The 2000s

2001 25 years ago

The Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos, resulting in military and civilian…

The Bandaranaike International Airport attack was a commando raid on 24 July 2001 by Black Tigers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) targeting the Sri Lanka Air Force b…

The Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos, resulting in military and civilian…

2001 25 years ago

Phoolan Devi, a serving Member of Parliament, was assassinated by shooting in New Delhi, India.

Phoolan Devi, popularly known as the Bandit Queen, was an Indian dacoit (bandit) who became a politician, serving as a member of parliament until her assassination. She was a woman…

Phoolan Devi, a serving Member of Parliament, was assassinated by shooting in New Delhi, India.

2001 25 years ago

Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.

Ian James Thorpe is an Australian retired swimmer who specialised in freestyle, but also competed in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the …

Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.

2001 25 years ago

Erwadi fire incident: Twenty-eight mentally ill persons tied to a chain are burnt to death at a faith based…

The Erwadi fire incident was an incident that occurred on 6 August 2001, when 28 inmates of a faith-based mental asylum died in the fire. All these inmates were bound by chains at …

Erwadi fire incident: Twenty-eight mentally ill persons tied to a chain are burnt to death at a faith based…

2001 25 years ago

Iga Świątek, Polish tennis player

Iga Natalia Świątek is a Polish professional tennis player. Currently ranked world No. 3 in women's singles by the WTA, she has held the world No. 1 ranking for a total of 125 week…

Iga Świątek, Polish tennis player

2001 25 years ago

Kysaiah Pickett, Australian rules footballer

Kysaiah Klem Paul Kropinyeri-Pickett is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A midfielder and…

Kysaiah Pickett, Australian rules footballer

2001 25 years ago

Jalen Suggs, American basketball player

Jalen Rashon Suggs is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Gonzaga Bu…

Jalen Suggs, American basketball player

2001 25 years ago

Takefusa Kubo, Japanese footballer

Takefusa Kubo, commonly known as Take Kubo, is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a right winger for La Liga club Real Sociedad and the Japan national team. He has bee…

Takefusa Kubo, Japanese footballer

2001 25 years ago

Albanian rebels ambush a convoy of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia near Tetovo, killing 10 soldiers.

The Karpalak ambush, referred to by Macedonians as the Karpalak massacre, was an attack carried out by the National Liberation Army (NLA) against a convoy of the Army of the Republ…

Albanian rebels ambush a convoy of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia near Tetovo, killing 10 soldiers.

2001 25 years ago

Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-105 to the International Space Station, carrying…

The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transpor…

Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-105 to the International Space Station, carrying…

2001 25 years ago

Air Transat Flight 236 loses all engine power over the Atlantic Ocean, forcing the pilots to conduct an emergency…

Air Transat Flight 236 was a transatlantic flight bound for Lisbon, Portugal, from Toronto, Canada, that lost all engine power while flying over the Atlantic Ocean in the dark on A…

Air Transat Flight 236 loses all engine power over the Atlantic Ocean, forcing the pilots to conduct an emergency…

2001 25 years ago

American singer Aaliyah and several members of her entourage are killed as their overloaded aircraft crashes shortly…

Aaliyah Dana Haughton was an American singer, actress, dancer, and model. Known as the "Princess of R&B" and "Queen of Urban Pop", she is credited with helping to redefine contempo…

American singer Aaliyah and several members of her entourage are killed as their overloaded aircraft crashes shortly…

2001 25 years ago

Four people are killed when Binter Mediterráneo Flight 8261 crashes into the N-340 highway near Málaga Airport.

Binter Mediterráneo Flight 8261 on 29 August 2001, is a crash that landed next to the N-340 highway, some 200 meters short of runway 32 at Ruiz Picasso International Airport at Mál…

Four people are killed when Binter Mediterráneo Flight 8261 crashes into the N-340 highway near Málaga Airport.

2001 25 years ago

Chaeryeong, South Korean singer and dancer

Lee Chae-ryeong, known mononymously as Chaeryeong, is a South Korean singer and dancer. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Itzy, formed by JYP Entertainment in 2019.

Chaeryeong, South Korean singer and dancer

2001 25 years ago

Rayan Aït-Nouri, French-Algerian footballer

Rayan Aït-Nouri is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back or a left wing-back for Premier League club Manchester City. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national…

Rayan Aït-Nouri, French-Algerian footballer

2001 25 years ago

Billy Gilmour, Scottish footballer

Billy Clifford Gilmour is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie A club Napoli and the Scotland national team. He is considered one of Sco…

Billy Gilmour, Scottish footballer

2001 25 years ago

Bowen Byram, Canadian ice hockey player

Bowen Byram is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Colorado Avala…

Bowen Byram, Canadian ice hockey player

2001 25 years ago

In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls.

Belfast is the capital, largest city and main port of Northern Ireland. It stands on the banks of the river Lagan, and is connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the No…

In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls.

2001 25 years ago

Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.

Tokyo DisneySea is a theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort located in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, just next to Tokyo. It opened on 4 September 2001, at a cost of 335 billion…

Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.

2001 25 years ago

Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who…

Ahmad Shah Massoud was an Afghan military leader and politician. Known as the "Lion of Panjshir", he was the foremost commander of the Afghan mujahideen against Soviet occupation d…

Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who…

2001 25 years ago

During his appearance on the British TV game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, contestant Charles Ingram reaches…

Charles William Ingram is a British convicted fraudster and a former major in the British Army who gained fame for his appearance on the ITV television game show Who Wants to Be a …

During his appearance on the British TV game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, contestant Charles Ingram reaches…

2001 25 years ago

Nineteen members of al-Qaeda execute the September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks that killed…

al-Qaeda is a pan-Islamist militant organization led by Sunni Islamist jihadists who self-identify as a vanguard spearheading a global Islamist revolution to unite the Muslim world…

Nineteen members of al-Qaeda execute the September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks that killed…

2001 25 years ago

Sung Han-bin, South Korean singer

Sung Han-bin is a South Korean singer and dancer. He is best known for competing on the Mnet reality competition show Boys Planet, where he ranked second in the final episode, maki…

Sung Han-bin, South Korean singer

2001 25 years ago

Nicolas Jackson, Senegalese footballer

Nicolas Jackson is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a striker and winger for Premier League club Chelsea, and the Senegal national team.

Nicolas Jackson, Senegalese footballer