December 21st, 2001.

What happened on this date?

Notable events that occurred on December 21st, 2001.

• A Beautiful Mind (2001), starring Russell Crowe, is released in movie theaters.

Top songs.

These songs were on top of the music charts in the United States and the United Kingdom on December 21st, 2001.

• United States: How You Remind Me - Nickelback
• United Kingdom: Something Stupid - Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman

Take me back to December 21st, 2001!

Let's take a walk down memory lane.

The date is December 21st, 2001, and it's a Friday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Sagittarius. Currently, people have "that Friday feeling" and are looking forward to the weekend.

Christmas Day of 2001 is fast approaching and the excitement is building. Department stores are thronged with Christmas shoppers. In America, the song How You Remind Me by Nickelback is on top of the singles charts. Over in the UK, Something Stupid by Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman is the number one hit song.

George W. Bush Jnr. is currently the President of the United States, and the movie Vanilla Sky is at the top of the Box Office. In the United Kingdom, Tony Blair is the current Prime Minister. A relatively new form of communication called "text messaging" is continuing to explode in popularity. Although the technology has been around since the mid-1990s, it was only recently that cell providers started to allow users to send SMS messages to people on different networks.

In technology news, more and more music companies are beginning to release MP3 players. The new MP3 format means that music listeners are able to listen to multiple albums on the go. Meanwhile, the Nokia 3310 is one of the most popular cell phones on the market at the moment. Stores across the world are currently selling a wide range of custom covers for the phone. It's 2001, so the music charts are being dominated by the likes of Christina Aguilera, Janet Jackson, OutKast, Crazy Town, Destiny's Child, Usher, Alicia Keys, Blu Cantrell and Jennifer Lopez.

If you were to travel back to this day, notable figures such as Left Eye, The British Bulldog, John Gotti and Jam Master Jay would all be still alive. On TV, people are watching popular shows such as "ER", "Stargate SG-1", "The Royle Family" and "Home Movies". Meanwhile, gamers are playing titles such as "Colin McRae Rally 2.0", "WWF No Mercy", "Silent Hill 2" and "WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It".

Kids and teenagers are watching TV shows such as "CatDog", "That '70s Show", "My Wife and Kids" and "The Fairly OddParents". If you're a kid or a teenager, then you're probably playing with toys such as Finger skateboards, Razor (scooter), the PlayStation 2 and the Game Boy Advance.

News topics, fads & culture.

These are trending news stories and fads that were prevalent at this time. These are topics that would have been in the media on December 21st, 2001.

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  Winona Ryder is arrested for shoplifting.

  On December 12th, 2001, actress Winona Ryder was arrested for shoplifting at a Saks Fifth Avenue department store in California.

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  The PlayStation 2 & the Xbox.

  The PlayStation 2 and the original Xbox were competing with one another during this time.

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  The iPod.

  Apple's iPod music player was released on October 23rd, 2001.

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  Grand Theft Auto III.

  Grand Theft Auto III was released on October 22nd, 2001. The story followed a character called Claude in Liberty City.

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  Nokia games such as Bounce.

  During this period, you might have been playing simple mobile games such as Nokia's "Bounce", which was first released in July of 2001.

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  U2 - "Walk On"

  "Walk On" by U2 went on to win a Grammy for 2001's Record of the Year.

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  2001 in music.

  Popular music artists in 2001 included Lenny Kravitz, Jennifer Lopez, Shaggy, Janet Jackson, Destiny's Child, Lifehouse, Nelly, Eve, Blu Cantrell, Usher, Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige, Ginuwine and Nickelback.

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  The highest paid celebrities in 2001.

  According to Forbes, the highest paid celebrities in 2001 were Tom Cruise, Tiger Woods, The Beatles, Britney Spears, Bruce Willis, Michael Jordan, The Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Oprah Winfrey and Mel Gibson.

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  Who were the best NBA players in 2001?

  In 2001, the best NBA players were Allen Iverson, Shaquille O'Neal, Chris Webber, Tim Duncan, Jason Kidd, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Vince Carter, Dikembe Mutombo, Tracy McGrady, Karl Malone, Dirk Nowitzki, David Robinson, Gary Payton and Ray Allen.

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  Time Person of the Year 2001.

  New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani was listed as the Time Person of the Year for 2001.

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  MSN Messenger.

  During this period of time, a lot of people were using MSN Messenger to chat with their friends online.

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  2001 in movies.

