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September 10, 2001

On September 10, 2001, antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated. The year's #1 song was "Hanging by a Moment" by Lifehouse. Manuel Ugarte, Neco Williams, Jalen Williams would arrive in the same year.

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Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.

Antônio da Costa Santos was a Brazilian architect and politician of the Workers' Party (PT).

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2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2001st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 1st year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2000s decade.

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On September 10, 2001

  1. 2001 Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.

    Brazilian architect and politician (1952–2001)

    Antônio da Costa Santos was a Brazilian architect and politician of the Workers' Party (PT).

  2. 2001 During his appearance on the British TV game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, contestant Charles Ingram reaches the £1 million top prize, but it was later revealed that he had cheated to the top prize by listening to coughs from his wife and another contestant.

    English fraudster (born 1963)

    Charles William Ingram is a British fraudster and a former major in the British Army who gained fame for his appearance on the ITV television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Across two episodes recorded in September 2001, Ingram correctly answered 15 questions to win the show's maximum prize of £1 million, becoming the third recorded contestant ever to do so; however, he was denied the winnings due to suspicion of cheating.

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Born on September 10, 2001

Armando Broja 2001– Albanian footballer (born 2001)
Nick Cross 2001– American football player (born 2001)

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Other moments from 2001

The class of 2001

Others born in 2001

Manuel Ugarte 2001– Uruguayan footballer
Neco Williams 2001– Welsh footballer
Jalen Williams 2001– American basketball player
Shanti Dope 2001– Filipino rapper
Shin Ryujin 2001– South Korean rapper, singer and dancer
Violette Dorange 2001– French Professional Round the World Sailor

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