A Look Back At
Born in 2001
What Was Life Like in 2001?
Who Was in Charge?
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Monarch
Elizabeth II
What Things Cost
Pint of Beer
£1.90
Loaf of Bread
74p
Petrol (per litre)
76p
Average House
£97,135
Weekly Wage
£483.00
Value of Money
£1 in 2001 would be worth approximately £1.80 in today's money.
Events of 2001 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2001 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 19 February – Foot and mouth crisis begins.
- 7 June – General Election: Labour Party attains a second successive landslide election victory. Among the new entrants to parliament is 34-year-old future Conservative prime minister David Cameron, who retains the Witney seat in Oxfordshire for the Conservative Party.
- 4 August – Oxford United move into their new 12,500-seat Kassam Stadium near the city's Blackbird Leys estate. Work on the stadium had started in 1996 but halted the following year due to the club's financial problems.
- 11 August – Southampton F.C. move into their new 32,000-seat St Mary's Stadium.
- 17 September – Gateshead Millennium Bridge opens to the public.
- 7 October – United States armed-forces invade Afghanistan. Submarines of the British Royal Navy participate using Tomahawk cruise missiles.
- 4 November – The Police Service of Northern Ireland is established, as successor to the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
- 9 November – The film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is premiered in London.
Popular Toys & Games
- Bratz Dolls
- GameCube
- Xbox
UK No. 1 on 1 January 2001
Can We Fix It?
Bob the Builder