WHAT HAPPENED IN 2001.
Look what happened the 2001.

NATO backs U.S. military strikes following 9/11. (2. October 2001)

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

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

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

U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security. (8. October 2001)

Second mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attack. (9. October 2001)

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

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

Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi became the first Israeli minister to be assassinated in a terrorist attack. (17. 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)

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

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

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

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