2 January 2001Death of William RogersWilliam Rogers
Death of William Rogers
Historical records for United States of America in 2001, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Death of William Rogers
Sworn in as United States Senator
Rice headed Chevrons committee on public policy until she resigned on January 15, 2001, to become National Security Adviser to President George W. Bush
Appointed Secretary of State, 65th Secretary of State
Appointed United States Secretary of State for Defence, 2nd term
Appointed Secretary of the Treasury
Wins the Oscar for Things Have Changed.
Hubble images provide direct visual evidence of planet-building material in dusty disks around young stars in the Orion Nebula.
Issues recommendations for ending violence and rebuilding confidence.
President Bush pledges to help Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion
President Bush pledges to help Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion
President Bush pledges to help Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion
Galileo passes only about 138 kilometres above Callisto during a close encounter.
Is sent by President Bush to the Middle East to build on ceasefire efforts after renewed Israeli-Palestinian violence.
Meets Yasser Arafat and obtains Palestinian acceptance of the security work plan with reservations.
Calls for Israeli and Palestinian security officials to resume effective coordination through a joint security committee.
Presents a security work plan intended to restore cooperation.
Secures Israeli and Palestinian approval for a work plan built around a mutual comprehensive ceasefire.
Presents a security work plan intended to restore Israeli-Palestinian security cooperation and implement a mutual ceasefire.
The Tenet framework moves toward a cooling-off phase intended to reduce violence and support renewed political talks.
The Tenet framework moves toward a cooling-off phase intended to reduce violence and support renewed political talks.
Death of Jack Lemmon
Death of John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon
Bennett leads the WMAP mission launched to measure the early universe from microwave background patterns
Meets Israeli officials to discuss steps for reducing violence and restoring security cooperation.
Meets Palestinian Authority representatives to encourage renewed coordination on ceasefire implementation.
A close Galileo flyby examines Io's rapidly changing volcanic surface at high resolution.
Reviews security conditions with Israeli counterparts as part of American efforts to stabilize the ceasefire process.
Al-Qaeda hijack aeroplanes & destroy the Twin Towers, nearly 3,000 are killed
Releases Love and Theft.
Bush vows to "lead the world to victory" over terrorism
Bush leads 4 former presidents for national prayer at the National Cathedral
Bush declares a national emergency
Pakistan agrees to support the US in any invasion of Afghanistan
Pakistan agrees to support the US in any invasion of Afghanistan
Cheney warns thos who harbour terrorists will face "the full wrath of the US"
The Federal Reserve cuts interest rates to help prevent a recession
The Federal Reserve cuts interest rates to help prevent a recession
Rumsfeld says preparations are being made against countries with terrorists
After 9/11 the phrase "Bush Doctrine" described the policy that the United States had the right to secure itself against countries that harbor or give aid to terrorist groups, which was used to justify the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan.
Bush declared that any nation continuing to harbour or support terrorism would be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime.
Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.
George Walker Bush announces the doctrine of pre-emptive military action, later termed the Bush Doctrine.
President Bush makes an an aggressive restatement of this principle in his address to a Joint Session of Congress, "We will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism.
Shortly after 11 September 2001 (on 20 September), Bush addressed a joint session of Congress (simulcast live to the world), and announced his new "War on Terror".
The "Bush Doctrine" phrase was first used by Charles Krauthammer in June 2001 to describe the Bush Administrations "unilaterally withdrawing from the ABM Treaty and rejecting the Kyoto protocol.
This announcement was accompanied by the doctrine of "pre-emptive" military action, later termed the Bush Doctrine.
President Bush addresses a joint session of the US Congress (which was simulcast live to the world), and announces his new "War on Terrorism". Announces the doctrine of pre-emptive military action, later termed the Bush Doctrine
George Walker Bush announces the doctrine of pre-emptive military action, later termed the Bush Doctrine.
President Bush addresses a joint session of the US Congress (which was simulcast live to the world), and announces his new "War on Terrorism."
Shortly after 11 September 2001 (on 20 September), Bush addressed a joint session of Congress (simulcast live to the world), and announced his new "War on Terror."
This announcement was accompanied by the doctrine of "pre-emptive" military action, later termed the Bush Doctrine.
A report by CIA accuses Iran of having one of the worlds most active programmes to acquire nuclear weapons
A report by CIA accuses Iran of having one of the world's most active programmes to acquire nuclear weapons
A report by CIA accuses Iran of having one of the worlds most active programmes to acquire nuclear weapons
A report by CIA accuses Iran of having one of the world's most active programmes to acquire nuclear weapons
A report by CIA accuses Iran of having one of the worlds most active programmes to acquire nuclear weapons
Discusses local security arrangements connected to the wider Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire initiative.
American and British forces begin an aerial bombing campaign targeting Taliban forces and al-Qaeda, strikes were reported in the capital, Kabul
American and British forces begin an aerial bombing campaign targeting Taliban forces and al-Qaeda, strikes were reported in the capital, Kabul
American and British forces begin an aerial bombing campaign targeting Taliban forces and al-Qaeda, strikes were reported in the capital, Kabul
Galileo passes about 184 kilometres above Io during a late-mission encounter focused on volcanic and plasma activity.
