September 2001

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September 2001 was the ninth month of that common year. The month, which began on a Saturday, ended on a Monday after 30 days.

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This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from September 2001.

September 1, 2001 (Saturday)

The German national football team lose a World Cup qualifier for only the second time at home in their history (including as West Germany) by a heavy 1-5 margin to an England team managed by Sven-Göran Eriksson in the Olympic Stadium in Munchen (Munich), ending a significant run of England losses to Germany.

September 3, 2001 (Monday)

The United States, Canada and Israel withdraw from the U.N. Conference on Racism because they feel that the issue of Zionism is overemphasized.

September 4, 2001 (Tuesday)

Google is awarded U.S. Patent 6,285,999, for the PageRank search algorithm used in the Google search engine.

September 5, 2001 (Wednesday)

Peru's attorney general files homicide charges against ex-President Alberto Fujimori.

September 6, 2001 (Thursday)

United States v. Microsoft: The United States Justice Department announces that it was no longer seeking to break-up software maker Microsoft and will instead seek a lesser antitrust penalty.
Gwen Stefani wins the 18th MTV Awards.

September 7, 2001 (Friday)

Michael Jackson performs his first 30th anniversary (of his career) concert in New York.

September 9, 2001 (Sunday)

Ahmed Shah Massoud, leader of the Afghan Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan.
The Country Bears concert known as the Country Bear Jamboree closed its doors in Disneyland for the last time. The show continues in Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland.
At exactly 01:46:40 UTC, one billion seconds since the Unix epoch (January 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC) pass and the Unix billenium is reached.

September 10, 2001 (Monday)

Michael Jackson performs his second 30th anniversary (because of his career) performs a concert in New York.
Charles Ingram cheats his way into winning one million pounds on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
Donald Rumsfeld warns of $2,300,000,000,000 of Pentagon spending that cannot be accounted for. (Defense)
Norwegian parliamentary election, 2001: Votes in Norway go to the polls for the parliamentary election with Thorbjørn Jagland scoring a victory.

September 11, 2001 (Tuesday)

September 11 attacks: Planes are hijacked by al-Qaeda members and flown into the World Trade Center in New York City, The Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania, killing 2,996 people.
Reactions to the September 11 attacks:
- Canada's border with the United States is on high alert in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in the United States so the Canadian government initiates both "Operation Support" and "Operation Yellow Ribbon."
- Early speculation about the source of the attacks centered on Saudi-born terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, who was living in and working from Afghanistan. Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan leaders condemned the attacks and rejected suggestions that Osama bin Laden could be behind them.
- Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair cancels a speech he was due to give to the TUC, and pledges to "stand shoulder to shoulder" with the United States.

September 14, 2001 (Friday)

The Nintendo Gamecube is released in Japan.

September 15, 2001 (Saturday)

The Queen Isabella Causeway in Texas collapses after being hit by a tugboat, killing 8.

September 17, 2001 (Monday)

The New York Stock Exchange reopens following the terrorist attacks in New York.
The default date used by git format patch for email output.

September 18, 2001 (Tuesday)

The 2001 anthrax attacks commence as anthrax letters are mailed from Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, to ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, the New York Post, and the National Enquirer.

September 21, 2001 (Friday)

White English teenager Ross Parker stabbed to death in racially motivated attack by a gang of Muslim Asians in Peterborough, England. Racial tensions in the area had been raised following the September 11th attacks. (Dailymail) (Peter Borough Today)
The AZF fertiliser factory in Toulouse, France, explodes, killing 31 and injuring over 2000. Later, a terrorist group take up the name "AZF" when threatening to bomb French railways.

September 25, 2001 (Tuesday)

The national satellite radio service XM went live.

September 26, 2001 (Wednesday)

The fifth and final Star Trek television series Enterprise debuts on UPN.

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Deaths in May 1: María Elena Velasco April 2015 30: Ben E. King 30: Gregory Mertens 29: Andrew Chan 29: Rodrigo Gularte 29: John G. Heyburn II 29: Jean Nidetch 29: Calvin Peete 29: Myuran Sukumaran 29: Dan Walker 28: Antônio Abujamra 28: René Féret 28: Ashura Hara 28: Keith Harris 27: Suzanne Crough 27: Jack Ely 27: Gene Fullmer 27: Verne Gagne 27: Andrew Lesnie 27: Harvey R. Miller 27: Marty Napoleon 26: Marcel Pronovost 26: Jayne Meadows 25: Jim Fanning 25: Edward Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester 25: Don Mankiewicz 25: Mike Phillips 24: Władysław Bartoszewski 24: Sabeen Mahmud 24: Michael Mustill, Baron Mustill 24: Sid Tepper 23: Philip Carter 23: Richard Corliss 22: M. H. Abrams 21: Steve Byrnes 21: John Moshoeu 21: Betsy von Furstenberg 21: Elizabeth Weaver 20: Doug Buffone 20: Aharon Lichtenstein 20: Bob Maloubier 20: Roy Mason 20: Frederic Morton 20: Bob St. Clair 19: Uche Chukwumerije 19: Tom McCabe 19: Bernard Stollman 19: Elio Toaff 19: Freddie Gray 18: Mario Pirani 17: Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri 17: Francis George 17: Robert P. Griffin 17: Johnny Kemp 17: Don Quayle 17: A. Alfred Taubman 16: Stanislav Gross 16: Lee Remmel 15: Jonathan Crombie 15: Surya Bahadur Thapa 14: Homaro Cantu 14: Mark Reeds 14: Percy Sledge 13: Eduardo Galeano 13: Günter Grass 13: Bruce Alger 13: Thelma Coyne Long 13: Elizabeth Brown Pryor 13: Herb Trimpe 12: Jože Ciuha 12: Patrice Dominguez 12: André Mba Obame 11: Jimmy Gunn 11: Muhammad Kamaruzzaman 11: Sheila Kitzinger 11: Viv Nicholson 10: Paul Almond 10: Richie Benaud 10: Raúl Héctor Castro 10: Ray Graves 10: Lauren Hill 10: Jin Youzhi 10: Peter Walsh 9: Nina Companeez 9: Ivan Doig 9: Margaret Rule 9: Tut Taylor 9: Tsien Tsuen-hsuin 8: Jean-Claude Turcotte 7: Tim Babcock 7: José Capellán 7: Eugene Louis Faccuito 7: Richard Henyekane 7: Stan Freberg 7: Jean Germain 7: Stanley Kutler 7: Geoffrey Lewis 7: Richard F. Post 6: James Best 6: Milton DeLugg 6: Art Powell 6: Ben Powers 6: Dollard St. Laurent 6: Dave Ulliott 6: Gertrude Weaver 5: Fredric Brandt 5: Richard Dysart 5: Victor Gotbaum 5: Norman B. Leventhal 5: Lon Simmons 5: Gardner C. Taylor 5: Tom Towles 5: Julie Wilson 4: Elmer Lach 4: Klaus Rifbjerg 4: Lisa Simon 4: Dick Wood 3: Mathias Gnädinger 3: Terdell Middleton 3: Kayahan 2: Manoel de Oliveira 2: Robert H. Schuller

