Major World Events [30]

The Currency Euro came in to full circulation on 31st December 2001

The New Delhi government was attacked by Terrorist gunmen and 12 people died

US initiated the Afghanistan war (20-10-2001)

The World Trade Center Tower collapsed on 11th September 2001 by a terrorist attack
   
The Human Cloning was banned by the US government by a special law (02-08-2001)
   
Beijing, China was selected for hosting the Summer Olympic games 2008 (13-07-2001)

The Friendship Treaty between China & Russia was signed on 12th July 2001   

US accused 14 people in the Saudi Blast(1996) (04-07-2001)

From Beirut,Lebanon Syrian troops were withdrawn (20-06-2001)   

Democrats came in to power in the US Senate on 24th May 2001   

The first take off of Space Tourist Craft was onn 28th April 2001   

The Canadian Robot Arm was linked to the space station on 17th April 2001   

Laurent Kabila, the rebel chief got in to Presidentship after the Zairian Cilivial war (07-04-2001)

Slobodan Milosevic was arrested and handed over to UN Hague Tribunal by Serbs on 1st April 2001   

The spy flights of US collided with a Chinese Jet (01-04-2001)   

The Global-warming treaty was abandoned by the American President Bush (29-03-2001)

Various Budha temples were destroyed by Afghanistan-Taliban groups (22-03-2001)
   
In an accidental blast in China 108 persons died (18-03-2001)

On 13th February 2001, A US Submarine collided with a Japanese Fishing Ship at Honolulu and was sunk.   

The flight 103 bombing killed 270 persons at Lockerbie, Scotland and the Libyan Intelligence Officer

was convicted for this (31-01-2001)   
   
In a massive earthquake occured in Gujarath on 29th January 2001, thousands were killed.

The President of Congo was assasinated on 23rd January 2001    

  
George W Bush was sworn in as the 43rd President of United States on 20th January 2001

Bill Clinton gave general pardons for 140 in the Final days of his Presidentship (19-01-2001)