3rd » In Belfast, Protestant Ulster loyalism e.g loyalists begin a Holy Cross dispute known as picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls. For the next 11 weeks, riot police escort the schoolchildren and their parents through hundreds of proteste
4th » Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
9th » Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.
9th » Pärnu methanol tragedy occurs in Pärnu County, Estonia.
9th » The Unix time Notable events in Unix time e.g Unix billenium is reached, marking the beginning of the use of 10-digit decimal Unix time stamps.
10th » Charles Ingram cheats his way into winning one million pounds on a British version of 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'.
10th » Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.
11th » Two hijacked aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, while a third smashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in a September 11 attacks known as series of coordin
13th » Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks.
17th » The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.
18th » First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
20th » In an address to a joint session of United States Congress or Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "War on Terror".
21st » Deep Space 1 flies within 2,200 km of 19P/Borrelly called Comet Borrelly.
21st » America: A Tribute to Heroes is broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200 million for the victims of the September 11 attacks.
27th » Zug massacre: In Zug, Switzerland, Friedrich Leibacher shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself.