An example of active passenger and crew member resistance occurred when passengers and flight attendants of American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami on December 22, 2001, teamed up to help helped prevent Richard Reid from igniting explosives hidden in his shoes.

On December 6, 2001, Arthur M. Blank, the co-founder and retired co-chairman of Atlanta-based Home Depot, reached a preliminary agreement with the Falcons ’ Taylor Smith to purchase the team.

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required six months ' notice before terminating the pact — the first time in recent history that the United States has withdrawn from a major international arms treaty.

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.

The Clinton Presidential Center was opened in Little Rock, Arkansas in his honor on December 5, 2001.

On 21 December 2001, a major reorganisation of the Ground Forces produced two operational-territorial commands, formed from two former corps headquarters.

Barbara Olson ( December 27, 1955 September 11, 2001 ) was a lawyer and conservative American television commentator who worked for CNN, Fox News Channel, and several other outlets.

After the Taliban government was toppled during Operation Enduring Freedom, Rabbani returned to Kabul and served as a temporary President from November to December 20, 2001, when Hamid Karzai was chosen at the Bonn International Conference on Afghanistan.

Carolyn Ann Mayer-Beug ( December 11, 1952 – September 11, 2001 ) was a filmmaker and video producer from Santa Monica, California.

By December 2001, it was ratified by the ECMA, with ISO standardization following in April 2003.

* Spectres of Agrarian Territory by David Ludden 11 December 2001

Green filed for divorce in December 2001.

A B-1 bomber was lost on 12 December 2001 to mechanical failures just after take off from the island, but the crew survived and was rescued by the USS Russell ( DDG-59 ).

DS1's ion engines were shut down on 18 December 2001 at approximately 20: 00: 00 UTC, signaling the end of the mission.

Donald G. Tennant ( November 23, 1922 – December 8, 2001 ) was an American advertising agency executive.

* In December 2001, the United States ' National Film Preservation Foundation announced that Morris's The Thin Blue Line would be one of the 25 films selected that year for preservation in the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress, bringing the total at the time to 325.

Following the completion of a one-year stand-by program with the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) in December 2001, Ecuador successfully negotiated a new $ 205 million stand-by agreement with the IMF in March 2003.

* 2001: Alibaba. com achieved profitability in December 2001.

" The American Spectator ( December 2000 / January 2001 ).

# The Shadows of Luclin ( December 2001 )

Eric Cheney ( 5 January 1924 – 30 December 2001 ) was an independent British motorcycle designer and constructor.

It was readmitted to the Commonwealth in December 2001, following the parliamentary election held to restore democracy in September that year, and is currently suspended again after the 2006 coup.

President Daniel Moi of Kenya issued a decree against it in December 2001.

On 4 December 2001, Marike de Klerk was found stabbed and violently strangled to death in her Cape Town flat.

On December 9, 2009, it was announced that Gary Busey and girlfriend Steffanie Sampson were expecting their first child in May 2010.

* December 25 – Gary Sandy, American actor ( WKRP in Cincinnati )

* December 2 – Gary Becker, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate

Numan's new album Dead Son Rising was released on 16 September 2011 which had a full U. K tour split in two halves, 15 – 21 September and 7 – 11 December, Both parts were supported by Welsh soloist Jayce Lewis in an interview during the tour ; Gary praised the Welshman to being the best supporting act ever in his 30 years of touring, later documenting the tour in a Tour diary and publicly inviting Jayce to join him for an American tour in 2012.

Gary Stanley Becker ( born December 2, 1930 ) is an American economist.

In December 2010, the NBA purchased the Hornets from George Shinn and Gary Chouest for an estimated $ 300 million.

Romain Gary ( 2 December 1980 ) was a French diplomat, novelist, film director and World War II aviator of Litvak origin.

Gary died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on 2 December 1980 in Paris, France.

* District Judge-Judicial District 1-Judge Craig M. Mixson ( appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry to complete term of Judge Gary Gatlin who resigned effective December 31, 2011 )

* Municipal Court Judge Gary L. Willen December 31, 2013

, members of the Township Committee are Mayor Gary C. Brugger ( D, term ends December 31, 2012 ), Francis X.

, Township Committee members are Mayor Carolann Garafola ( term ends December 31, 2013 ), Deputy Mayor Victor Sordillo ( 2012 ), Gary DiNardo ( 2012 ), George Lazo ( 2014 ) and Mick Marion ( 2014 ).

* Richard Gary Colbert ( February 12, 1915 – December 2, 1973 )-four-star admiral in the United States Navy and former President of the Naval War College.

On 8 December 1975, Gary Thain was found dead in his Norwood Green home, having overdosed on heroin.

Willie Gary " Bunk " Johnson ( December 27, 1879-July 7, 1949 ) was a prominent early New Orleans jazz trumpet player in the early years of the 20th century who enjoyed a revived career in the 1940s.

* December 2-Romain Gary, writer

Gary Mark Gilmore ( December 4, 1940 – January 17, 1977 ) was an American who gained international notoriety for demanding that his own death sentence be fulfilled following two murders he committed in Utah.

Before his execution, the December 11, 1976, episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live featured guest host Candice Bergen and the cast singing a Christmas-themed medley entitled " Let's Kill Gary Gilmore For Christmas ".

The 16 January 2007 will go down as a dark day in the history of Port as it was the day that the club were deducted 3 Welsh Premier League points and fined £ 13, 500 (£ 1, 000 payable upfront with the remaining £ 12, 500 suspended until 1 January 2008 ) after the Football Association of Wales charged the club with failing to control their supporters after assistant referee Gary Ismial was racially abused by an individual during their Welsh Premier League match against Cwmbran Town on 9 December 2006.

Gary Stewart ( May 28, 1944 – December 16, 2003 ) was a country musician and songwriter known for his distinctive vibrato voice and his southern rock influenced, outlaw country sound.

In December 2006, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and top lieutenant Bill Daly facilitated a meeting between Moore's representatives and the defendants in hopes of agreeing on an out-of-court settlement.

* Gary Filmon, December 1983 – May 29, 2000 ( Premier from 1988 – 1999 )

Governor Mitt Romney declared the day of his final broadcast, December 29, 2006, " Gary LaPierre Day ".

) Ed Walsh retired after four years as morning news anchor on November 30, 2010 ; Rod Fritz then took over as interim anchor ( with Gary LaPierre guest anchoring for a week in early December ), with Joe Mathieu, formerly of Sirius XM Radio's P. O. T. U. S. channel, taking over on May 16, 2011.