January 2001

Monday 01:

First Day of the Third Millennium.

Saturday 06:

Al Gore, as President of the U.S. Senate, tallies the electoral votes and certifies George W. Bush as the winner of U.S. presidential election, 2000.

Wednesday 10:

Wikipedia starts as part of Nupedia. It becomes a separate site five days later.

Thursday 11:

The Federal Trade Commission approved the merger of AOL and Time Warner to form AOL Time Warner.

Saturday 13:

An earthquake hits El Salvador. More than 5,000 deaths.

Monday 15:

Wikipedia, a Wiki free content encyclopedia, goes online.

Tuesday 16:

Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.

Saturday 20:

Philippine president Joseph Estrada is ousted in the EDSA II Revolution, succeeded by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Monday 22:

Four of the Texas 7 are caught at a convenience store in Woodland Park, Colorado and a fifth killed himself inside a motor home.

Wednesday 24:

The last two of the Texas 7 are taken into custody in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Friday 26:

An earthquake hits Gujarat, India, causing more than 20,000 deaths.

Sunday 28:

Super Bowl XXXV: The Baltimore Ravens defeat the New York Giants, 34-7.

Monday 29:

Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.

Wednesday 31:

In the Netherlands a Scottish court convicts a Libyan and acquits another for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 which crashed into Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.