WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JUNE 2001
Find out what all happened January to June 2001

Slobodan Milošević is deported to ICTY to stand trial. (28. June 2001)

An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800. (13. January 2001)

Seven-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Dale Earnhardt dies in an accident during the Daytona 500. (18. February 2001)

The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School. (9. February 2001)

US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish–American War. (16. January 2001)

Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. (11. June 2001)

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments. (29. May 2001)

French Taubira law is enacted, officially recognizing the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity. (21. May 2001)

Andrea Yates, in an attempt to save her young children from Satan, drowns all five of them in a bathtub in Houston, Texas. (20. June 2001)

Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. (12. January 2001)

The Versailles wedding hall disaster in Jerusalem, Israel kills 23 and injures over 200. (24. May 2001)

The Nisqually Earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale hits the Nisqually Valley and the Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia area of the U.S. state of Washington. (28. February 2001)

India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border. (16. April 2001)

An EP-3E United States Navy surveillance aircraft collides with a Chinese People's Liberation Army Shenyang J-8 fighter jet. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in Hainan, People's Republic of China and is detained. (1. April 2001)

Nepalese royal massacre: Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shoots and kills several members of his family including his father and mother, King Birendra of Nepal and Queen Aiswarya. (1. June 2001)

Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online. (15. January 2001)

Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa. (10. June 2001)

Philippine president Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent 4-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. (20. January 2001)

In the Netherlands, a Scottish court convicts Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and acquits another Libyan citizen for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. (31. January 2001)

An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter Scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 400. (13. February 2001)