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| '''2001''' (MMI) is the 1st year of the [[3rd millennium]], the 1st year of the [[21st century]], and the 2nd year of the [[2000s decade]]. | '''2001''' (MMI) is the 1st year of the [[3rd millennium]], the 1st year of the [[21st century]], and the 2nd year of the [[2000s decade]]. | ||
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2001 (MMI) is the 1st year of the 3rd millennium, the 1st year of the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2000s decade.
It was the year of September 11 attacks.
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Art and culture
- Wikipedia is launched
- start of the blogging phenomenon
- Sade / Surreal exhibition in Zürich
Music
- Nova Classics 01, Radio Nova compilation
- Underground Moderne, Radio Nova compilation
- Jazzuela, an album featuring the jazz recordings mentioned in the novel Rayuela by Argentine writer Cortazar.
- Sampled - Various Artists
Singles
- Work by Denise Belfon
- Let Me Blow Ya Mind by Eve
- Le vent nous portera by Noir Désir
- Frank Sinatra by Miss Kittin & The Hacker
- Tunnel Music by Zongamin
Film
- Mulholland Drive by David Lynch
- The Piano Teacher by Michael Haneke
- The Royal Tenenbaums by Wes Anderson
- Donnie Darko by Richard Kelly
- Sex and Lucia by Julio Médem
- Y tu mamá también by Alfonso Cuarón
- Intimacy by Patrice Chéreau
- The Center of the World by Wayne Wang
Arts
- Desire Unbound, exhibition held at the Tate Modern
- HIM (Maurizio Cattelan), a sculpture by Maurizio Cattelan
- Rivers and Tides, documentary of Andy Goldsworthy, directed by Thomas Riedelsheimer
Design
- This is a Lamp by Tobi Wong
Literature
Fiction
- Platform, a novel by Michel Houellebecq
Non-fiction
- Underground, l'histoire by Jean-François Bizot
- Reel Bad Arabs by Jack Shaheen
- Antimanuel de philosophie by Michel Onfray
Births
Deaths
- Francis Grasso (born 1948)
- Steve D'Aquisto (born 1943)
- Pierre Klossowski (born 1905)
- Balthus (born 1908)
- February 4 – Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer (b. 1922)
- May 11 – Douglas Adams, English author (b. 1952)
- June 21 – Jack Lemmon, American actor and director (b. 1925)
- June 30 – Chet Atkins, American guitarist and record producer (b. 1924)
- August 25 - Aaliyah, R&B singer and actress (b. 1979)
- September 3 – Pauline Kael, American film critic (b. 1919)
- November 10 – Ken Kesey, American author (b. 1935)
See also
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