2001

Centuries: (Century XX - Century XXI - Century XXII)

Decades: 1950 - 1960 - 1970 - 1980 - 1990 - 2000 - 2010 - 2020 - 2030 - 2040 - 2050

Years: 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 - 2001 - 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

2001 are one year common that starts in a monday of Gregoriano calendar, and that it was assigned as:

• International year of the Volunteer.
• Year of the Dialogue enters the Civilizations (for Joined nations).
• It also sees: a 2001 odisséia in the Space

Events

• 15 of January - it is launched Wikipedia.
• 20 of January - takes ownership as president of .
• 4 of February: Herbert Viana, vocalista of the band Paralamas of the Success it suffers to a serious accident piloting its has led.
• 10 of March - Launched Free Software Foundation Europe.
• 11 of September - Attempted against in New Iorque e Washington, .
• The general census of the population is become fullfilled in .
• 29 of August - beginning to the greater is given lan party carried through in , Minho Party Campus.
• Michael Schumacher world-wide tetra-champion becomes of Formula 1.

Births

Deaths

• 5 of January - Aldo Cesar, actor and Brazilian dublador.
• 25 of April - Michele Alboreto, pilot of automobiles.
• 12 of May - Simon Raven, of books (n. 1927).
• 11 of June - Timothy McVeigh, North American terrorist (executed).
• 24 of July - Hiroshi Tsuburaya, famous Japanese actor for having interpreted Sheider e grandson of the lendário Eiji Tsuburaya.
• 10 of August - Loved Jorge, Brazilian writer (n. ).
• 29 of November - George Harrison, guitarist of the band britância Beatles.
• 25 of December - João Baptist, Brazilian dublador.

• - Eric Allin Cornell, Wolfgang Ketterle, Carl Edwin Wieman.
• - William S. Knowles, Ryoji Noyori, K. Barry Sharpless.
• - Leland H. Hartwell, R. Timothy Hunt, Paul M. Nurse.
• - V.S. Naipaul.
• Economy - George. Akerlof, . Michael Spence, Joseph E. Stiglitz
• Peace - Joined nations, Kofi Annan.