* 1916 – Claude Shannon, American engineer and mathematician ( d. 2001 )

* 1925 – Corinne Calvet, French actress ( d. 2001 )

* 1945 – Mimi Fariña, American singer-songwriter, musician, and activist ( d. 2001 )

* 1908 – Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer ( d. 2001 )

* 1918 – Jelle Zijlstra, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands ( d. 2001 )

* 2001 – Erwadi fire incident, 28 mentally ill persons tied to chain were burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.

* 1918 – Norman Granz, American record producer ( d. 2001 )

* 2001 – Ty Simpkins, American actor

* 1911 – Eddie Futch, American boxing trainer ( d. 2001 )

* 1914 – Tove Jansson, Finnish author ( d. 2001 )

* 1942 – Tommie Agee, American baseball player ( d. 2001 )

* 1976 – Nawaf al-Hazmi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 ( d. 2001 )

* 1954 – Nico Assumpção, Brazilian bass player ( d. 2001 )

* 1972 – Hani Hanjour, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 ( d. 2001 )

54 ( June 2001 ), pp. 753 – 778

After re-establishing its credibility in 1989, Australia underlined its superiority with victories in the 1990 – 91, 1993, 1994 – 95, 1997, 1998 – 99, 2001 and 2002 – 03 series, all by convincing margins.

The wicketkeeper-batsman position was held by Ian Healy for most of the 1990s and by Adam Gilchrist from 2001 to 2006 – 07.

* 1912 – Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist ( d. 2001 )

* 1914 – Beatrice Straight, American actress ( d. 2001 )

* 1924 – Carroll O ' Connor, American actor ( d. 2001 )

* 2001 – Olivia Barclay, British astrologer ( b. 1919 )

* 2001 – Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player ( b. 1908 )

A former law student and muezzin, Ahmed bin Abdullah al-Nami ( Arabic: أحمد بن عبد الله النامي, ; also transliterated as Alnami ) < span dir =" ltr ">( December 7, 1977 – September 11, 2001 )</ span > was one of four hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93 as part of the September 11 attacks.

In March 2001, Ahmed al-Nami appeared in an al-Qaeda farewell video showing 13 of the muscle hijackers before they left their training centre in Kandahar ; while he does not speak, he is seen studying maps and flight manuals.

On September 11, 2001, Nami arrived in Newark to board United Airlines Flight 93 along with Saeed al-Ghamdi, Ahmed al-Haznawi and Ziad Jarrah.

Ahmed Ibrahim al-Haznawi (, ) ( October 11, 1980 – September 11, 2001 ) was one of four hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93 as part of the September 11 attacks.

On May 12, 2001, President Ismail Omar Guelleh presided over the signing of what is termed the final peace accord officially ending the decade-long civil war between the government and the armed faction of the FRUD, led by Ahmed Dini Ahmed, an Afar nationalist and former Gouled political ally.

Mihdhar's father-in-law, Ahmad Mohammad Ali al-Hada, helped facilitate al-Qaeda communications in Yemen, and in late 2001, Mihdhar's brother-in-law, Ahmed al-Darbi, was captured in Azerbaijan and sent to Guantanamo Bay on charges of supporting a plot to bomb ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

In March 2001, Moqed, Hani Hanjour, Hazmi and Ahmed al-Ghamdi rented a minivan and travelled to Fairfield, Connecticut.

* Mid-March 2001: Nawaf al-Hazmi, Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Majed Moqed, and Hani Hanjour stay for four days in the Fairfield Motor Inn, Fairfield, Connecticut.

Arriving in the U. S. on June 27, 2001 with Fayez Banihammad, Saeed shared an apartment with Ahmed al-Nami in Delray Beach, Florida.

One of them, Ahmed al-Nami, arrived in Miami, Florida, on May 28, 2001, on a six-month tourist visa with United Airlines Flight 175 hijackers Hamza al-Ghamdi and Mohand al-Shehri.

On the morning of September 11, 2001, Jarrah, Saeed al-Ghamdi, Ahmed al-Nami and Ahmed al-Haznawi boarded United Airlines Flight 93 in Newark International Airport at gate A17 without incident, and sat in a first-class seat near the cockpit.

* June 30 – Ahmed Sofa, Bangladeshi writer ( d. 2001 )

He is a member of the Jerky Boys ; a prank call duo with Kamal Ahmed from 1989 to 2001, and restarted by Brennan in 2006.

On September 16, 2001, the diplomat Ahmed Alshehri denied that he was the father of the two hijackers.

Though relatively peaceful, the region briefly experienced political unrest in 2001 when then President of Puntland, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, one of the founding fathers of the Puntland State and its first president, wanted his term extended.

Professor Ahmed Ali's: Al-Qur ' an: A Contemporary Translation ( Akrash Publishing, Karachi, 1984, Reprinted by Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1987 ; Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 1988, with 9th reprinting 2001 ), brought new light to the translations of the Qur ' an with Dr. Fazlur Rehman of the University of Chicago saying: " It brings out the original rhythms of the Qur ' anic language and the cadences.

While in jail in 2001 he married his second wife, Fatema Saira Rehman, a Bangladeshi-born divorcée who inspired him to convert to Islam and take the name of Charles Ali Ahmed.

* Ahmed al-Nami ( 1977 – 2001 ), Saudi hijacker of United Airlines Flight 93

Fayez Rashid Ahmed Hassan al-Qadi Banihammad (, ) ( March 19, 1977 – September 11, 2001 ) was one of five hijackers aboard United Airlines Flight 175 as part of the September 11 attacks.

On September 9, 2001 Adel was approached by Feroz Ali Abbasi who said he was so impressed by the killing of Ahmed Shah Massoud that he wanted to volunteer for something similar.

The Sabri Brothers originally consisted of Ghulam Farid Sabri ( b. 1930 in Kalyana, East Punjab – d. April 5, 1994 in Karachi ; lead vocals, harmonium ), Maqbool Ahmed Sabri ( b. October 12, 1945 in Kalyana – d. September 21, 2011 in South Africa ; lead vocals, harmonium ), Kamal Sabri ( d. 2001 ; vocals, swarmandal ), Mehmood Ghaznavi Sabri ( b. 1949 in Karachi ; vocals, bongo drums, tambourine ), Fazal Islam ( chorus ), Azmat Farid Sabri ( chorus ), Sarwat Farid Sabri ( chorus ), Javed Kamal Sabri ( chorus ), Umer Daraz ( chorus ), Abdul Aziz ( chorus ), Masihuddin ( chorus, tanpura ), Abdul Karim ( dholak ), and Mohammed Anwar ( nal, tabla ).

* Ahmed al-Ghamdi ( 1979 – 2001 ), Saudi hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175