnel, one of the original 120 members of the SS-Staff Guard (Stabswache) "Berlin" formed in March 1933.
Calum MacKay
Canadian ice hockey player (Born 1927).
Otto Stuppacher
Austrian race car driver (Born 1947).
David Peakall
English-American chemist and toxicologist (d. 2001).
Ivor Spencer-Thomas
English farmer, entrepreneur and inventor (Born 1907).
Louis Muhlstock
Polish-Canadian painter (d. 2001).
Ken Tyrrell
English race car driver founded Tyrrell Racing (d. 2001).
Lou Boudreau
Major League baseball player and manager (d. 2001).
Carl Brewer
Canadian ice hockey player (Born 1938).
Michael Dertouzos
Greek internet pioneer, Director of the M.I.
Donald Woods
South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist (Born 1933).
Peter Maas
American journalist and author (d. 2001).
Betty Everett
American singer and pianist (Born 1939).
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