June 2001 calendar

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.

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• Zak Sutcliffe

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• Deyjah Harris

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• GeorgiaPeach201

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• Ava Cantrell

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• Nia Frazier

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• Eleanor Cox

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• Mo'ne Davis

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• Curtis Harris

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• Jovanie

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• John Bigelow

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• Alexandra Obolentseva

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• Ed Oxenbould

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• Lola Consuelos

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• Ed Oxenbould

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Famous Deaths

• Chet Atkins

  American country-western guitarist and songwriter who rose from poverty to international fame.

• Henri Alekan

  French cinematographer (Born 1909).

• Joe Henderson

  American saxophonist and composer (d. 2001).

• Victor Paz Estenssoro

  President of Bolivia (Born 1907).

• Maria Foka

  Greek actress (Born 1917).

• Thomas Joseph Winning

  Scottish Roman Catholic Cardinal, Archbishop of Glasgow (Born 1925).

• Souad Hosni

  Egyptian actress (Born 1942).

• Frank Stagg

  Baptist theologian (Born 1911).

• Anthony Quinn

  Mexican-American actor, a two-time Oscar winner best known for his 1964 portrayal of "Zorba the Greek.

• Amalia Mendoza

  Mexican singer and actress (d. 2001).

• Betty Neels

  English nurse and author (d. 2001).

• Soccer (dog

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• Dipendra of

  Nepal (Born 1971).

• Pedro Lain Entralgo

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Christina Aguilera - Lady Marmalade
2. Janet - All For You
3. Lifehouse - Hanging By A Moment
4. Destiny's Child - Survivor
5. Nelly - Ride Wit Me

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Shaggy featuring Rayvon - Angel
2. Robbie Williams - Eternity / The Road To Mandalay
3. DJ Pied Piper - Do You Really Like It?
4. D12 - Purple Pills
5. S Club 7 - Don't Stop Movin'