Editing 2001 (section)

===February===
* [[February 6]] – [[2001 Israeli prime ministerial election]]: [[Ariel Sharon]] of the [[Likud]] party is elected [[Prime Minister of Israel]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sontag |first=Deborah |date=2001-02-07 |title=The Sharon Victory: The Overview; Sharon Easily Ousts Barak to Become Israel's Premier; Calls for a Reconciliation |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/07/world/sharon-victory-overview-sharon-easily-ousts-barak-become-israel-s-premier-calls.html |access-date=2022-11-20 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120215448/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/07/world/sharon-victory-overview-sharon-easily-ousts-barak-become-israel-s-premier-calls.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Eros - PIA02923 (color).jpg|thumb|upright|[[433&nbsp;Eros]]&nbsp;as seen from the&nbsp;''NEAR''&nbsp;spacecraft]]
* [[February 12]]
** The ''[[NEAR Shoemaker]]'' spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of [[433 Eros]], a [[near-Earth object]], becoming the first spacecraft to land on an [[asteroid]].<ref name=":10" />{{Rp|pages=474–475}}
** The [[Human Genome Project]] publishes the first draft of its [[human genome]] sequence.<ref name="Wade-2001">{{Cite news |last=Wade |first=Nicholas |date=2001-02-12 |title=Long-Held Beliefs Are Challenged By New Human Genome Analysis |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/12/us/long-held-beliefs-are-challenged-by-new-human-genome-analysis.html |access-date=2022-11-23 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123230753/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/12/us/long-held-beliefs-are-challenged-by-new-human-genome-analysis.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[February 13]] – A [[February 2001 El Salvador earthquake|6.6-magnitude earthquake]] hits El Salvador, killing at least 315 people.<ref name="USAID-2001" />
* [[February 16]] – [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: British and U.S. forces [[February 2001 airstrike in Iraq|carry out bombing raids]] to disable Iraq's air defense network.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2001-02-16 |title=US and British aircraft attack Iraq |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/feb/16/iraq |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=November 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120030325/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/feb/16/iraq |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[February 18]] – [[NASCAR]] driver [[Dale Earnhardt]] is [[Death of Dale Earnhardt|killed in a crash]] during the [[Daytona 500]].<ref name=":5" />{{Rp|page=316}}<ref name="Caldwell-2001" />
* [[February 19]] – The [[2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak]] begins.<ref name="Morris-2002">{{cite news |last=Morris |first=Doug |title=A farmer's negligence |work=BBC News |date=30 May 2002 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2016461.stm |access-date=22 April 2015 |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121214317/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2016461.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[February 22]] – The [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] (ICTY) sentences three Bosnian Serb soldiers to prison for [[wartime sexual violence]], recognizing it as a [[war crime]] for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-02-22 |title=Historic trial makes rape war crime |url=https://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/02/22/hague.trial.04/index.html |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=CNN |archive-date=November 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124021406/https://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/02/22/hague.trial.04/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[February 25]] – [[Sampit conflict]]: Mass ethnic violence begins in [[Sampit]], Indonesia, killing hundreds of people.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2001-02-28 |title=Witnesses Detail Slaughter Of 118 Madurese on Borneo |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/02/28/witnesses-detail-slaughter-of-118-madurese-on-borneo/bdd70e93-8a71-43a7-a103-5434324d2b08/ |access-date=2022-11-20 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>