2nd » Enron Enron scandal Bankruptcy known as files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
12th » Prime Minister of Vietnam Phan Văn Khải announces the decision on upgrading Phong Nha–Kẻ Bàng to the Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park, providing information on projects for the conservation and development of the park and revised maps.
13th » Sansad Bhavan, the building housing the Parliament of India called Indian Parliament, 2001 Indian Parliament attack known as is attacked by terrorists. Twelve people are killed, including the terrorists.
15th » The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to fortify it, without fixing its famous lean.
19th » A record high Atmospheric pressure barometric pressure of 1085.6 Pascal (unit) hPa (32.06 Inch of mercury inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl, Mongolia.
19th » Argentine economic crisis (1999–2002) named Argentine economic crisis: December 2001 riots in Argentina e.g December 2001 riots Riots erupt in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
22nd » Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Northern Alliance, hands over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai.
22nd » Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard 2001 shoe bomb plot known as American Airlines Flight 63.
27th » China is granted permanent Permanent normal trade relations named normal trade relations with the United States.
29th » A fire at the Mesa Redonda shopping center in Lima, Peru, kills at least 291.