December 2001 calendar

Events

• 01 Dec 2001 Captain Bill Compton brought Trans World Airlines Flight 220 (an MD-83) into St. Louis International Airport, bringing an end to 76 years of TWA operations after American Airlines purchased TWA.
• 02 Dec 2001 Enron Corporation, located in Houston, Texas files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection before a New York court. This is five days after Dynegy's cancellation of a US$8.4 million buyout offer. This is the largest U.S. bankruptcy at the time.
• 03 Dec 2001 Officials have announced that John Walker Lindh is an American citizen who was one of the Taliban prisoners taken prisoner after the uprising at Mazari Sharif in Afghanistan.
• 04 Dec 2001 Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj, Sultan of Selangor and 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia dies in office.
• 06 Dec 2001 Newfoundland and Labrador, the Canadian province of Newfoundland, is now Newfoundland and Labrador.
• 11 Dec 2001 United States Government indicts Zacarias Moussi for his involvement in September 11, 2001 attacks.
• 13 Dec 2001 U.S. President George W. Bush announced the United States' withdrawal of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
• 14 Dec 2001 Annular solar eclipse
• 16 Dec 2001 Battle of Tora Bora was fought between Coalition Forces & Terrorist Allies. Osama bin Laden and remaining Taliban forces escaped by mule from Pakistan, as reported by Dalton Fury, a former Delta Force commander.
• 18 Dec 2001 Ahmed Agiza, and Muhammad al-Zery are secretly deported from Sweden to Egypt by the United States. This is thought to be a CIA-led operation.
• 20 Dec 2001 In the midst of violence and rioting, President Fernando De la Rua's Argentine government collapses. See also December 2001 riots
• 22 Dec 2001 After Richard Reid, a passenger, attempts to light his shoe filled with explosives on fire, a flight departing from Paris, France, is diverted to Boston Massachusetts.
• 27 Dec 2001 Permanent normal trade relations are granted to the People's Republic of China with the United States.
• 29 Dec 2001 At least 291 people are killed in a fire at the Mesa Redonda shopping centre in Lima, Peru.

Famous Birthday

• Aiko Princess Toshi
• Madison De La Garza

  American child actress.

• Billie Eilish

  Musician.

• Audrey McGraw

  American child of noted parents, country singers Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.

• Diego Velazquez

  TV Actor.

• Brady Tutton

  TV Actor.

• Tylen Williams

  TV Actor.

• Nic Neufeld

  Pop Singer.

• Amanda Trieschman

  Gymnast.

• Joshua Rush

  Movie Actor.

• Ronnie Paris

  American child abuse victim (d. 2005).

• Harley Bird

  Voice Actor.

• Blake Bertrand

  Voice Actor.

• Chloe Channell

  Pop Singer.

• Ryan Phuong

  Dancer.

• Peanut

  Gymnast.

• Mary-Charles Jones

  TV Actress.

• Maya Boyce

  Family Member.

• Madysyn Rose

  YouTube Star.

• Aiko

  Japanese Princess, the daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako in Tokyo after eight years of childless marriage.

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Famous Deaths

• Jean Richard

  French actor (Born 1921).

• Stuart Adamson

  English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Skids Big Country) (d. 2001).

• Eileen Heckart

  American actress who is more noted for legitimate theater than for film.

• Marcel Mule

  French saxophonist (Born 1901).

• Rufus Thomas

  Mississippi, United States -- Singer (Walking the Dog).

• W G Sebald

  German writer (Born 1944).

• Leopold Sedar Senghor

  Senegalese politician (Born 1906).

• Ovidiu Iacov

  Romanian footballer (Born 1981).

• Bola Ige

  Nigerian politician (Born 1930).

• Samuel A Goldblith

  American food scientist (Born 1919).

• Takashi Asahina

  Japanese conductor (Born 1908).

• Ardito Desio

  Italian founder of the Institute of Geology at the University which he directed until 1972.

• Gilbert Becaud

  French composer and actor (d. 2001).

• Dimitris Dragatakis

  Greek violinist and composer (d. 2001).

• Dick Schaap

  Sportscaster / author (Bo Knows Bo, Instant Replay).

• Sir Peter Blake

  New Zealand sailor and environmentalist (Born 1948).

• Ashok Kumar

  Indian actor singer and producer (d. 2001).

• William X Kienzle

  American novelist (Born 1928).

• Cassia Eller

  Brazilian musician (Born 1962).

• Ellis R Dungan

  American-born Indian film director (Born 1909).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Mary J. Blige - Family Affair
2. Usher - U Got It Bad
3. Nickelback - How You Remind Me
4. Enrique Iglesias - Hero
5. Pink - Get The Party Started

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This
2. S Club 7 - Have You Ever
3. Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman - Somethin' Stupid
4. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor
5. Riva featuring Dannii Minogue - Who Do You Love Now (Stringer)