What Happened on January 16, 2001

Historical Events

A fuel supply tanker runs aground off the island of San Cristobal, causing an 'ecological disaster'

Congo President Assassinated

Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated in his office by one of his own bodyguards

Revolutionary and President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Laurent-Désiré Kabila

US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish–American War

Events in 2001

Famous Deaths

Auberon Waugh, British author and journalist (b. 1939)

Laurent-Désiré Kabila (1971-2001)

Congolese revolutionary and 3rd President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997-2001), assassinated in his office at 61 by one of his own bodyguards

Leonard Woodcock, American labor leader (United Auto Workers) and US ambassador to China, dies at 89
Virginia O'Brien, American actress and singer (Meet the People, Gus, Ziegfeld Follies), dies of a heart attack at 81

Died in 2001 2001 Highlights