WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO OCTOBER 2001
Find out what all happened July to October 2001

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

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

Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos, all died in this attack. They destroyed 11 Aircraft (mostly military) and damaged 15, there are no civilian casualties. This incident slowed down Sri Lankan economy. (24. July 2001)

At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR Asagiri railway station becomes overcrowded and people leaving the event fall down in a domino effect. (21. July 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)

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

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

SIEV-X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 asylum seekers, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people. (19. October 2001)

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

Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed. (12. September 2001)

The Real IRA detonates a car bomb in Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom injuring seven people. (3. August 2001)

NATO backs U.S. military strikes following 9/11. (2. 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)

Two hijacked aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, while a third smashes into The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in a series of coordinated suicide attacks by 19 members of Al-Qaeda. Altogether, 2,996 people are killed. (11. September 2001)

The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression. (17. September 2001)

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

First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks. (18. September 2001)

Zug massacre: In Zug, Switzerland, Friedrich Leibacher shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself. (27. September 2001)

Erwadi fire incident, 28 mentally ill persons tied to chain were burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu. (6. August 2001)