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President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.He was president from May 17, 1997, when he overthrew Mobutu Sese Seko, untill January 18, 2001
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Peter Milliken is elected as the new Speaker of the House of Commons after five rounds of voting.
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Lorne Calvert becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing Roy Romanow
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NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touchdown in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
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Roger Grimes becomes premier of Newfoundland, replacing Beaton Tulk
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Bernard Landry becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Lucien Bouchard
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Mars Odyssey is launched.
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15-year-old Sherpa Temba Tsheri becomes the youngest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest.
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32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer, of Boulder, Colorado, becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
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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.
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Canada becomes the first country in the world to legalize medical marijuana
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Terrorists hijack two passenger planes crashing them into New York's World Trade Towers causing the collapse of both & death of 2,752 people.
Terrorists hijack a passenger plane and crash it into the Pentagon causing the death of 125 people
Attempt by passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93 to retake control of their hijacked plane from terrorists causes plane to crash in Pennsylvania field killing all 64 people onboard -
Some 200 planes are diverted to Canadian airports across the country. Canadians provide assistance to thousands of stranded Americans and other passengers, particularly in Atlantic Canada.
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U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "war on terror".
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U.S declares war on Afghanistan because of the terrosrist attack on sep 11, 2001
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the 2001 Attack on Afghanistan begins. Canadian fighter pilots and ground troops are involved in the war
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Apple releases the iPod.
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Vancouver resident Aaron Webster is killed in what many believe to be a gay bashing attack
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After September 11, 2001, increased security concerns over the Canada-US border leads to the signing of the Smart Border Declaration between Canada and the United States.
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The code is "aimed at disabling and dismantling the activities of terrorists groups and those who support them."
