WHAT ALL HAPPENED NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER 2001
Find out what all happened November to 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)

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

War on Terrorism: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States. (13. November 2001)

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

Argentine economic crisis: December 2001 riots – Riots erupt in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (19. December 2001)

China is granted permanent normal trade relations with the United States. (27. December 2001)

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

Prime Minister of Vietnam Phan Văn Khải announces the decision on upgrading Phong Nha–Kẻ Bàng to the Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park, providing information on projects for the conservation and development of the park and revised maps. (12. 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)

Attack on Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, Afghanistan, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops. (12. November 2001)

Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they are traveling in. (11. November 2001)

In Renton, Washington, United States, Gary Ridgway (aka The Green River Killer) is arrested. (30. November 2001)

Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Northern Alliance, hands over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai. (22. 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)

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

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

In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 en route to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground. (12. November 2001)

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