January 2001 calendar

Events

• 01 Jan 2001 A monolith black measuring approximately ten feet tall, known as the Seattle Monolith, was found in Seattle's Magnuson Park. It was placed by an unknown artist to reference the film '2001: A Space Odyssey'.
• 02 Jan 2001 Sila Calderon is elected the first female Governor for Puerto Rico
• 03 Jan 2001 The 107th United States Congress is sworn in, including incoming freshmen Senators Bill Nelson (Democrat-Florida), Tom Carper (Democrat-Delaware), Debbie Stabenow (Democrat-Michigan), John Ensign (Republican-Nevada), George Allen (Republican-Virginia), Maria Cantwell (Democrat-Washington), Ben Nelson (Democrat-Nebraska), Hillary Clinton (Democrat-New York), Jon Corzine (Democrat-New Jersey), Jean Carnahan (Democrat-Missouri), and Mark Dayton (Democrat-Minnesota).
• 06 Jan 2001 The United States Congress presided over Vice President Al Gore, President of the Senate. This certifies George Walker Bush's victory in the Electoral College and makes him the winner of 2000 presidential election.
• 09 Jan 2001 Shenzhou 2, a Chinese unmanned spacecraft, was launched.
• 10 Jan 2001 Apple will unveil their iTunes digital media player app at the Macworld Expo San Francisco.
• 11 Jan 2001 The merger of America Online & Time Warner is approved by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to create AOL Time Warner.
• 12 Jan 2001 Downtown Disney opens in Disneyland Resort. It is located between Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure. This 300,000-square-foot site includes restaurants, nightclubs and shops as well as movie theaters.
• 13 Jan 2001 More than 800 people are killed in an earthquake that struck El Salvador.
• 15 Jan 2001 Wikipedia, a Wiki content encyclopedia for free, is now online.
• 16 Jan 2001 Former US President Theodore Roosevelt receives a Medal of Honor posthumously from President Bill Clinton for his service in the Spanish-American War. Eleven Roosevelt's descendants accepted the honor on his behalf.
• 17 Jan 2001 U.S. President Bill Clinton posthumously raises Meriwether's rank from Lieutenant to Capt.
• 20 Jan 2001 In a peaceful 4-day revolution, Joseph Estrada of the Philippines is defeated and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is elected president.
• 22 Jan 2001 Four of the ampquotTexas7ampquot were caught in a convenience store near Woodland Park, Colorado. A fifth victim committed suicide inside a motorhome.
• 23 Jan 2001 January 25, 2015 - Del Ponte, United Nations war crimes prosecutor, demands that Slobodan Milosevic be handed over to Serbia
• 24 Jan 2001 Colorado Springs, Colorado takes the last two ampquotTexas 7ampquot into custody.
• 26 Jan 2001 More than 20,000 people are killed in an earthquake that struck Gujarat, India.
• 27 Jan 2001 Two players from the Oklahoma State University basketball team were killed in a plane crash 40 miles east of Denver. Six other staff members and the two-person crew were also hurt.
• 28 Jan 2001 Super Bowl XXXV, Tampa, Florida: The Baltimore Ravens defeats New York Giants 34-7
• 29 Jan 2001 Indonesian student protestors gathered to storm parliament demanding that President Abdurrahman Wahid be removed from office for his alleged involvement with corruption scandals.
• 31 Jan 2001 A Scottish court in the Netherlands convicts Libyan Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in Scotland in 1988.

Famous Birthday

• René-Charles Angélil Dion
• René-Charles Angélil

  American noted family, the son of Celine Dion and her husband, Rene Angelil, born after 18 hours normal labor and weighing 6 lbs 8 oz.

• Liam Flockhart

  American adopted child, the son of actress Calista Flockhart, age 31.

• Ellis Jackson

  TV Actress.

• Erick Colon

  Pop Singer.

• Taylor Jauregui

  Family Member.

• Jennie Sofie

  Blogger.

• Gia Giudice

  Pop Singer.

• Owen Joyner

  TV Actor.

• Blake Gray

  Instagram Star.

• Deshae Frost

  Comedian.

• Calum Heaslip

  Pop Singer.

• Tayvion Power

  Vine Star.

• Fetchinq Flo

  YouTube Star.

• Christopher Barrios Jr

  American murder victim (d. 2007).

• Ryleigh Ledford

  YouTube Star.

• Uhitsbrianna

  YouNow Star.

• Ryan Nogy

  Dancer.

• Quenlin Blackwell

  Vine Star.

• Braxton Beckham

  Movie Actor.

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Famous Deaths

• Al Waxman

  Canadian actor, very popular in Canada for his appearances in many TV programs.

• Auberon Waugh

  English writer, journalist and satirist and noted family.

• William P Rogers

  American politician (Born 1913).

• Yoshika

  Japanese fashion model (Born 1983).

• Luiz Bonfa

  Brazilian guitarist and composer (Born 1922).

• Kostas Rigopoulos

  Greek actor (Born 1930).

• Leo Marks

  English cryptographer, screenwriter and playwright (Born 1920).

• Laurent-Desire Kabila

  President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Born 1939).

• Stavros Damianides

  Greek musician (Born 1941).

• Burkhard Heim

  German physicist (Born 1925).

• Al McGuire

  American athlete, a pro basketball player for the New York Knicks and the Baltimore Bullets.

• Michael Cuccione

  Canadian actor and singer (Born 1985).

• Affirmed

  American racehorse (Born 1975).

• Johnnie Johnson

  English air marshal and pilot (d. 2001).

• Gregory Corso

  Beat poet (Happy Birthday of Death, Long Live Man).

• William Hewlett

  American engineer co-founded Hewlett-Packard (d. 2001).

• Curt Blefary

  American baseball player and coach (d. 2001).

• Byron De La Beckwith

  American assassin, white supremacist (d. 2001).

• Al McGuire

  American athlete, a pro basketball player for the New York Knicks and the Baltimore Bullets.

• James Carr

  American Rhythm & Blues and soul musicians (Born 1942).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Destiny's Child - Independent Women Part I
2. Dream - He Loves U Not
3. Shaggy - It Wasn't Me
4. Mya - Case Of The Ex (Whatcha Gonna Do)
5. Jennifer Lopez - Love Don't Cost A Thing

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This
2. Rui Da Silva featuring Cassandra - Touch Me
3. S Club 7 - Have You Ever
4. Steps - It's The Way You Make Me Feel / Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
5. Bob The Builder - Can We Fix It