What Happened In October 2001 In History

Historical Events for October, 2001

• 2nd » NATO backs U.S. military strikes following 9/11.
• 4th » NATO confirms invocation of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty.
• 4th » Siberia Airlines Flight 1812: a Sibir Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 crashes into the Black Sea after being struck by an errant Ukrainian SA-5 Gammon e.g S-200 missile. 78 people are killed.
• 7th » The War in Afghanistan (2001–present) called U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
• 8th » A twin engine Cessna and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) jetliner Linate Airport disaster e.g collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy killing 118 people.
• 8th » President of the United States named U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the United States Department of Homeland Security e.g Office of Homeland Security.
• 9th » Second mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey known as Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attack.
• 11th » The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
• 19th » 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.
• 26th » The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.

Famous Birthdays on October in 2001

• 7th » Princess Senate Seeiso of Lesotho
• 14th » Rowan Blanchard, American actress
• 25th » Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant

Famous Deaths for October 2001

• 1st » Guy Beaulne, Canadian actor and director (b. 1921)
• 2nd » Franz Biebl, German composer (b. 1906)
• 2nd » Lembit Sibul, Estonian actor and journalist (b. 1947)
• 3rd » Costas Hajihristos, Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 4th » Blaise Alexander, American race car driver (b. 1976)
• 4th » George Claydon, English actor (b. 1933)
• 4th » John Collins (jazz guitarist) named John Collins, American guitarist (b. 1913)
• 4th » Ahron Soloveichik, Russian rabbi and scholar (b. 1917)
• 5th » Mike Mansfield, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1903)
• 6th » Arne Harris, American director and producer (b. 1934)
• 7th » Herblock, American cartoonist and author (b. 1909)
• 7th » Chris Adams (wrestler) named Christopher Adams, English-American wrestler (b. 1955)
• 7th » Roger Gaudry, Canadian chemist and businessman (b. 1913)
• 9th » Dagmar (American actress) named Dagmar, American model, actress, and singer (b. 1921)
• 9th » Herbert Ross, American director, producer, and choreographer (b. 1927)
• 10th » Eddie Futch, American boxer and trainer (b. 1911)
• 10th » Vasily Mishin, Russian engineer (b. 1917)
• 11th » Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, and illustrator (b. 1926)
• 12th » Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1907)
• 13th » Peter Doyle (singer) e.g Peter Doyle, Australian singer-songwriter (The New Seekers) (b. 1949)
• 15th » Zhang Xueliang, Chinese warlord (b. 1901)
• 17th » Jay Livingston, American singer-songwriter (b. 1915)
• 17th » Micheline Ostermeyer, French shot putter, discus thrower, and pianist (b. 1922)
• 20th » Ted Ammon, American financier and banker (b. 1949)
• 22nd » Helmut Krackowizer, Austrian motorcycle racer and journalist (b. 1922)
• 23rd » Josh Kirby, English illustrator (b. 1928)
• 23rd » Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and historian (b. 1917)
• 24th » Kathleen Ankers, American set designer (b. 1919)
• 24th » Wolf Rüdiger Hess, German author (b. 1937)
• 27th » Pradeep Kumar, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1925)
• 28th » Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1910)
• 31st » Régine Cavagnoud, French skier (b. 1970)

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