  Movies released in 2001 included Shrek, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Monsters, Inc., Ocean's Eleven, Pearl Harbor, The Mummy Returns, Jurassic Park III, Planet of the Apes, Hannibal, Moulin Rouge!, Spy Kids, The Fast and the Furious and The Others.

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  Who were the best football players in 2001?

  In 2001, the best soccer players were Michael Owen, Raúl, Oliver Kahn, David Beckham, Francesco Totti, Luís Figo, Rivaldo, Andriy Shevchenko, Thierry Henry and Zinedine Zidane.

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  A Beautiful Mind.

  "A Beautiful Mind" won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2001.

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  Nokia 3310.

  Throughout this period of time, the Nokia 3310 would have been one of the most popular cell phones on the market. The phone included a game called "Snake" and it allowed people to customize its cover.

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  VCRs are being phased out.

  During this period, people were still using VCRs to play movies. However, more and more households were beginning to replace them with DVD players.

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  Jennifer Lopez.

  American singer Jennifer Loper (aka J. Lo) topped the FHM sexiest woman list in both 2000 and 2001.

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  DVDs begin to replace VCR tapes.

  In the first half of the 2000s, DVDs started to replace the older VCR tapes. As a result, people no longer had to rewind their tapes before bringing them back to the rental store.

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  Wallpaper is quickly dying off.

  During the early noughties, wallpaper was quickly disappearing from people's homes. By this stage, minimalist interior design trends were in vogue and many people had already made the switchover to using paint.

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  MP3 players become a thing.

  In the early "naughties", more and more MP3 players started to arrive on the market. This included the likes of the Samsung YEPP, the Creative NOMAD Jukebox and the Apple iPod. Although most of us did not know it at the time, the MP3 marked the beginning of the end for the CD format and in turn, the music stores that sold them.

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  Text messaging is exploding in popularity.

  Between 1999 and 2001, the act of "text messaging" continued to explode in popularity. This was due to the fact that more and more people were buying cellphones and providers were starting to allow users to send SMS messages to their contacts on different networks.

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  The Game Boy Color.

  During this time, the Game Boy Color was the go-to handheld device for gamers. Popular games included Wario Land 3, Donkey Kong Country and the various Pokémon releases.

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  Floppy disks are being phased out.

  In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the floppy disk was phased out. The emergence of the CD-RW and faster Internet speeds made the diskette redundant.

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  Landline phones are still popular... for now.

  During this period, landline phones were still popular. However, they would soon start to decline due to the rise of mobile phones.

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  CD folders.

  During the late 1990s and early 2000s, many people used CD folders to store their music collections. Disc towers were also popular for albums and things such as PlayStation games.

Basic facts.

Basic facts and information about this date.

• 20 years, 6 months and 12 days have passed since December 21st, 2001.
• Week Number: This date occurred during Week 51 of 2001.
• Leap Year: 2001 was not a leap year.
• Age: A person born on December 21st, 2001 will be 20 years old.
• Generation: People born in 2001 belong to the Generation Z generation.
• Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 1008892800.

Around this time.

News stories and other events that happened around December 21st, 2001.

