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Movie history events from 2001
A comet strikes the Earth and small alien critters evolve from it. (Evolution)
PC Nicholas Angel joins the SO19 Armed Response Unit. (Hot Fuzz)
Publisher Clarissa Vaughn plans an award party for her author friend who's dying of AIDS. (New York) (The Hours)
Brother and sister Patricia and Darry Jenna are driving home for their summer holiday when they are terrorized by the Creeper. (USA) (Jeepers Creepers)
Jurassic Park III. (Jurassic Park III)
Leopold, Duke of Albany, is accidentally transported from 1876 to present day. One week later, he returns to 1876, followed by Kate McKay. (New York, New York) (Kate & Leopold)
$163,156,759 stolen from the Bellagio Hotel & Casino. (Las Vegas) (Ocean's Eleven)
Royal Tenenbaum dies. (The Royal Tenenbaums)
Friday 26th January: Alice, a website designer, meets Adam, a celebrity mountaineer, and within minutes as eloped with him. (London) (Killing Me Softly)
Monday 5th February: Guardian reporter Joanna Noble receives an anonymous letter incriminating Adam Tallis, the celebrity mountaineer. (London) (Killing Me Softly)
Thursday 12th April: A monolith is found on Jupiter. (2001: A Space Odyssey)
July: Michael Moore and survivors of the Columbine massacre convince Kmart to withdraw sales of handgun bullets . (Atlanta) (Bowling for Columbine)
Saturday 11th August: The wedding of Amy Ellis to Edward Fletcher-Wooten. (The Wedding Date)
Tuesday 11th September: Flight 93 crashes after passengers foil the terrorist plot. (Shanksville, Pennsylvania) (Flight 93)
Tuesday 11th September: Two Port Authority Officers, Will Jimeno and John McLoughlin, become trapped under the rubble of the World Trade Center. (New York City) (World Trade Center)
Tuesday 16th October: Enron reveals $1.2 billion deficit. (Texas) (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room)
November: Dr Nathan Conrad's daughter is kidnapped by jewel thieves. (Don't Say A Word)
Sunday 2nd December: Enron files for bankruptcy. (Texas) (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room)