2001

By Dallas Chambers
  • 67th Sugar Bowl: #3 Miami beats #7 Florida, 37-20

    67th Sugar Bowl: #3 Miami beats #7 Florida, 37-20

  • NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 38-17

    NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 38-17

  • Dale Earnhardt Sr. death

    Dale Earnhardt Sr. death

  • 22nd Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Boston College beats Pittsburgh, 79-57

    22nd Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Boston College beats Pittsburgh, 79-57

  • ob Wollek, French race car driver (b. 1943)

    ob Wollek, French race car driver (b. 1943)

  • Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands - first country in the world.

    Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands - first country in the world.

  • The Milwaukee Art Museum addition, the first Santiago Calatrava-designed structure in the United States, opens to the public.

    The Milwaukee Art Museum addition, the first Santiago Calatrava-designed structure in the United States, opens to the public.

  • Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm caused $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.

    Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm caused $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.

  • A Vladivostok Avia Tupolev TU-154 jetliner crashes on approach to landing at Irkutsk, Russia killing 145 people.

    A Vladivostok Avia Tupolev TU-154 jetliner crashes on approach to landing at Irkutsk, Russia killing 145 people.

  • The Real IRA detonate a car bomb in Ealing, London, U.K injuring seven people

    The Real IRA detonate a car bomb in Ealing, London, U.K injuring seven people

  • Two jets crash into the world trade center.

    Two jets crash into the world trade center.

  • NATO backs US military strikes, following 9/11.

    NATO backs US military strikes, following 9/11.

  • 10th SEC Championship Game: #21 LSU beats #2 Tennessee, 31-20

    10th SEC Championship Game: #21 LSU beats #2 Tennessee, 31-20