Timeline Monday 19 February 2001

Events on Monday 19 February 2001 2

• 1913 – 2001 Stanley Kramer (1913-2001) Died 19 February 2001, aged 87 Kramer was a producer and director known for message films on racism, nuclear war and the Holocaust, including The Defiant Ones, Judgment at Nuremberg and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Critics were divided on his earnestness, but his films reached wide audiences. He received the Irving G. Thalberg award.
• 2001 Foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Britain Millions of livestock culled to halt the virus An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease confirmed in February 2001 spread across British farms, leading to the slaughter of more than six million sheep, cattle and pigs. Pyres of burning carcasses became a defining image of the year. Rural tourism suffered heavily and the general election was postponed by a month.