WHAT ALL HAPPENED OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2001
Find out what all happened October to December 2001

A fire at the Mesa Redonda shopping center in Lima, Peru, kills at least 291. (29. December 2001)

A record high barometric pressure of 1085.6 hPa (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl, Mongolia. (19. December 2001)

U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security. (8. October 2001)

The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization. (11. December 2001)

Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63. (22. December 2001)

Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. (2. December 2001)

SABENA, the national airline of Belgium, goes bankrupt. (7. November 2001)

The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground. (7. October 2001)

Barry Bonds surpassed Mark McGwire's single-season home run total with his milestone 71st and 72nd home runs. (5. October 2001)

Captain Bill Compton brings Trans World Airlines Flight 220, an MD-83, into St. Louis International Airport bringing to an end 76 years of TWA operations following TWA's purchase by American Airlines. (1. December 2001)

A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet. (27. November 2001)

The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to fortify it, without fixing its famous lean. (15. December 2001)

In Washington, D.C., U.S. President George W. Bush dedicates the United States Department of Justice headquarters building as the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building, honoring the late Robert F. Kennedy on what would have been his 76th birthday. (20. November 2001)

War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul. (14. November 2001)

Siberia Airlines Flight 1812: a Sibir Airlines Tupolev TU-154 crashes into the Black Sea after being struck by an errant Ukrainian S-200 missile. 78 people are killed. (4. October 2001)

A twin engine Cessna and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy killing 118 people. (8. October 2001)

Second mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attack. (9. October 2001)

The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary. (23. November 2001)

Sansad Bhavan, the building housing the Indian Parliament, is attacked by terrorists. Twelve people are killed, including the terrorists. (13. December 2001)

The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law. (26. October 2001)