At A Glance

7 July 2001 at a glance

Day of the week
7 July 2001 was a Saturday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “U Remind Me” by Usher.
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 7 July is Cancer.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 7 July 2001 fell in the Year of the Snake.
Birthstone
The birthstone for July is Ruby.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 7 July 2001 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 7 July

  • 1991 Yugoslav Wars: The Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
  • 1992 The New York Court of Appeals rules that women have the same right as men to go topless in public.
  • 1997 The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War.
  • 2003 NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket.
  • 2007 The first Live Earth benefit concert was held in 11 locations around the world.

Famous people born on July 7

  • Ringo Starr, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (born 1940)
  • Hamish Linklater, American actor and playwright (born 1976)
  • Cree Summer, American-Canadian actress (born 1969)
  • Shelley Duvall, American actress, writer, and producer (1949–2024)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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.
More events of 2001 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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