Editing 2001 (section)

===January===
* [[January 1]] – Greece becomes the 12th country to join the [[Eurozone]].<ref name="The Guardian-2001c">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2001-01-01 |title=Greece joins euro |url=http://www.theguardian.com/business/2001/jan/01/emu.theeuro |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=November 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120215445/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2001/jan/01/emu.theeuro |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 7]] – Ghana undergoes its first peaceful transfer of power since 1979 when [[John Kufuor]] is sworn in as [[President of Ghana]].<ref name="auto19"/>
* [[January 9]] – [[Apple Inc.]] launches [[iTunes]], a software program that acts as a [[Media player (software)|media player]] and media library.<ref name="Apple Newsroom">{{Cite web |title=Apple Introduces iTunes — World's Best and Easiest To Use Jukebox Software |url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2001/01/09Apple-Introduces-iTunes-Worlds-Best-and-Easiest-To-Use-Jukebox-Software/ |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=Apple Newsroom |language=en-US |archive-date=June 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604220521/https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2001/01/09Apple-Introduces-iTunes-Worlds-Best-and-Easiest-To-Use-Jukebox-Software/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 13]] – A [[January 2001 El Salvador earthquake|7.6-magnitude earthquake]] hits El Salvador, killing at least 944 people and causing massive landslides, which leaves thousands of those affected homeless.<ref name="proteccioncivil" /><ref name="USAID-2001">{{Cite web |title=El Salvador - Earthquakes Final Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year (FY) 2001 - El Salvador |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/el-salvador/el-salvador-earthquakes-final-fact-sheet-fiscal-year-fy-2001 |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=ReliefWeb |date=September 7, 2001 |publisher=United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |language=en |archive-date=November 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120030336/https://reliefweb.int/report/el-salvador/el-salvador-earthquakes-final-fact-sheet-fiscal-year-fy-2001 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 15]] – [[Wikipedia]], which became the world's largest encyclopedia, is launched.
* [[January 16]]
** [[Assassination of Laurent-Désiré Kabila]]: The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is shot in his office during the [[Second Congo War]] and rushed to [[Harare]] in Zimbabwe for medical treatment; his death will be announced two days later. He is succeeded by his son, [[Joseph Kabila]].<ref name=":3"/>{{Rp|page=29}}
** The final documented case of the 2000–2001 Uganda [[ebola]] outbreak is diagnosed.<ref name="auto13"/>
* [[January 20]]
** Impeachment proceedings against Philippine President [[Joseph Estrada]] end prematurely as he is peacefully overthrown in the [[Second EDSA Revolution]]. Vice President [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]] succeeds him as president.<ref name="Paddock-2001">{{Cite web |last=Paddock |first=Richard C. |date=2001-01-20 |title=Estrada Quits; New Philippine Leader Installed |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jan-20-mn-14778-story.html |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=November 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120030332/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jan-20-mn-14778-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 21]]
** [[Taba Summit]]: Talks between Israel and the [[Palestinian National Authority]] begin in Egypt.<ref>{{cite book|title=Japanese Colleges and Universities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oXrYAAAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Maruzen Company|isbn=978-4-621-03357-9|page=88|access-date=July 4, 2020|archive-date=December 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207101227/https://books.google.com/books?id=oXrYAAAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Pope John Paul II]] names 37 cardinals in one day for a total of 128.<ref name=":10" />{{Rp|page=469}}
* [[January 22]] – The [[2001 insurgency in Macedonia]] begins when a police station is shelled by the [[National Liberation Army (Macedonia)|National Liberation Army]] in [[Tearce]], near the border with Kosovo.<ref name="Marusic-2021"/>
* [[January 23]] – [[Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident|A self-immolation incident]] takes place in [[Tiananmen Square]] in central [[Beijing]], China. Five members of the [[Falun Gong]] are alleged to have set themselves on fire, but details surrounding the incident are disputed by Falun Gong sources.<ref name="auto18">{{cite news |author= |date=24 January 2001 |title=Tiananmen tense after fiery protests |publisher=CNN |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/01/24/asia.falun.03/ |access-date=9 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070222110517/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/01/24/asia.falun.03/ |archive-date=22 February 2007}}</ref>
* [[January 26]] – A 7.7 {{M|w|link=y}} [[2001 Gujarat earthquake|Gujarat earthquake]] shakes [[Western India]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of X (''Extreme''), leaving thousands of people dead and more than 166,000 others injured.<ref name="ASC-2001">{{Cite web |title=M7.7 Bhuj " Republic Day " Earthquake, 2001 |url=http://asc-india.org/lib/20010126-kachchh.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200051/http://asc-india.org/lib/20010126-kachchh.htm |archive-date=27 September 2007 |access-date=18 November 2006}}</ref>
* [[January 29]] – Corruption scandals surrounding Indonesian President [[Abdurrahman Wahid]] prompt thousands of protesters to storm the Indonesian [[MPR/DPR/DPD building|parliament building]].<ref name="the Guardian-2001a">{{Cite web |date=2001-01-29 |title=Clashes as 10,000 besiege Indonesian parliament |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/jan/29/indonesia |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=November 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120215443/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/jan/29/indonesia |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 31]] – [[2001 Japan Airlines mid-air incident]]: Japan Airlines Flight 907 and Flight 958 almost collided with each other in [[Yaizu]], Shizuoka, [[Japan]]. Flight 907 safely landed at Narita Airport and Flight 958 continued to Naha Airport. 100 people were injured.<ref>{{cite web|title=On this Day in Japan: JAL's Near Miss Collision Above Suruga Bay|date=January 30, 2021 |url=https://www.tokyoweekender.com/japan-life/news-and-opinion/day-japan-jals-near-miss-colision/}}</ref>