The temperature on February 15, 2001 was between -1.6 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 11 » The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, China after a collision with a J-8 fighter, is released.
June 23 » The 8.4 Mw southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured.
August 10 » The 2001 Angola train attack occurred, causing 252 deaths.
September 4 » Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
September 20 » In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "War on Terror".
September 21 » Ross Parker is murdered in Peterborough, England, by a gang of ten British Pakistani youths.
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