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Events from the year 2001 in the United Kingdom.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 April 1.5 May 1.6 June 1.7 July 1.8 August 1.9 September 1.10 October 1.11 November 1.12 December 2 Births 3 Deaths

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[edit] January

• January 24 - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Peter Mandelson resigns from the cabinet for the second time.
• January 31 - 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 in 1988.

[edit] February

• February 20 - 2001 UK foot and mouth crisis begins.
• February 24-27 - Patient Tony Collins spends 77 hours and 30 minutes on a hospital trolley outside the toilets in the Princess Margaret Hospital, Swindon.
• February 28 - The Selby rail crash kills ten people.

[edit] March

[edit] April

• April 29 - Census of population in the United Kingdom.

[edit] May

[edit] June

• June 7 - General Election- Labour Party elected to second term.

[edit] July

• July 19 - Politician and novelist Jeffrey Archer, sentenced to four years in prison for perjury and perverting the course of justice.

[edit] August

[edit] September

• September 10- The Bank of Scotland and the Halifax merge to form HBOS plc.
• September 11-
  • September 11 terrorist attacks: One Canada Square, the UK's tallest building, and the London Stock Exchange are evacuated following the attacks in the United States.
  • Prime Minister Tony Blair cancels a speech he was due to the TUC, and pledges to "stand shoulder to shoulder" with the United States".
• September 13- The Queen orders the Changing of the Guard ceremony to be paused for a two minute silence, followed by the playing of the American national anthem, in tribute to the victims of the Septembe 11 terrorist attacks.
• September 14- National memorial service held at St Paul's Cathedral for the victims of the Septembe 11 terrorist attacks.

[edit] October

• October 7 - The United States invades Afghanistan. Royal Navy submarines participate using Tomahawk cruise missiles.

[edit] November

[edit] December

• December 22 - British born terrorist, Richard Reid, attempts to blow up American Airlines Flight 63 going from Paris' Charles De Gaulle International Airport to Miami International Airport, using explosives hidden in his shoes.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• April 11 - Harry Secombe entertainer (born 1921)