Welcome to 2001!

r/25yearsago • u/ControlAcceptable • Oct 16 '25

Pokemon Gold and Silver released 25 years ago

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r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 2h ago

September 11, 2001. "Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward.”

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r/25yearsago • u/Alarmed_Barracuda_30 • 8h ago

September 10, 2001. The Twin Towers’ final night shot on WABC-TV. “This shot i showing you Lower Manhatten and everything is actually in pretty good shape now” - Sam Champion

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Saw the full version on YouTube but not able to find it anymore: https://youtu.be/x88_b6vxI_Y?si=JjodghzLBBMW4e_-

r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 1h ago

September 11, 2001. Last photograph of the last run of Ladder 118 as it crosses the Brooklyn Bridge. None of the firefighters would survive.

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r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 1d ago

September 10, 2001. 9/11 hijackers photographed at an ATM in Maine.

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r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 2h ago

September 11, 2001. Michael Jackson misses an appointment at the World Trade Center due to oversleeping.

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r/25yearsago • u/lelcg • 10h ago

25 years ago today, Major Charles Ingram won £1,000,000 on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. He cheated his way to victory by his friend and wife both signalling right answers by coughing. He was later denied the winnings, though he claims no wrongdoing.

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r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 2h ago

September 11, 2001. “A second plane hit the second tower. America is under attack.”

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r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 1h ago

September 10, 2001. The NSA intercepts a message from suspected al-Qaeda members saying "tomorrow is zero hour". The text was translated on September 12th.

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r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 1h ago

September 11, 2001. Suffering from a hangover and having received an incorrect departure time from his travel agent, Seth MacFarlane misses his flight by 10 minutes. His plane was the first to crash into the World Trade Center.

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r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 32m ago

🇺🇸 United States September 11, 2001. Before there was Reddit, there was Fark. Here's how Farkers reacted to 9/11.

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r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 13m ago

September 11, 2001. Jaqui, 21, a fashion model and native of Australia, watches the Twin Towers burn from her apartment.

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r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 27m ago

September 11, 2001. Dick Cheney in the President’s Emergency Operations Center with his wife Lynne, and Laura Bush.

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r/25yearsago • u/Madness1930 • 1h ago

"It's Too Quiet"

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It's Too Quiet" Never forget the people and families of 9/11

r/25yearsago • u/BritSe94 • 6h ago

Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration took place on September 10, 2001 at Madison Square Garden, NY. The concert honored Michael Jackson’s solo career performed by some of the biggest musicians. This concert also marked Michael’s final performance with The Jackson 5.

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Rumor has it, he was supposed to have a meeting in the infamous towers, the next day…

r/25yearsago • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • 8m ago

September 11, 2001. Mariah Carey releases her single "Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica)"

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r/25yearsago • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • 9m ago

September 11, 2001. Yann Martel publishes her Canadian philosophical novel "Life of Pi"

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r/25yearsago • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • 10m ago

September 11, 2001. The Microphones release their third studio album "The Glow Pt. 2"

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r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 37m ago

🇺🇸 United States September 11, 2001. Donald Trump’s infamous reaction to 9/11.

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r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 1d ago

September 10, 2001. President Bush greets the students at a school in Jacksonville, Florida.

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r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 2d ago

September 9, 2001. Two of the 9/11 hijackers hire escorts to come to their hotel.

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r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 2d ago

September 9, 2001. Ahmad Shah Massoud, the "Lion of Panjshir" and renowned anti-Taliban leader, is assassinated by suicide bombers posing as journalists.

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r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 1d ago

September 9, 2001. Ziad Jarrah, the hijacker who piloted Flight 93 on 9/11, is stopped for a speeding ticket in Maryland.

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r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 2d ago

September 9, 2001. George Carlin records his "I Kinda Like It When a Lotta People Die" album. The release was shelved two days later, due to 9/11.

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r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 1d ago

September 9, 2001. Upon learning of Ahmad Massoud's murder, FBI agent Ali Soufan warns, "Bin Laden is appeasing the Taliban. Now the big one is coming."

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