WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO DECEMBER 2001
Find out what all happened June to December 2001

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

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

Deep Space 1 flies within 2,200 km of Comet Borrelly. (21. September 2001)

The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection. (11. October 2001)

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

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

Ahmed Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview. (9. September 2001)

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

Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan. (4. September 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)

The AbioCor self-contained artificial heart is first implanted. (2. July 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)

In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls. For the next 11 weeks, riot police escort the schoolchildren and their parents through hundreds of protesters, some of whom hurl missiles and abuse. The protest sparks fierce rioting and grabs world headlines. (3. September 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)

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

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

Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel over the Atlantic Ocean (en route to Lisbon from Toronto) and makes an emergency landing in the Azores. (24. August 2001)

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

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