Cost of Living 2001
How Much things cost in 2001
Average Cost of new house $136,150.00
Average Income per year $42,350.00
Average Monthly Rent $715.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas $1.46
Average cost of new car $25,850.00
US Postage Stamp 34 cents
1 LB of Bacon $3.22
Ground Coffee per LB $3.06
Loaf of Bread $1.82
Dozen Eggs 90 cents
What Events Happened in 2001
- An earthquake
hits Gujarat, India, causing more than 20,000 deaths
- The Scottish Court in the Netherlands
convicts a Libyan and acquits another for their part in the bombing
of Pan Am Flight 103 which crashed in Lockerbie, Scotland
- British and U.S. forces carry out bombing
raids attempting to disable Iraq's air defense network
- Timothy James McVeigh is executed for
the Oklahoma City Bombing.
- The US ( George W Bush ) refuses to sign the
Kyoto Agreement on Climate Change
- The US Pulls Out Of 1972 Anti Ballistic
Missile Treaty
- Pharmaceutical Companies Agree to sell
Aids drugs for cost price in Africa a discount of up to 90% to help
the fight against Aids.
- IRA Dismantles it's weapons arsenal
after years of fighting
- The 27th G8 summit takes place in Genoa,
Italy. Massive demonstrations against the meeting by anti-globalization
groups
- Known simply as 9/11. On September
11, 2001 Nineteen hijackers simultaneously took control of four U.S.
domestic commercial airliners. The hijackers crashed two planes into
the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York City one into each of
the two tallest towers. Within two hours, both towers collapsed. The
hijackers crashed the third aircraft into the U.S. Department of Defense
headquarters, the Pentagon, in Arlington County, Virginia. The fourth
plane crashed into a rural field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, following
apparent passenger resistance.
- The United States invades Afghanistan,
with some participation from the UK. Marking the beginning of the US
"War on Terrorism" campaign. Seeking to oust the Taliban and
find Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden
- California suffers more Rolling Blackouts
and electricity rate hikes of up to 46 percent
- Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
protection
- Cincinnati Mayor Charles Luken declares
a state of emergency after the third night of Riots
- Pacific Gas and Electric in California
Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
- A series of Anthrax attacks spreads
fear amongst the American Public and several people are infected by
handling infected letters
- 120 people killed in stampede at football
game in Ghana
- Selby Rail Crash in Northern England
- 'Jessica' runs aground on the Island of San
Cristobal in the Galapagos Islands causing an Ecological Disaster when
180,000 gallons of oil are leaked into the sea
- Gunmen attack the parliament building in the
Indian capital, New Delhi leaving At least 12 dead and 22 injured
- Ethnic Albanian extremists carry out a bomb
attack on a bus convoy in Kosovo
- Tony Blair and the British Labour party
are elected for a second term.
- General Pervez Musharraf Takes Power takes
on the role of president and chief executive in Pakistan and
banning opposition parties political rallies.
- The Eden Project in Cornwall, England
Opened ( the worlds largest greenhouse ) trying to help save the worlds
largest collection of plants
- Foot and Mouth Disease Is Found In
UK after 20 years
- Soccer Fans Stampede in Ghana leaving
126 fans dead
- Richard C. Reid, dubbed by the press
as the shoe bomber, attempts to blow up an American Airlines plane
- The Republican controlled House voted for
the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act
- 7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes the city
of Arequipa and surrounding areas in Southern Peru
- Former Yugoslav President Slobodan
Milosevic is arrested and charged with corruption and theft of state
funds and war crimes charges
Popular Culture 2001
Popular Films
- Harry Potter
and the Philosopher's Stone
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the
Ring
- Monsters, Inc.
- Shrek
- Ocean's Eleven
- Pearl Harbor
- The Mummy Returns
- Jurassic Park III
- Planet of the Apes
- Hannibal
- A Beautiful Mind
- Training Day
- Monster's Ball
- Moulin Rouge!
Popular Musicians
- Janet Jackson
- Destiny's Child
- Feeder
- Ash
- New Order
- Eddy Grant
- U2
- Robbie Williams
- Alicia Keys
- Missy Elliott
- Stereophonics
- Dido
- Texas
- Elton John
- Jennifer Lopez
- R.E.M.
- Weezer
- Aerosmith
- Radiohead
- Manic Street Preachers
- Missy Elliott
- Gabrielle
- Aaliyah
- Travis
- Wheatus
- Dido
- Creed
Popular Television
- Boston Public
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- Ed
- Malcolm in the Middle
- Survivor
- The District
- Yes, Dear
- The Simpsons
- ER
- Friends
- Touched by an Angel
- The Drew Carey Show
- 7th Heaven
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- Judge Judy
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Dharma & Greg
- King of the Hill
- South Park
- Becker
- Charmed
- Dawson's Creek
- Sex and the City
- That '70s Show
- The King of Queens
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
- Will & Grace
- Family Feud
- Family Guy
- Futurama
- Judging Amy
- The Sopranos
- The West Wing
Technology 2001
- Wikipedia, a
Wiki free content encyclopedia, goes online
- Napster is closed down by court order following
an injunction on behalf of the Recording Industry Association of America
(RIAA),
- Russian space station Mir is decommissioned
and reenters the atmosphere landing in the Pacific
- The Mars Odyssey spacecraft reaches Mars on
October 24, 2001 It's Mission to answer the question of whether life
has ever existed on Mars.
- Apple Computer releases the iPod.
- HP ( Hewlett Packard ) and Compaq Merge
- Remains of what may be the oldest ancient
human are found in Ethiopia estimated to be 5.5 million years old
- The unmanned solar aircraft Helios reaches
a record height of over 18 miles above the earth
- Microsoft releases Windows XP
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