| World Series Champions: |
Arizona Diamondbacks |
| Superbowl XXXV Champions: |
Baltimore Ravens |
| NBA Champions: |
Los Angeles Lakers |
| Stanley Cup Champs: |
Colorado Avalanche |
| U.S. Open Golf |
Retief Goosen |
| U.S. Tennis: (Men/Ladies) |
Lleyton Hewitt/Venus Williams |
| Wimbledon (Men/Women): |
Goran Ivanisevic/Venus Williams |
| NCAA Football Champions: |
Miami |
| NCAA Basketball Champions: |
Duke |
| Kentucky Derby: |
Monarchos |
| Sports Highlights: |
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| The Hotties and Fashion Icons: |
Gisele Bündchen |
| The Heartthrob(s): |
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| "The Quote" |
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| Time Magazine's Person of the Year |
Rudolph Giuliani |
| Miss America: |
Angela Perez BaBaraquio (Honolulu, HI) |
| Miss USA: |
Kandace Krueger (Texas) |
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War On Terror:
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Number of Deaths on the 9/11
attack:
American Airlines Flight 11 (hit the North Tower,
NYC)
-87 passengers and crew, 5 hijackers
United Airlines Flight 175 (hit the South Tower,
NYC)
-60 passengers and crew, 5 hijackers
Total World Trade Center
- 2,606 people
1366+ in North Tower
618+ in South Tower
18 was the guesstimate pedestrians killed on the street
below
411 emergency workers were killed:
341 firefighters, 60 police officers, 10 paramedics
& EMTs
United Airlines Flight 90 (Crashed near Shanksville,
PA)
-40 passengers and crew, 4 hijackers
American Airlines Flight 77 (hit the Pentagon)
-59 passengers and crew, 5 hijackers
The Pentagon
-125 employees
Clear Channel banned
many rock and pop songs after the attack.
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| The Scandals:
Angelina Jolie gave a passionate open-mouth kiss
to her brother, James, which made many people almost
forget Bjork's goose dress.
Enron's accounting scandal cost investors something
close to $60 Billion, and their accounting firm, Arthur
Anderson, went out of business
Gary Condit, a Democrat California congressman, had
an affair with his intern, Chandra Levy, which was
alleged may have also led to her murder. It didn't
- Ingmar Guandique, a Salvadoran immigrant had killed
her.
Fake picture from camera supposedly found in World
Trade Center debris.
Nascar Driver Death:
Dale Earnhart
Airplane Celebrity Death:
Aaliyah
Splitsville:
Julia Roberts and Benjaman Bratt
Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise
Enron, due to financial misdeeds
Arthur Anderson Accounting, due to covering up Enron's
financial misdeeds
Renee Zellweger was in the bathroom when Hugh Grant
called her up for her Golden Globe Award.
Millions watched Britney Spears dance with a python at the MTV's Music Video Awards
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| Nerd News: |
Barry Bonds hit 73 Home Runs*.
* steroid use was allegedly involved
Cost of a Superbowl ad in 2001: $2,100,000
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| The Habits: |
iPod was released October, 2001.
The X-Box came out in November, 2001.
...Everybody else was watching SpongeBob Squarepants
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| 1st appearances & 2001's Most Popular
Christmas gifts, toys and presents: |
iPod, Harry Potter, K'NEX BattleTech/MechWarrior,
Bob the Builder toys |
| The Bomb (Film): |
Glitter starring Mariah Carey |
| Best Film Oscar Winner: |
A Beautiful Mind |
| The Big Movies: |
1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
3. Shrek
4. Monster's Inc
5. Rush Hour 2
6. The Mummy Returns
7. Pearl Harbor
8. Ocean's Eleven
9. Jurassic Park III
10. Planet of the Apes |
2001 Billboard
Number One Songs |
November 18, 2000 - February 2, 2001:
Independent Women - Destiny's Child
February 3 - February 16:
It Wasn't Me - Shaggy featuring Ricardo "RikRok"
Ducent
February 17 - February 23:
Ms. Jackson - OutKast
February 24 - March 23:
Stutter - Joe
March 24 - April 6:
Butterfly - Crazy Town
April 7 - April 13:
Angel - Shaggy featuring Rayvon
April 14 - July 1:
All For You - Janet Jackson
June 2 - July 6:
Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera / Lil' Kim / Mya
/ Pink
July 7 - August 3:
U Remind Me - Usher
August 4 - August 17:
Bootylicious - Destiny's Child
August 18 - September 28:
Fallin' - Alicia Keys
September 29 - November 2:
I'm Real - Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule
November 3 - December 14:
Family Affair - Mary J. Blige
December 15, 2001 - January 25, 2002:
U Got It Bad - Usher
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