* 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 )

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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 )

* 2001: Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett

Prior to the December 2001 merger of SCI Systems and Sanmina, Dish Network receivers were produced at factories in Huntsville, Alabama and Fountain, Colorado.

2001 marked her career's turning point with the breakout role as Elle Woods in the box office hit Legally Blonde, and in 2002 she starred in Sweet Home Alabama, which became her biggest commercial film success to date.

File: Sardis Baptist Church Union Springs Alabama. JPG | Sardis Baptist Church, located just outside of Union Springs, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 2001.

In 2001 the Lady Bulldogs basketball team won the Alabama High School Athletic Association Class 3A State Championship.

It was the worst mining disaster in the US since a 2001 disaster in Alabama killed 13 people, and the worst disaster in West Virginia since a 1968 incident that killed 78 people.

He later lived in Fairhope, Alabama, mentioned by himself as his " Home Town " during a 2001 concert.

* Chemical weapons disposal facility in Anniston, Alabama completed in 2001

The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter, Carleton, 1864, Digitized by Digital Scanning Incorporated, 2001.

Boston College was a 4 point underdog when they defeated Georgia 20 – 16 in 2001, West Virginia was a 3 point underdog when they beat Mississippi in 2000, Syracuse was a 3 point underdog when they defeated Kentucky in 1999 and Minnesota was a 1 point underdog when they beat Alabama in 2004.

Samuel " Sambo " Mockbee ( December 23, 1944 – December 30, 2001 ) was an American architect and a co-founder of the Auburn University Rural Studio program in Hale County, Alabama.

The Supreme Court's University of Alabama v. Garrett ( 2001 ) and Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents ( 2000 ) decisions allowed states to use a rational basis review for discrimination against the aged and disabled, arguing that these types of discrimination were rationally related to a legitimate state interest, and that no " razorlike precision " was needed.

The league began play as the NBDL in the 2001 – 2002 season ; the original eight franchises were all located in the southeastern United States ( specifically in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia ).

* pre-1978 to 2001: WHMA-FM (" Alabama 100 ", country )

Jennings Bryant conducted a longitudinal study of the effects of Blue's Clues at the University of Alabama in 2001, to ascertain whether or not the show's curriculum goals were achieved.

The current format for WWWQ originated in 2001 on 100. 5 FM when that frequency was reallocated from nearby Anniston, Alabama.

When the stronger WBPG ( now WFNA ) signed on from Gulf Shores, Alabama on September 2, 2001, it replaced WFGX as the area's WB affiliate.

It was begun in 1939 and held annually through 2001 at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama.

Late in 2001, the company officially its opened an Axis, Alabama mill ( in the Mobile area ), with a capacity of 1, 250, 000 tons.

In 2001, Hart was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame.

It relied principally on Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett ( 2001 ), in which the Supreme Court held that Congress had, in enacting certain provisions of the ADA, unconstitutionally abrogated the sovereign immunity of the States by letting people sue the States for discrimination on the basis of disability.

Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett, 531 U. S. 356 ( 2001 ), was a United States Supreme Court case about Congress's enforcement powers under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.

Originally from Alabama, Houck began recording and performing under this nom de plume in 2001 in Athens, Georgia.

Wallace attended the University of Alabama for one season before declaring himself eligible for the 2001 NBA Draft.