On this day

August 19, 2001

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device

Filter by:

Headlines from August 19, 2001

After the Chaos, A New Day for the Cultures Of the Soviet World

By Celestine Bohlen

Article on cultural vacuum in Russia since fall of Communism decade ago; cultural institutions, trying to survive on shrunken budgets and onslaught of Western mass culture, have taken on commercial partners and dumbed down their offerings in order to attract audiences; some purists view change as threat to great European culture while others view it as welcome liberalization of arts that is challenging and enriching older tradition; photos (M)

Arts and Leisure Desk3186 words
Continue reading...
Share

In Libraries and Cemeteries, Vacationing With Ancestors

By Peter T. Kilborn

Increasing number of Americans are seeking information about their family trees, sometimes using their vacation time to track down their ancestors; they are researching state archives, church records, immigration records, birth records, tax records, deeds and old newspaper files; Matrix Marketing Research Company near St Louis reports that at least 60 percent of Americans in 2000 were at least somewhat interested in tracing their origins, up from 45 percent in 1995; photos (L)

National Desk1507 words
Continue reading...
Share

Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 15, 2001, covering August 19, 2001.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Now 7 by Various Artists

    Now 7

    Various Artists

    Last week
    —
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for Celebrity by *NSYNC

    Celebrity

    *NSYNC

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  3. 3
    Album cover for Songs In A Minor by Alicia Keys

    Songs In A Minor

    Alicia Keys

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  4. 4
    Album cover for Duces 'N Trayz--The Old Fashioned Way by Snoop Dogg Presents Tha Eastsidaz

    Duces 'N Trayz--The Old Fashioned Way

    Snoop Dogg Presents Tha Eastsidaz

    Last week
    —
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for Break The Cycle by Staind

    Break The Cycle

    Staind

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11

Notable Births

2001Awak Kuier, Finnish basketball player[†]

Awak Sabit Bior Kuier is a Finnish professional basketball player who competes for Galatasaray in the Turkish Women's Basketball Super League and in the EuroCup Women, and for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She competes internationally for the Finnish national team. Selected by the Wings with the second overall pick in the 2021 WNBA draft, she was the second Finnish player in the history of the league after Taru Tuukkanen to be drafted, and she became the first Finnish player to play in the WNBA in May 2021.

Notable Deaths

Donald Woods

2001Donald Woods, South African journalist and activist (born 1933)[†]

Donald James Woods was a South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist. As editor of the Daily Dispatch, he was known for befriending fellow activist Steve Biko, who was killed by police after being detained by the South African government. Woods continued his campaign against apartheid in London, and in 1978 became the first private citizen to address the United Nations Security Council. Steve Biko and other like-minded students created SASO ..

Historical Context for August 19, 2001

In 2001, the world population was approximately 6,254,936,459 people[†]