World Changing Event: September 11 terrorist attack in New York City
The Top Song was All For You by Janet Jackson
The Movies to Watch include Shrek, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Monsters Inc, Legally Blonde and Ocean’s 11
The Most Famous Fictional Person in America was probably Harry Potter
The Most Famous Real Person in America was probably Angelina Jolie
The 21st century didn’t begin on January 1st, 2000. It actually began on January 1st, 2001. This is because the first year of a century is the year 01, never 00.
Price of Playstation 2: $299.97
Game Boy Advance: $89.97
iPod (1st Generation): $399.00
The Funny Late Night Host: Jay Leno
The Controversial Funny Guy: Gilbert Gottfried
The Longest English Sentence Written: The longest sentence in a book is believed to appear in the 2001 novel The Rotters’ Club by Jonathan Coe which consisted of 13,955 words.
Creepypasta: Although short, horror-themed stories have been told forever, the first Creepypasta story was Ted the Caver on an Angelfire website.
Barry Bonds hit 73 Home Runs*. * steroid use was allegedly involved
Pizza Hut Delivered a Pizza to the International Space Station. It cost over a million dollars.
Cost of a Super Bowl ad in 2001: $2,100,000
iPod was released in October 2001.
The X-Box came out in November 2001.
…Everybody else was watching SpongeBob Squarepants
December 15, 2001 - U Got It Bad – Usher
World Series Champions: Arizona Diamondbacks
Super Bowl XXXV Champions: Baltimore Ravens
NBA Champions: Los Angeles Lakers
Stanley Cup Champs: Colorado Avalanche
U.S. Open Golf Retief Goosen
U.S. Tennis: (Men/Ladies) Lleyton Hewitt/Venus Williams
Wimbledon (Men/Women): Goran Ivanisevic/Venus Williams
NCAA Football Champions: Miami
NCAA Basketball Champions: Duke
Kentucky Derby: Monarchos