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2001 in the United States
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Events from the year 2001 in the United States.
Events
- January 20 - George W. Bush sworn in as 43rd President of the United States.
- March 28 - The Bush administration withdraws U.S. support for the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on the reduction of greenhouse gases.[1]
- April 1 - U.S.-China Spy Plane Incident: A Chinese fighter jet bumps into a U.S. EP-3E surveillance aircraft which is forced to make an emergency landing in Hainan, China. The U.S. crew is detained for 10 days and the F-8 Chinese pilot, Wang Wei, goes missing and is presumed dead.
- August 2 - The House of Representatives approves oil exploration in the Alaskan Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.[1]
- September 11 - Almost 3,000 people are killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center in New York City, The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and in rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania.[1]
- September 18 - A series of anthrax attacks commence as anthrax letters are mailed from Princeton, New Jersey to ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, the New York Post, and the National Enquirer.
- October 7 - The United States invades Afghanistan, with participation from other nations participating in Operation Enduring Freedom.[1]
- December 2 - Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection 5 days after Dynegy cancels a US$8.4 billion buyout bid. At the time this is the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history.[1]
Deaths
References
- ^ a b c d e Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 650–652. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
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