• November 28th, 2001: American energy company Enron has its credit rating downgraded to "junk status".
• November 29th, 2001: Beatles member George Harrison passes away.
• November 30th, 2001: Wrestling: Chyna leaves the WWF.
• November 30th, 2001: Serial killer Gary Ridgway (The Green River Killer) is arrested after one of the longest running homicide investigations in US history.
• December 2nd, 2001: American energy company Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
• December 3rd, 2001: English singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor releases her single "Murder on the Dancefloor".
• December 6th, 2001: New Zealand yachtsman Peter Blake is shot and killed by pirates.
• December 7th, 2001: The film "Ocean's Eleven" is released in movie theaters.
• December 8th, 2001: The bodies of 8 refugees are found in a container in the ferry port of Rosslare, Wexford, Ireland.
• December 10th, 2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) is released.
• December 10th, 2001: German group Scooter release their single "The Logical Song".
• December 12th, 2001: Actress Winona Ryder is arrested on shoplifting charges in Beverly Hills, California.
• December 14th, 2001: Not Another Teen Movie (2001) is released.
• December 14th, 2001: Vanilla Sky (2001) is released.
• December 16th, 2001: Newspapers report that US forces in Afghanistan are closing in on Osama bin Laden at the Tora Bora mountain range and that they've heard his voice over short-range radio.
• December 17th, 2001: Afghanistan Invasion: The Battle of Tora Bora comes to an end after US forces capture the last cave complex.
• December 17th, 2001: US intelligence officials admit that they have lost track of Osama bin Laden.
• December 18th, 2001: Usher releases his single "U Got It Bad".
• December 18th, 2001: English striker Michael Owen is awarded the 2001 Ballon d'Or.
• December 18th, 2001: Rapper Nas releases his album "Stillmatic".
• December 19th, 2001: Argentinazo: Riots erupt in Buenos Aires and Rosario in Argentina due to an economic and political crisis.
• This date: December 21st, 2001
• December 22nd, 2001: "The Shoe Bomber" Richard Reid attempts to detonate a shoe bomb on a flight between Paris and Miami.
• December 26th, 2001: Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards are engaged.
• January 1st, 2002: The Euro currency is introduced in Ireland, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Finland, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
• January 1st, 2002: The last cull of the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak takes place.
• January 4th, 2002: NBA star Michael Jordan and Juanita Vanoy file for divorce.
• January 5th, 2002: Westlife singer Brian McFadden and Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona are married.
• January 7th, 2002: Drummer Jon Lee commits suicide at his home in Miami, Florida.
• January 7th, 2002: Jennifer Lopez releases her single "Ain't It Funny", featuring Ja Rule.
• January 9th, 2002: New Mexico crime: Diazien Hossencofft pleads guilty to the murder of his wife Girly Chew Hossencofft.
• January 11th, 2002: The Guantanamo Bay detention camp takes in its first detainees.
• January 13th, 2002: NFL coach Marty Schottenheimer is fired by the Washington Redskins after one season in charge.
• January 14th, 2002: The United Kingdom declares that it is now free of foot-and-mouth disease.
• January 18th, 2002: Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down (2001) is released in movie theaters.
• January 18th, 2002: The Sierra Leone Civil War comes to an end.

Horoscope, birthstone and birth flower information.

Zodiac and birthstone information.

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• Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on December 21st, 2001, will have the star sign Sagittarius.
• Zodiac Element: Fire.
• Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 2001 was the year of the Snake (Yin Earth).
• The Life Path Number for this date is 9.
• Native American Zodiac: December 21st, 2001 falls under the Owl.
• Birthstone: Anyone born during the month of December will have the birthstones Tanzanite, Zircon and Turquoise.
• Birth flower (December): The Narcissus and the Holly.

Personality traits.

Check out our personality summary for people who were born on December 21st, 2001.

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Photos of early 2000s fashion.

Photographs of early 2000s fashion and hairstyles.

Cars in 2001.

2001 saw the introduction of cars such as the Volkswagen Polo Mk4, the Buick Sail, the Honda Fit, the BMW 7 Series (E65), the Toyota Camry (XV30) and the Chevrolet Trailblazer.

Were you born on this date?

If you were born on this date, then it is unlikely that you will remember anything from the year 2001.

This is because humans find it difficult to retrieve memories from their early childhood.

If you are looking for some childhood nostalgia, then you should check out December 21st, 2007 instead.

Weather on December 21st, 2001.

Historical weather information for December 21st, 2001.

• Dublin, Ireland: It was 7.9 degrees Celsius. It rained a bit (mist or a shower or two). It was a windy day. It was a cloudy day.
• New York, USA: Temperature: 32.0 degrees Fahrenheit. 0 degrees Celsius. Precipitation: 0cm.
• London, England: Temperature: 4.33 degrees Celsius. Snow was reported. Rain fell. Precipitation: 0.76cm.

Conception dates.

Conception estimates for this date.

Warning! These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

• A baby that was born on December 21st, 2001 was most likely conceived around March 30th, 2001.
• The due date for a baby that was conceived on December 21st, 2001 is close to September 13th, 2002.

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Time difference & statistics.

Here are some fun statistics about December 21st, 2001.

• A total of 7,499 days have passed since this date.
• 1,071 weeks have passed.
• 647,910,000 seconds have passed since the December 21st, 2001.
• If you were born on this day, your heart has beated approximately 755,895,000 times.
• Since December 21st, 2001, the Earth has travelled approximately 334,321,560,000 miles through space.
• If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 107,985,000 times.
• If you were born on this day, you have taken approximately 55,720,260 steps. That's about 24,765 miles!
• Since this date, 7,774,920 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere!

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