January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
Day of death June 17, 2001
The temperature on June 17, 2001 was between 13.2 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 20 » President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent 4-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
April 25 » Michele Alboreto is killed while testing an Audi R8 at the Lausitzring in Germany.
May 6 » During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
August 10 » The 2001 Angola train attack occurred, causing 252 deaths.
October 11 » The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
October 22 » Grand Theft Auto III is released, popularizing a genre of open-world, action-adventure video games, as well as spurring controversy around violence in video games.
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