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Lloyd's of London expects to face 1.3 billion pounds in claims ($1.92 billion) related to terrorist attacks on US, making it most costly single calamity in Lloyd's 320-year history; says its asset base of $27 billion can take strain (M)
Anna Kisselgoff reviews opening program of Dance Theater of Harlem season at City Center; notes that company has been renamed Arthur Mitchell's Dance Theater of Harlem in honor of founder; reviews four premieres; photos (M)
News analysis contends that Fernando Ferrer won spot in Democratic mayoral runoff in large part because he rallied black and Latino voters with his promise to represent 'other New York' and by embodying hope of electing city's first Puerto Rican mayor; contends that Ferrer, in his runoff with Mark Green, can either find way to broaden his appeal in order to move beyond coalition of black and Hispanic voters or to make direct appeal to ethnic pride and explicitly try to build electoral foundation of black and Latino voters; photo (L)
Bloomsbury Publishing says first-half sales doubled to 22.7 million pounds ($33.4 million); pretax profit rose to 2.85 million pounds ($4.2 million), compared with $273,000 previous year (S)
Jamaica's Prime Min P J Patterson, facing decline in visitors, says government will provide $8 million in additional funds for increased overseas marketing and advertising to cover higher insurance costs for Air Jamaica (S)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 26, 2001, covering September 27, 2001.
Jay-Z
Nickelback
Alicia Keys
Fabolous
Bob Dylan
2001Caleb Love, American basketball player[†]
Caleb Khristopher Love is an American basketball player. He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Arizona Wildcats.
2001David Malukas, American race car driver[†]
David Malukas is an American racing driver who competes in the IndyCar Series driving the No. 4 Chevrolet for A. J. Foyt Racing. He previously drove for Meyer Shank Racing in 2024.
2001In Switzerland, a gunman shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself.[†]
The Zug massacre was a mass shooting that took place on 27 September 2001 in the parliament of the Canton of Zug, in Switzerland. Friedrich Leibacher shot and killed 14 people in the parliament before killing himself. He was armed with an assault rifle, a pump-action shotgun, two handguns and a homemade bomb and had entered the building disguised as a police officer. All of the weapons used were legally obtained. It was the first time a Swiss politician was killed since the 19th century.
In 2001, the world population was approximately 6,254,936,459 people[†]