What Happened In July 2001 In History

Historical Events for July, 2001

• 2nd » The AbioCor self-contained artificial heart is first implanted.
• 17th » Concorde is brought back in to service nearly a year after the Air France 4590 e.g July 2000 crash.
• 24th » Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last List of Bulgarian monarchs Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, is sworn in as List of Prime Ministers of Bulgaria Prime Minister of Bulgaria, becoming the first monarch in history to regain Power (politics) political p
• 24th » Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam named Tamil Tiger commandos, all died in this attack. They destroyed 11 Aircraft (mostly military) and damaged 15, there are no civilian casualties. This incident slowed dow
• 28th » Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championships.

Famous Deaths for July 2001

• 1st » Nikolay Basov, Russian physicist and educator, Nobel Prize in Physics or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
• 3rd » Mordecai Richler, Canadian author and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 3rd » Johnny Russell (singer) named Johnny Russell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
• 4th » V. Appapillai, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (b. 1913)
• 4th » Keenan Milton, American skateboarder (b. 1974)
• 5th » Ernie K-Doe, American singer (b. 1936)
• 7th » Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)
• 11th » Herman Brood, Dutch singer and actor (b. 1946)
• 12th » Fred Marcellino, American illustrator (b. 1939)
• 14th » Guy de Lussigny, French painter (b. 1929)
• 15th » C. Balasingham, Sri Lankan civil servant (b. 1917)
• 16th » Morris (comics) e.g Morris, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1923)
• 16th » Terry Gordy, American wrestler (b. 1961)
• 16th » Dimitrios Holevas, Greek priest (b. 1907)
• 17th » Katharine Graham, American publisher (b. 1917)
• 18th » Mimi Fariña, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
• 18th » James Hatfield, American author (b. 1958)
• 18th » Fabio Taglioni, Italian engineer (b. 1920)
• 20th » Carlo Giuliani, Italian activist (b. 1978)
• 21st » Steve Barton, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1954)
• 21st » Sivaji Ganesan, Indian actor and politician (b. 1927)
• 22nd » Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (b. 1909)
• 23rd » Eudora Welty, American author and photographer (b. 1909)
• 24th » Georges Dor, Canadian author, playwright, and composer (b. 1931)
• 26th » Rex T. Barber, American colonel and pilot (b. 1917)
• 26th » Peter von Zahn, German journalist and author (b. 1913)
• 27th » Rhonda Sing, Canadian wrestler (b. 1961)
• 27th » Leon Wilkeson, American bass player and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 1952)
• 28th » Ahmed Sofa, Bangladeshi poet, author, and critic (b. 1943)
• 29th » Edward Gierek, Polish politician (b. 1913)
• 29th » Wau Holland, German computer scientist, co-founded Chaos Computer Club (b. 1951)
• 30th » Anton Schwarzkopf, German engineer (b. 1924)
• 31st » Poul Anderson, American author (b. 1926)
• 31st » Francisco da Costa Gomes, Portuguese general and politician, 15th President of Portugal (b. 1914)
• 31st » Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1910)

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