The following events also occurred in 2001...

• The nation mourns the attacks of Sept. 11.
• After Sept. 11, an Anthrax scare sweeps the nation, as opening the mail becomes a frightful task.
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring duke it out for box office supremacy.
• Mike Myers lends his voice to the highly successful movie Shrek.
• The stem cell research debate heated up.
• Timmothy McVeigh was put to death six years after he was found guilty of the Oklahoma City bombing.
• Legendary NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt dies in a car crash during the last lap of the Daytona 500.
• R&B and movie star Aaliyah dies in a plan crash.
• Actor Robert Blake is accused of murdering his wife.