Ongoing conflicts
Africa Algeria, Tunisia and Niger Maghreb insurgency Central African Republic Civil war Democratic Republic of Congo Kivu conflict ADF insurgency Katanga insurgency Ituri conflict Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Libya Civil war Mali Northern Mali conflict Nigeria and Cameroon Boko Haram Somalia Civil war South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War Sudan War in Darfur South Kordofan conflict Americas Colombian conflict Internal conflict in Peru Mexican War on Drugs Asia Afghanistan War China Xinjiang conflict India Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Insurgency in Northeast India India and Pakistan Kashmir conflict Pakistan War in North-West Pakistan Balochistan conflict Philippines Communist insurgency Moro insurgency Southeast Asia Internal conflict in Burma Papua conflict South Thailand insurgency Europe Georgia Abkhaz–Georgian conflict Georgian–Ossetian conflict Dissident Irish Republican campaign Chechen-Russian conflict North Caucasus insurgency War in Ingushetia Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Ukraine War in Donbass Russian military intervention in Ukraine Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Egypt Sinai insurgency Iran Iran–PJAK conflict Iraqi civil war American-led intervention in Iraq Iranian intervention in Iraq Syrian Civil War American-led intervention in Syria Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Turkey Turkey-PKK conflict Yemeni crisis Houthi rebellion Al-Qaeda insurgency South Yemen insurgency

Elections
Recent: March–April 28: Nigeria, President, House of Representatives, Senate 29: Uzbekistan, President 2: Lebanon, President (21st round) 11: Malta, Referendum 13: Sudan, President, National Assembly 19: Finland, Parliament 19: Northern Cyprus, President (1st round) 22: Lebanon, President (22nd round) 25: Togo, President 25: Anguilla, House of Assembly 26: Benin, National Assembly 26: Kazakhstan, President 26: Northern Cyprus, President (2nd round) Upcoming: April–May 30: Tanzania, Referendum 3: Nagorno-Karabakh, National Assembly 7: United Kingdom, House of Commons 10: Poland, President 11: Guyana, National Assembly 13: Lebanon, President (23rd round) 22: Ireland, Referenda 24: Ethiopia, House of Peoples' Representatives 25: Suriname, National Assembly 26: Burundi, National Assembly

Trials
Recently concluded Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes Brazil: Mensalão scandal Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty, Luka Magnotta China: Liu Tienan, Li Daqiu, Ji Jianye, Liao Shaohua, Ni Fake Croatia: Ivo Sanader Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Peter Greste Germany: Bernie Ecclestone, Uli Hoeness, Christian Wulff, Breno Borges Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi Israel: Hussam Qawasmeh Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Jordan: Abu Qatada Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot South Africa: Shrien Dewani, Oscar Pistorius, Chris Mahlangu Turkey: Kenan Evren, Tahsin Şahinkaya United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins, William Roache, Dave Lee Travis, Nicholas Jacobs, Nigel Evans, Max Clifford, Stuart Hall, Dappy, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Rolf Harris, Tulisa Contostavlos, Chris Denning, Ray Teret, Gary Glitter, Fred Talbot United States: Abu Hamza al-Masri, Michael Grimm, Bob McDonnell, Vilma Bautista, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, International ECCC: Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan ICC: Germain Katanga, Thomas Lubanga ICTY: Momčilo Perišić, Mladen Markač, Ante Gotovina, Zdravko Tolimir SCFSL: Charles Taylor Ongoing China: Chen Baihuai Egypt: Mohamed Morsi France: Dominique Strauss-Kahn Germany: Beate Zschäpe Iran: Babak Zanjani Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Jovito Palparan, Joseph Scott Pemberton Russia: Alexei Navalny South Korea: MV Sewol crew members United Kingdom: Eddy Shah, Koo Stark United States: Jodi Arias, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, International ICTY: Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladic Upcoming China: Zhou Yongkang, Wu Changshun Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Spain: Lionel Messi United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Andy Coulson United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Dylan Quick, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Rick Perry International ICC: Laurent Gbagbo

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