What Happened in 2001? Wikipedia; Enron; McVeigh and more

What do you remember besides 9-11? Wikipedia is launched. McVeigh is executed. Enron melts down. What else do you remember from that year?

1. What Happened in 2001? The World Changed.

2. The World’s Population is 6,165,219,247. Sixty percent live in Asia. Thirteen percent in Africa. Twelve percent in Europe. Eight point five percent in Latin America. Five point five percent in North America. It is 2001 A.D.

3. Wikipedia is launched. It is 2001 A.D.

4. On 10 September 2001, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld announces that 2.3 billion in Pentagon spending can’t be accounted for. It is 2001 A.D.

5. Timothy McVeigh, a domestic terrorist, is executed. It is 2001 A.D.

6. The Green River killer is arrested. It is 2001 A.D.

7. ENRON It is 2001 A.D.

8. The last male survivor of the Titanic dies. The ship, not the movie. Jack died a long time ago. It is 2001 A.D.

9. The Netherlands becomes the first government to allow same-sex marriage since the reign of Nero. That’s a long time. It is 2001 A.D.

10. The Congressional Budget Office predicts a surplus of 5.6 trillion dollars for the next ten years. It is 2001 A.D.

11. On 11 September 2001, the largest plane in the world sets a weight and altitude record, lifting four main battle tanks, weighing 253.82 tons, to 35,720 feet of altitude. It is 2001 A.D.

12. Eagle’s Mission: Nine Eleven Travel back in time to Russia on 11 September 2001. The day the other AN-225 is carrying the largest bomb, Tsar Bomba, on a secret mission.

13. Free audiobook shorts on Soundcloud from the Time Patrol series. Click on box. Roland’s complete mission from Independence Day. 4 July 1865, at Gettysburg. HERE Mac’s complete mission from D-Day. 6 June 1944.

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15. Print Book Free downloadable Powerpoint slideshows on survival, history writing, and interesting information are available HERE

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