2001

Events

 * September 11 - Islamic terrorists affiliated with Al-Qaeda hijack four planes and crash them into the Twin Towers of the World Trace Center and the Pentagon. The Twin Towers are destroyed completely and the Pentagon is partially damaged. The fourth plane was targeting either the White House or the Capitol Building, but was brought down by the passengers before it could reach its destination.
 * September 18 - Anthrax is sent to various U.S. politicians, being sent in letters containing anthrax spores; these letters were mailed to several news media offices and two Democratic U.S. Senators (Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy), killing 5 people and infecting 17 others.

Deaths

 * June 11 - Timothy McVeigh