El 21 de junio de 2001 fue un jueves bajo el signo estelar de ♊. Era el día 171 del año. El presidente de los Estados Unidos fue George W. Bush.
Si naciste en este día, tienes 24 años. Su último cumpleaños fue el sábado, 21 de junio de 2025, hace 352 días. Su próximo cumpleaños es el domingo, 21 de junio de 2026, en 12 días. Ha vivido durante 9.118 días, o aproximadamente 218.843 horas, o aproximadamente 13.130.607 minutos, o aproximadamente 787.836.420 segundos
Date: 21 June 2001
By Don Kirk (NYT)
Don NYT
South Korea fines 23 national news organizations total of $388 million for tax evasion; editors of leading newspapers charge fines are effort to curb their criticism of Pres Kim Dae Jung; opposition party scores tax probe; Kim's party defends it (S)t
Date: 21 June 2001
By Richard L. Berke and Janet Elder
Richard Berke
New York Times/CBS News Poll finds Pres Bush's job approval rating is 53 percent, down seven points from March; finds his standing as leader on both domestic and foreign fronts has diminished considerably, despite his first overseas trip as president and passage of his sweeping measure to cut taxes; more than half of Americans say they are uneasy about his ability to tackle international crisis, and more people than not say he is not respected by other world leaders; by widening margins, people say they are less trusting that he will keep his word; majority of those polled seem disenchanted by what they view as his inattention to matters they care most about; there is substantial gap between his stand and theirs on many issues, including patients' bill of rights, education, energy, environment, raising minimum wage, prescription drugs and judicial appointments; poll is discouraging for Bush because on nearly every critical measure tested, he has shown no improvement in recent months, and often has lost ground; his standing is similar to Pres Bill Clinton's at this point in his tenure but, unlike Bush, Clinton's first months were marked by far more stinging legislative setbacks and political turbulence; photos; graphs; chart (L)
Date: 21 June 2001
Editorial says latest New York Times/CBS News poll shows Bush White House is increasingly and alarmingly out of touch with what Americans are thinking; says political honeymoons tend to fade as presidencies mature, but Pres Bush and his chief political adviser, Karl Rove, cannot be happy with that they see: Bush's approval rating dropping even after his big tax cut legislative achievement and his first foreign tour that ended fairly smoothly
Date: 21 June 2001
By John W. Fountain (NYT)
John Fountain
Scottie Edwards, 54-year-old man charged with stabbing of Indiana Star columnist Lynn Ford, is convicted of attempted murder; faces 20 to 50 years in prison (S)
Date: 21 June 2001
By Clifford Krauss
Clifford Krauss
Lori Berenson, 31-year-old New Yorker held for more than five years in Peruvian prisons on terrorism charges, is convicted by civilian court of collaborating in foiled terrorist plot to take entire Peruvian Congress hostage, and sentenced to 20 years in prison; three-judge tribunal in Lima rules that she rented house in Lima with co-conspirator to provide base for Marxist terrorist organization, Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), bought computer and communications gear for group, and used press credentials as cover to scrutinize halls of Congress and facilitate eventual attack; Berenson claims she is innocent of charges, but she again refuses to condemn MRTA; her parents and lawyer say they will appeal to Peruvian Supreme Court and international human rights tribunals; photo (M)
Date: 21 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Music retailer National Record Mart says it has been forced into bankruptcy court by suppliers, including music units of Vivendi Universal, Sony Corp, Bertelsmann, EMI Group and AOL Time Warner, to which it owes $18.7 million (S)
Date: 22 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Federal Judge Harold Baer approves $20.5 million settlement of shareholder lawsuit that accused former Dreyfus Corp fund manager Michael Schonberg of buying stock for two mutual funds in companies whose shares he also owned (S)
Date: 21 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Eastman Kodak Co is delaying $650 million debt sale because of anticipated bankruptcy-protection filing by unidentified customer (S)
Date: 22 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Financier Carl C Icahn withdraws his bid of $181.5 million to buy National Airlines out of bankruptcy after airline's board rejects offer (S)
Date: 22 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Eastman Kodak Co sells $650 million of debt after delaying sale for one day because of bankruptcy-protection filing by customer Wolf Camera Inc (S)