The officially-stated purpose of the invasion is to target al-Qaeda members, and to punish the Taliban Government in Afghanistan which had provided support and haven to al-Qaeda. Begins in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US, marking the beginning of its War on Terrorism campaign, seeking to oust the Taliban and find al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden
The US military name of the conflict is Operation Enduring Freedom
Begins in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US, marking the beginning of its War on Terrorism campaign, seeking to oust the Taliban and find al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden.
The US military name of the conflict is Operation Enduring Freedom.
The officially-stated purpose of the invasion is to target al-Qaeda members, and to punish the Taliban Government in Afghanistan which had provided support and haven to al-Qaeda.
Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff
The officially-stated purpose of the invasion is to target al-Qaeda members, and to punish the Taliban Government in Afghanistan which had provided support and haven to al-Qaeda. Begins in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US, marking the beginning of its War on Terrorism campaign, seeking to oust the Taliban and find al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden
Begins in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US, marking the beginning of its War on Terrorism campaign, seeking to oust the Taliban and find al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden
Presents proposals intended to reduce clashes and improve communication between Israeli and Palestinian security services.
Says Osama bin Laden is trying to get chemical, biological and nuclear weapons
Says Osama bin Laden is trying to get chemical, biological and nuclear weapons
Says Osama bin Laden is trying to get chemical, biological and nuclear weapons
The campaigns of Clinton and Lazio, along with Giulianis initial effort, spends a record combined $90 million, Clinton won the election with 55 percent of the vote to Lazios 43 percent
Tells the United Nations General Assembly the time has come to act against global terrorism
Taliban forces leave Kabul
Taliban forces leave Kabul
Taliban forces leave Kabul
Taliban forces leave Kabul
Taliban forces leave Kabul
The Taliban are forced back to their heartland in southeastern Afghanistan around Kandahar
The Taliban are forced back to their heartland in southeastern Afghanistan around Kandahar
Taliban fighters holding out in Konduz finally surrender and are herded into the Qala-e-Jangi prison complex near Mazar-I-Sharif
Taliban fighters holding out in Konduz finally surrender and are herded into the Qala-e-Jangi prison complex near Mazar-I-Sharif
Urges Palestinian leaders to take practical measures against renewed violence and support ceasefire efforts.
The United Nations Security Council had issued Resolution 1333 directed towards the Taliban demanding that the Taliban turn over bin Laden to the United States or a third country
The United Nations Security Council had issued Resolution 1333 directed towards the Taliban demanding that the Taliban turn over bin Laden to the United States or a third country
The United Nations Security Council had issued Resolution 1333 directed towards the Taliban demanding that the Taliban turn over bin Laden to the United States or a third country
Consults with Israeli defense and intelligence officials on monitoring compliance with proposed ceasefire terms.
Letters containing anthrax are sent to the US Senate
Appointed Attorney General
Cast in the miniseries Band of Brothers as Herbert Sobel
Is appointed to the California State Park and Recreation Commission.
Galileo magnetic measurements support a conductive subsurface layer inside Callisto, consistent with a buried salty ocean.
Wins the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2001 for lifetime achievement in motion pictures
Turner outlines observational strategies for determining whether cosmic acceleration arises from a cosmological constant, evolving dark energy, or modifications to gravity.
Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie Wit
Becomes chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Appointed Secretary for Housing and Urban Development
Appointed Secretary of Transportation
Galileo observations support the conclusion that Jupiter's faint rings are continually replenished by impact-generated dust from small inner moons.
Hetfield enters rehab due to "alcoholism and other addictions", for nearly a year, Metallica cease to function in any meaningful way, Ulrich and Hammett, for the first time, seriously consider the possibility that Metallica might be finished
As plans are being made to go into the recording studio Newsted leaves the band, due to as he put it, "the physical damage I have done to myself over the years while playing the music that I love"
Hetfield enters rehab due to "alcoholism and other addictions", for nearly a year, Metallica cease to function in any meaningful way, Ulrich and Hammett, for the first time, seriously consider the possibility that Metallica might be finished
Directs Mulholland Drive, a nonlinear mystery set around Hollywood and fractured identity.
NASA approves the New Horizons mission to conduct the first close reconnaissance of Pluto, Charon and the Kuiper Belt.
Sheppard and collaborators discover another group of small irregular moons orbiting Jupiter.
Appointed President of the USA, 43rd President
Publication of "Rabbit Remembered"
Leads Chandra observations detecting rapid X-ray flaring from Sagittarius A*, revealing activity from matter close to the Galactic Centre black hole.
Appointed Secretary of Labor
Appointed Secretary of Agriculture
Appointed Secretary of State for Commerce
Appointed Secretary of State for Health and Human Services
Appointed Secretary of State for the Interior
Goldhaber and collaborators refine the light-curve stretch treatment of Type Ia supernovae, improving the standardization used in precision dark-energy measurements.
Publication of "The Corrections"
Winner of the Tour de France, 3rd time
Plays corrupt narcotics officer Alonzo Harris in Training Day.
Jewitt and colleagues combine thermal and optical measurements to estimate the size and reflectivity of Kuiper Belt object Varuna.
Continues shuttle diplomacy aimed at translating ceasefire understandings into operational security commitments.
Reports back to the Bush administration on the status of Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire discussions and remaining obstacles.
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