WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO NOVEMBER 2001
Find out what all happened May to November 2001

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

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

Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11, 2001 attacks. (13. September 2001)

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

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

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

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

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)

Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championships. (28. July 2001)

NATO confirms invocation of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. (4. October 2001)

Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital. (14. September 2001)

Erik Weihenmayer, 32 years old, of Boulder, Colorado, becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. (25. May 2001)

2001 Angola train attack, 252 deaths. (10. August 2001)

Pärnu methanol tragedy occurs in Pärnu County, Estonia. (9. September 2001)

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

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

Charles Ingram cheats his way into winning one million pounds on a British version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. (10. September 2001)

Mountain climbing: Temba Tsheri, a 15-year-old Sherpa, becomes the youngest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest. (24. May 2001)

NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon Io. (15. October 2001)

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