June 2001 calendar

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

Historical Events

Which were the important events of June 2001?

Events

01 Jun 2001 Nepalese royal massacre: Crown Prince Dipendra, the Crown Prince of Nepal, shoots and kills several family members including his father and mother King Birendra of Nepal (and Queen Aiswarya).
04 Jun 2001 After the massacre at the Royal Palace, Gyanendra, the last King, ascends to his throne.
05 Jun 2001 From June 9 through 9, Houston, Texas, is devastated by flooding from Tropical Storm Allison (900mm) that brings 36 inches of rain. The Texas Medical Center and downtown are particularly hard hit, as they lose years of research data and thousands upon thousands of laboratory animals. Twenty-two people die; damage exceeds US$5 billion.
07 Jun 2001 Tony Blair's Labour Party was elected to a second term in the UK general election.
10 Jun 2001 Pope John Paul II canonizes Saint Rafqa, Lebanon's first female saint.
11 Jun 2001 Nintendo announces the Game Boy Advance portable gaming system in the USA.
12 Jun 2001 Robert Edward Dyer was sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for trying to extort money through a letter bombing campaign from a British supermarket chain.
14 Jun 2001 All soldiers in the United States Army are required to wear the black beret as their standard headgear.
18 Jun 2001 Manipur protests the extension of ceasefire between Naga rebels and the government.
19 Jun 2001 23 people were killed and 11 injured when an American missile struck a soccer field in northern Iraq's county of Tel Afr
20 Jun 2001 Andrea Yates, a mother of five, drowns her children in a bathtub. She then confesses to her crimes.
21 Jun 2001 Alexandria, Virginia: A federal grand jury indicts 13 Saudis, and one Lebanese for the 1996 bombing at the Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia, which resulted in the deaths of 19 American servicemen.
23 Jun 2001 The south of Peru is struck by an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale.
28 Jun 2001 Slobodan Milosevic is deported to ICTY in order to stand trial.
29 Jun 2001 Mary Barnes, artist and writer, dies at the age of 78.
01 Jun 2001 Nepalese royal massacre: Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shoots and kills several members of his family including his father and mother.