What Happened on August 6, 2001

Historical Events

Sports History

Two-time champion Marion Jones is disqualified and has her string of 42 consecutive 100m final victories snapped by Zhanna Pintusevich-Block of Ukraine at the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada

Track and Field Athlete and Drug Cheat Marion Jones

Famous Birthdays

Ty Simpkins, American actor (Insidious; Jurassic World), born in New York City

Born in 2001

Famous Deaths

Dorothy Tutin, British actress (Importance of Being Ernest, Cromwell), dies at 71
Jorge Amado de Faria, Brazilian writer (O Pais do Carnaval), dies at 88
Larry Adler, American pop and classical harmonica player, and composer, dies of cancer at 87
Wilhelm Mohnke, one of the original 120 members of the Nazi SS-Staff Guard (b. 1911)

Died in 2001 2001 Highlights