WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER 2001
Find out what all happened September to November 2001

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

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

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)

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

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

Antonio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated. (10. September 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)

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

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

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)

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

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

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