The following events also occurred in 2001...

The nation mourns the attacks of Sept. 11.

After Sept. 11, an Anthrax scare sweeps the nation, as opening the mail becomes a frightful task.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring duke it out for box office supremacy.

Mike Myers lends his voice to the highly successful movie Shrek.

The stem cell research debate heated up.

Timmothy McVeigh was put to death six years after he was found guilty of the Oklahoma City bombing.

Legendary NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt dies in a car crash during the last lap of the Daytona 500.

R&B and movie star Aaliyah dies in a plan crash.

Actor Robert Blake is accused of murdering his wife.