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Albert Samuel Waxman,was a Canadian actor and director. he passed away january 18 2001,he passed away during a hearth surgery.
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The presidency of George W. Bush began on January 20, 2001, he was the 43rd President of the United States of America. The oldest son of former president George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush was elected president in the 2000 general election, and he is the second to hold the same office his dad did.
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January 27 Lorne Calvert becomes the leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party after winning the fourth ballot at the party's 2001 leadership convention.Lorne Albert Calvert,was the 13th Premier of Saskatchewan, from 2001 to 2007. Calvert, was the leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party from 2001 to June 6, 2009, when he was succeeded by Dwain Lingenfelter.
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Peter Andrew Stewart Milliken he is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 until he retired in 2011 and in the beggening of 2001 one he served as the speaker. Milliken represented the Ontario riding of Kingston and the Islands as a member of the Liberal Party.
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David Iftody ,was a Canadian politician. He served in the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2000, representing the Manitoba riding of Provencher. Iftody was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. he unexpectedly died.
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Elections for Prime Minister were held in Israel on 6 February 2001 , ariel sharone was elected as priminister of isreal he had 62% of the votes in isreal it was a big win.
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Roger D. Grimes he is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.Grimes is a former leader of the province's Liberal Party and was its eighth Premier from February 2001 until November 2003.
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Robert Philip Hanssen was a American FBI agent who spied for Soviet and Russian intelligence services against the United States. he spied for 22 years from 1979 to 2001. now he is serving a life sentence in Florence, Colorado.
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Horace Gwynne,was a bantamweight professional boxer from Canada toronto. he competed in the 1930s and won a gold medal in the 1932 olympic s. He was still an amateur when he won the gold medal.
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January 17 The Bank of Canada unveils a new $10 bill with enhanced security features.
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july 2001 , Canada is the world's first country to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes,
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Robert L. Tools was the world's first recipient of a fully self-contained artificial heart, called AbioCor. The operation took place on July 2, 2001. He survived for 151 days without a living heart.(July 31, 1942 – November 30, 2001)
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on september 11 2001 , planes were hijacked by al queda terrorist group. they flew two planes into the twin towers in newyork city. they flew the third plane into the into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia the fourth plane was targetting to hit washington d.c but failed and flew into a feild.
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On 21 September 2001, a huge explosion occurred in the AZF fertiliser factory in Toulouse, France, The disaster caused 29 deaths ,28 from the factory, one from a school, 2,500 seriously wounded, and 8,000 light casualties. Two thirds of the city's windows were shattered, causing 70 eye wounds and several thousand wounds which had to be sutured.
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The War in Afghanistan , began on October 7, 2001,as the armed forces of the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and the Afghan United Front launched operation freedom. what caused all these countries to invade afganistan was the act off 9/11.. there goal is to get rid of al queda
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The 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff. india and pakistan had a military stand off.this stand off cause a big mass of deaths.
