Today in History for November 2001
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Historical Events
Results 1 - 10 of 10
7th - The supersonic commercial aircraft Concorde resumes flying after a 15-month hiatus.
11th - Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they were traveling on top off.
12th - 2001 Attack on Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, Afghanistan, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.
12th - In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 on its way to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.
13th - Doha Round: The World Trade Organization ends a four-day ministerial conference in Doha, Qatar.
13th - War on Terrorism: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
14th - War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters takeover the capital Kabul.
20th - In Washington, D.C., U.S. President George W. Bush dedicates the United States Department of Justice headquarters building as the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building, honoring the late Robert F. Kennedy on what would have been his 76th birthday.
23rd - Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
27th - A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 29 of 29
3rd - Ernst Gombrich, Austrian art historian (b. 1909)
5th - Roy Boulting, English film director and producer (b. 1913)
5th - Barry Horne, a British animal liberation activist.
6th - Anthony Shaffer, English dramatist (b. 1926)
7th - Nida Blanca, Filipino actress (b. 1936)
9th - Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and museum curator (b. 1924)
10th - Ken Kesey, American author (b. 1935)
12th - Tony Miles, English chess player (b. 1955)
13th - Peggy Mount, English actress (b. 1915)
14th - Charlotte Coleman, British actress (b. 1968)
14th - Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentine footballer (b. 1922)
16th - Tommy Flanagan, American jazz pianist (b. 1930)
17th - Michael Karoli, German guitarist (b. 1948)
19th - Marcelle Ferron, Quebec painter and stained glass artist (b. 1924)
21st - Salahuddin of Malaysia, King of Malaysia (b. 1926)
22nd - Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (b. 1915)
22nd - Norman Granz, American jazz impresario and producer (b. 1918)
23rd - O.C. Smith, American singer (b. 1932)
23rd - Mary Whitehouse,'Clean up TV' campaigner
23rd - Bo Belinsky, American baseball player (b. 1936)
24th - Melanie Thornton, American dance/pop singer (b. 1967)
25th - Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Muslim Sufi, author, spiritual leader (b. 1941)
26th - Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish writer (b. 1943)
28th - William Kienzle, American author (b. 1928)
28th - Kal Mann, American lyricist (b. 1917)
28th - William Reid, British aviator awarded the Victoria Cross (b. 1921)
29th - Mic Christopher, Irish singer and songwriter (b. 1969)
29th - George Harrison, English singer, guitarist and songwriter (b. 1943)
29th - John Knowles, American author (b. 1926)
