Editing 2001 (section)

===September===
* [[September 7]] – [[2001 Jos riots]]: Clashes between Christian and Muslim rioters begin in [[Jos]], Nigeria. The conflict will continue until September 17, during which time hundreds of people will be killed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Minchakpu |first=Obed |title=Religious Riots in Nigeria Leave Hundreds Dead |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/octoberweb-only/10-1-23.0.html |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=ChristianityToday.com |date=October 2001 |language=en |archive-date=November 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123230757/https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/octoberweb-only/10-1-23.0.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[September 9]] – A suicide bomber kills [[Ahmad Shah Massoud]], military commander of the Afghan [[Northern Alliance]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-09 |title=Death of an Afghan icon: 20 years since the assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud |url=https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20210909-death-of-an-afghan-icon-20-years-since-the-assassination-of-ahmad-shah-massoud |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=France 24 |archive-date=February 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221041019/https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20210909-death-of-an-afghan-icon-20-years-since-the-assassination-of-ahmad-shah-massoud |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:National Park Service 9-11 Statue of Liberty and WTC fire.jpg|thumb|The&nbsp;[[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]]&nbsp;and the&nbsp;[[Statue of Liberty]] during the [[September 11 attacks]] in New York City]]
* [[September 11]] – Approximately 2,977 victims are killed or fatally injured in the [[September 11 attacks]] after two [[Boeing 767]]s,<ref name=typeofplane>{{cite web | url=https://therideronline.com/top-story/2024/09/remembering-911/ | title=Remembering 9/11 }}</ref> [[American Airlines Flight 11]] and [[United Airlines Flight 175]], are hijacked and crashed into the Twin Towers of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]]. Two [[Boeing 757]]s,<ref name="typeofplane" /> [[American Airlines Flight 77]] and [[United Airlines Flight 93]], are also hijacked. [[Flight 77]] crashes into [[the Pentagon]] and [[Flight 93]] crashes into grassland in [[Shanksville, Pennsylvania]] as a result of passengers fighting to regain control of the airplane. The Twin Towers [[Collapse of the World Trade Center|collapse]] as a result of the burning jet fuel from the crashes.<ref name="Anderson2003">{{cite book|author=Dale Anderson|title=The Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=97g_zXNWidQC|date=July 2003|publisher=World Almanac Library|isbn=978-0-8368-5380-3|access-date=August 9, 2021|archive-date=December 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207101229/https://books.google.com/books?id=97g_zXNWidQC|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 17]] – [[George W. Bush]], [[president of the United States]], delivers [[remarks at the Islamic Center of Washington]] praising Muslim Americans and condemning [[Islamophobia in the United States|Islamophobia]] in the [[aftermath of the September 11 attacks]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Beauchamp |first=Zack |date=September 22, 2015 |title=Today's GOP Should Take Lessons on Islam from George W. Bush |url=https://www.vox.com/2015/9/22/9371313/republicans-islam-bush |work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]}}</ref>
* [[September 18]] – The [[2001 anthrax attacks]] begin in the United States, which cause five fatalities and 17 other infections.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=2011-02-15 |title=Timeline: How The Anthrax Terror Unfolded |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2011/02/15/93170200/timeline-how-the-anthrax-terror-unfolded |access-date=2022-11-20 |archive-date=December 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226203612/http://www.npr.org/2011/02/15/93170200/timeline-how-the-anthrax-terror-unfolded |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[September 19]] – Palestinian leader [[Yasser Arafat]] forbids Palestinian soldiers from firing on Israeli forces, even in self-defence. Israel agrees to a ceasefire.<ref name="CNN-2001f">{{Cite web |date=September 19, 2001 |title=Both sides order cease-fires in Mideast |url=https://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/09/18/arafat.cease/index.html |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=CNN |archive-date=November 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124072723/https://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/09/18/arafat.cease/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[September 20]] – In an [[George W. Bush, September 20, 2001 speech|address]] to a joint session of [[United States Congress|Congress]], U.S. President George W. Bush declares a [[war on terror]], officially the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT).<ref name="Hoffman-2021">{{cite web|url=https://institute.global/policy/war-terror-20-years-crossroads-or-cul-de-sac|title=The War on Terror 20 Years on: Crossroads or Cul-De-Sac?|date=March 18, 2021|website=Tony Blair Institute for global Change|author=Bruce Hoffman|access-date=August 9, 2021|archive-date=August 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809074921/https://institute.global/policy/war-terror-20-years-crossroads-or-cul-de-sac|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 22]] – American spacecraft ''[[Deep Space 1]]'' flies within {{convert|2200|km}} of [[19P/Borrelly|Comet Borrelly]].<ref name="NASA-DS1-2001">{{Cite web |title=Deep Space 1 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1998-061A |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=[[NASA]] |archive-date=May 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505130029/http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1998-061A |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[September 27]] – [[Zug massacre]]: In [[Zug]], Switzerland, a gunman shoots 32 people, killing 14 [[members of parliament]] and then himself.<ref>{{cite news |date=27 September 2001 |title=Gunman kills 14 in Swiss assembly |publisher=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1566321.stm |access-date=2022-11-20 |archive-date=January 6, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106093902/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1566321.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>