Alumni would later climb up to first division winning 5 titles: 4 consecutive between 1989 and 1992, and the other in 2001.

* 2001 – Millionaire Dennis Tito becomes the world's first space tourist.

In the 2001 NFL Draft, the Falcons orchestrated a trade with the San Diego Chargers, acquiring the first overall pick ( which was used on quarterback Michael Vick ) in exchange for wide receiver / return specialist Tim Dwight and the fifth overall pick ( used on running back LaDainian Tomlinson ).

In their first five seasons of existence, the Diamondbacks won three division titles ( 1999, 2001, 2002 ) a National League pennant ( 2001 ) and a World Series championship ( 2001 ).

After taking the first two games at home against the Cubs, in the National League Division Series, they took the series to Wrigley Field, where they completed their sweep, earning their first berth in the National League Championship Series since 2001.

A History of African Americans, by John Hope Franklin, Alfred Moss, McGraw-Hill Education 2001, standard work, first edition in 1947.

* In the episode " 11: 59 " of Star Trek: Voyager's fifth season ( original air date: May 5, 1999 ), Earth's first self-contained ecosystem known as " The Millennium Gate " is referenced and described as one kilometer tall and having begun construction in 2001.

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.

The first co-ed south Asian a cappella was Anokha, from the University of Maryland, formed in 2001.

The first World Social Forum ( WSF ) in 2001 was an initiative of Oded Grajew, Chico Whitaker, and Bernard Cassen.

On December 13, 2001, George W. Bush gave Russia notice of the United States ' withdrawal from the treaty, in accordance with the clause that required six months ' notice before terminating the pact — the first time in recent history that the United States has withdrawn from a major international arms treaty.

The 2001 census was the first census in Botswana to comply with the SADC 2000 Census Project, the guidelines of which unify the demographic statistics in southern Africa.

This year marks the first post-communist government that not collapsed and served its 4-year term until 2001, thus stabilizing the political system in Bulgaria.

Former Pittsburgh Pirate manager Lloyd McClendon is jokingly referred to as having " stolen first " in a June 26, 2001 game – after disputing a call at first base, he yanked the base out of the ground and left the field with it, delaying the game.

During the Labor Day weekend in 1952, The Saddlemen were renamed Bill Haley with Haley's Comets ( inspired by a popular mispronunciation of Halley's Comet ), and in 1953, Haley's recording of " Crazy Man, Crazy " ( co-written by Haley and his bass player, Marshall Lytle although Lytle would not receive credit until 2001 ) became the first rock and roll song to hit the American charts, peaking at no. 15 on Billboard and no. 11 on Cash Box.

The first edition of 1995 contained about 10, 000 words, and the second edition of 2001 contains 20, 000 words.

The first female Blue Angel flight surgeon was LT Tamara Schnurr, as a member of the 2001 team.

The club won its first AFL Premiership by defeating Essendon 15. 18 ( 108 ) to 12. 10 ( 82 ) in the 2001 AFL Grand Final.

The first intermolecular logic gate using SWCNT FETs was made in 2001.

The Indians finished with a 96 – 66 record tied with the Red Sox for best in baseball, their seventh Central Division title in 13 years and their first post-season trip since 2001.

Grady Sizemore, who had a. 995 fielding percentage and only two errors in 405 chances, won the Gold Glove award, Cleveland's first since 2001.

* 2001 – First draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.

Therefore, in 2001, the American Law Institute proposed in a draft of the Restatement ( Third ), Torts: Liability for Physical Harm ( Basic Principles ) that proximate cause should be replaced with scope of liability.

traded the team's first overall selection in the 2001 NFL Draft to the Atlanta Falcons for the first round selection ( fifth overall ) and third-round selection in the same draft.

The Chargers used those selections in the 2001 draft to select Texas Christian University running back LaDainian Tomlinson and Purdue University quarterback Drew Brees.

The original legislation mandated that the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, known as the Access Board, establish a draft for their Final Standards for accessibility for such electronic and information technologies in December 2001.

* ILRT RDF thesaurus draft specification ( 2001 )

A rough draft of the human genome was completed by the Human Genome Project in early 2001, creating much fanfare.

Krause shocked Bulls fans on draft day in 2001 when he traded franchise player Brand to the Los Angeles Clippers for the second pick in the draft, Tyson Chandler.

The league stripped the Timberwolves of five draft picks ( first round 2001 – 05 ), but it was eventually reduced to three first round picks ( 2001, 2002, and 2004 ).

On October 2, 2000, NIST announced that Rijndael had been selected as the proposed AES and started the process of making it the official standard by publishing an announcement in the Federal Register on February 28, 2001 for the draft FIPS to solicit comments.

Canada, followed by the U. S. and Israel walked out midway through the 2001 conference over a draft resolution that, in their opinion, singled out Israel for criticism and likened Zionism to racism.

Haynie, a 2001 Mason High School graduate, was a 2005 first-round WNBA draft pick after leading Michigan State to the women's NCAA national championship game.

On August 28, 2001, a final draft of the Devolution Transfer Agreement was completed for consideration.

Tullahoma High School Alumni include former NFL QB Steve Matthews, former NFL LB Antonio London, Red Sox draft picks OF Tony Sheffield and 3B Sam Melton, 3rd Overall pick in the 2001 MLB draft Dewon Brazelton, former Giants minor leaguer Gary Phillips, former Mariners minor leaguer Marshall Nisbett, 2006 Dodgers 1st round draft pick Bryan Morris, actress Samantha Burton, star of The Sandlot 2, Don " Fast Hands " Felts, world jacks champion and Lawson Binns Jordan, " The Voice of Tullahoma.

Elections were held in late 2001 for a constituent assembly to draft a constitution, a task finished in February 2002.

In February 2001, draft results of the human genome were simultaneously published by Nature and Science with Science publishing the Celera Genomics paper and Nature publishing the publicly funded Human Genome Project.

After the season in the 2001 WNBA Draft, the Shock would draft Deanna Nolan with the # 6 pick.

In 2001, Prior re-entered the draft, and was considered by some to be the top prospect, but the Minnesota Twins, who had the top pick, were warned that Prior did not want to play for them.

He also championed the Free Trade Area of the Americas ( FTAA ), and in the period leading up to the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City in 2001, he spearheaded a campaign to allay growing public suspicion of the deal by promising the eventual release of the draft negotiating texts.

* Traded by New York to Houston Rockets as part of three-team deal on August 17, 2001 ( Dallas Mavericks received Muggsy Bogues from New York ; Houston also received draft rights to Kyle Hill and future considerations from Dallas ; New York received Shandon Anderson from Houston and Howard Eisley from Dallas ).