* 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 )

In 2001, it achieved high rankings in the annual Maclean's University Rankings, including Best Overall for Primarily Undergraduate University in their opinion survey, and it received the Canadian Information Productivity Award in 1997 as it was praised as the first university in Canada to fully utilize information technology in the undergraduate curriculum.

Charles played the emotionally disturbed and violent prisoner, Eugene Buffy, in the high successful Lynda La Plante drama series The Governor ( 1995 ); the title role in the Channel 4 pirate sitcom Captain Butler ( 1997 ); the warden of a women's prison in the Canadian sci-fi fantasy Lexx ( 2001 ); Detective Chief Inspector Mercer in 7 episodes of the BBC soap opera Doctors ( 2003 ); and soccer agent, Joel Brooks, in the Sky TV football soap Dream Team ( 2004-5 ).

Barrymore married Canadian comedian Tom Green in July 2001.

* 1913 – Roger Gaudry, French Canadian chemist, businessman and corporate director ( d. 2001 )

The Detroit River was designated as an American Heritage River in 1998 and a Canadian Heritage River in 2001 — the only river to have dual designations.

As of 2001, some 10 mining companies ( including Canadian and South African firms ) had obtained licenses to prospect for different minerals in Eritrea.

* 1915 – Denis Whitaker, Canadian soldier, businessman and author ( d. 2001 )

* 1910 – Robert Fletcher Shaw, Canadian businessman, academic and civil servant ( d. 2001 )

Garnet Edward " Ace " Bailey ( June 13, 1948 – September 11, 2001 ) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and scout who was a member of Stanley Cup and Memorial Cup winning teams.

* 2001 – Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian writer ( b. 1923 )

* 1948 – Garnet Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and executive ( d. 2001 )

* 2001 – Mordecai Richler, Canadian author ( b. 1931 )

* 1924 – Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and museum curator ( d. 2001 )

* 1931 – Mordecai Richler, Canadian author, screenwriter and essayist ( d. 2001 )

* Mullet Fever, the fifth album by Canadian grindcore band Fuck the Facts originally released in 2001

* 1915 – Malak Karsh, Canadian photographer ( d. 2001 )

* 1935 – Al Waxman, Canadian actor ( d. 2001 )

* 1934 – Yvonne Dionne, Canadian quintuplet ( d. 2001 )

* 2001 – Norma MacMillan, Canadian actress ( b. 1921 )

* 2001 – Aryana Engineer, Canadian actress

* 1931 – Georges Dor, Canadian author, playwright, singer-songwriter ( d. 2001 )

* 2001 – Robert Fletcher Shaw, Canadian civil servant, deputy commissioner general of the Expo 67 ( b. 1910 )

* 1923 – Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian author ( d. 2001 )

In 2001, the Vancouver Grizzlies relocated to Memphis, which left the Raptors as the only Canadian team in the NBA.