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November 2001

From top to bottom, left to right: the September 11 attacks kill nearly 3,000 and trigger the war on terror; the War in Afghanistan begins as U.S. led forces strike al-Qaeda and the Taliban; Wikipedia launches, reshaping access to knowledge; the Enron scandal exposes corporate fraud; the 2001 Gujarat earthquake kills tens of thousands in India; Apple unveils the first iPod, revolutionizing digital music; the December 2001 riots in Argentina erupt amid economic collapse; the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak devastates agriculture; Albanian insurgents initiate a conflict in Macedonia, the last of the Yugoslav Wars.Calendar year2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2001st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 1st year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2000s decade.

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