Capture of Herat
Taliban forces leave Kabul
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Historical records for United States of America in 2001
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November
Capture of Kabul
Taliban forces leave Kabul
Siege of Herat
Taliban forces leave Kabul
Siege of Kabul
Taliban forces leave Kabul
Taliban
Taliban forces leave Kabul
Siege of Konduz
The Taliban are forced back to their heartland in southeastern Afghanistan around Kandahar
Taliban
The Taliban are forced back to their heartland in southeastern Afghanistan around Kandahar
Siege of Konduz
Taliban fighters holding out in Konduz finally surrender and are herded into the Qala-e-Jangi prison complex near Mazar-I-Sharif
Taliban
Taliban fighters holding out in Konduz finally surrender and are herded into the Qala-e-Jangi prison complex near Mazar-I-Sharif
December
Genesis Solar Wind Collection Begins
Begins the operational sampling phase of Genesis as collector arrays are exposed to capture atoms and ions carried by the solar wind.
Tenet Mission
Urges Palestinian leaders to take practical measures against renewed violence and support ceasefire efforts.
Taliban
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
UN Security Council
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
United Nations
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
Other events (month unknown)
Tenet Mission
Continues shuttle diplomacy aimed at translating ceasefire understandings into operational security commitments.
Tenet Mission
Consults with Israeli defense and intelligence officials on monitoring compliance with proposed ceasefire terms.
Tenet Mission
Reports back to the Bush administration on the status of Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire discussions and remaining obstacles.
Anthrax Letters
Letters containing anthrax are sent to the US Senate
Attorney General
Appointed Attorney General
Band of Brothers
Cast in the miniseries Band of Brothers as Herbert Sobel
California State Park Commission
Is appointed to the California State Park and Recreation Commission.
Callisto Conductive Ocean Evidence
Galileo magnetic measurements support a conductive subsurface layer inside Callisto, consistent with a buried salty ocean.
Cecil B. DeMille Award
Wins the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2001 for lifetime achievement in motion pictures
Dark Energy Research Programme
Turner outlines observational strategies for determining whether cosmic acceleration arises from a cosmological constant, evolving dark energy, or modifications to gravity.
Emmy Award
Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie Wit
Emmy Award Sopranos Actor
James Gandolfini received the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for portraying crime boss Tony Soprano.
Foreign Relations Chairman
Becomes chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Friedel Establishes Ewood Park Starting Place
Friedel becomes Blackburn's regular goalkeeper after arriving from Liverpool, beginning a long Premier League career at Ewood Park.
Gosford Park Film
Robert Altman directed Gosford Park in 2001, an English country-house murder mystery set amid class tensions.
Government
Appointed Secretary for Housing and Urban Development
Government
Appointed Secretary of Transportation
Jupiter Ring Dust Source
Galileo observations support the conclusion that Jupiter's faint rings are continually replenished by impact-generated dust from small inner moons.
Metallica
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
Metallica
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"
Metallica
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
Mulholland Drive
Directs Mulholland Drive, a nonlinear mystery set around Hollywood and fractured identity.
New Horizons
NASA approves the New Horizons mission to conduct the first close reconnaissance of Pluto, Charon and the Kuiper Belt.
New Irregular Jovian Moons
Sheppard and collaborators discover another group of small irregular moons orbiting Jupiter.
President of USA
Appointed President of the USA, 43rd President
Rabbit Remembered
Publication of "Rabbit Remembered"
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