2001

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

Jan 2, 2001

NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 38-17

Feb 4, 2001

Dale Earnhardt Sr. death

Feb 18, 2001

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

Mar 10, 2001

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

Mar 16, 2001

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

Apr 1, 2001

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

May 4, 2001

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.

Jun 5, 2001

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

Jul 3, 2001

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

Aug 3, 2001

Two jets crash into the world trade center.

Sep 11, 2001

NATO backs US military strikes, following 9/11.

Oct 2, 2001

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

Dec 8, 2001