December 2001 calendar

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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in December 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 December 2001: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of December 2001?

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.
01 Dec 2001 The United Russia political party was founded.