August 2001

Events

August 1 - Law goes into effect in Germany legalizing same-sex registered partnerships.
August 2 - Robert Mueller confirmed as the new FBI director.
August 9 - US President George W. Bush announces his support for federal funding of limited research on embryonic stem cells.

August 25 - Aaliyah, contemporary R&B and pop singer, dies in a plane crash at the age of 22.
August 6 - Dick Rehbein, in his second year as a Quarterback coach for the New England Patriots in the NFL, dies of Heart failure at the age of 45.

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