Fun Facts About 2001

  • 2001 started on a Monday
  • President George Bush becomes the 43rd President
  • The Baltimore Ravens win the Super Bowl
  • The Arizona Diamondbacks win the World Series
  • The LA Lakers won the NBA Championship
  • The world's first self-contained artifical heart was transplanted
  • The Ipod and Xbox were introduced
  • Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" was Rudolph Giuliani
  • The "Best Film" Oscar Winner was A Beautiful Mind
  • Some of the Billboard #1 Songs included Ms. Jackson by Outkast, Bootylicious by Destiny's Child, Butterfly by Crazy Town, Stutter by Joe
  • Some popular movies included Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, Ocean's Eleven, and Rush Hour 2
  • Barry Bonds hit 73 home runs
  • Millions watched Britney Spears dance with a python at the MTV Music Video Awards
  • Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
  • NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon lo