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22 December 2001 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 22 December 2001 was a Saturday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “How You Remind Me” by Nickelback.
- Top Film of 2001
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2001 was Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
- Bestselling Novel of 2001
- “Desecration” by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 2001.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “Friends” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2001–02 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 22 December is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 22 December 2001 fell in the Year of the Snake.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 22 December 2001 was First Quarter.
On this day: 22 December
- 1997 Somali Civil War: Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquishes the disputed title of President of Somalia by signing the Cairo Declaration, in Cairo, Egypt. It is the first major step towards reconciliation in Somalia since 1991.
- 2001 Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Northern Alliance, hands over power in Islamic State of Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai.
- 2001 Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
- 2008 An ash dike ruptures at a solid waste containment area for a Tennessee Valley Authority coal-fired power plant in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 4.2 million m3 (1.1 billion US gal) of coal fly ash slurry in the largest industrial spill in U.S. history.
- 2010 The repeal of the Don't ask, don't tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President Barack Obama.
Famous people born on December 22
- Ralph Fiennes, English actor (born 1962)
- Ted Cruz, Canadian-American lawyer and politician (born 1970)
- Jean-Michel Basquiat, American painter and poet (1960–1988)
- Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (1887–1920)
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Events of 2001 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2001 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 15 – Wikipedia is launched.
- March 24 – Apple Computer releases the Mac OS X next-generation operating system, with version 10.0. It goes on to be the second-most used desktop operating system with a market share of roughly 10 percent.
- May 18 – Shrek is released in theaters.
Life in the US in 2001
President
George W. Bush
Gas (per gallon)
$1.46
Loaf of Bread
$1.10
Average House
$175,200
Weekly Wage
$580
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