- March 2001
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March 2001: January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – December
Events
March 2, 2001
- The Taliban begin their destruction of the Buddhas of Bamyan, in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan.
March 3, 2001
- A U.S. Air Force Materials Command C-23 Sherpa transport crashes during stormy weather in the U.S. state of Georgia, killing 21.
- Was the last day on the Howard Stern Show for Jackie Martling.
March 4, 2001
- A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring 11 people. The attack was attributed to the Real IRA.
March 5, 2001
- In Mecca, 35 Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death during the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
March 7, 2001
- The SpongeBob SquarePants You Wish TV special airs on Nickelodeon. Also, the episode of Dragonball Z called The Doomsday Broadcast was almost banned by the government, and that episode had 48 million viewers.
March 8, 2001
- Died: Ninette de Valois – founder of Royal Ballet, London
March 9, 2001
- Armin Meiwes kills Bernd-Jurgen Brandes after putting up an advertisement searching for someone to be willfully slaughtered. This is one of the most controversial cases in Germany in modern history.
March 12, 2001
- Died: Robert Ludlum – author of 29 spy novels
March 14, 2001
- This day is the 686th term of the Leibniz series at 3:49:28. This term in both sequences are 0.785033732 and 3.140134928 respectively.
March 18, 2001
- Died: John Phillips – singer and songwriter
March 22, 2001
- Died: William Hanna – animator, director, producer, and co-founder of Hanna-Barbera Productions
March 23, 2001
- The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
- The World Wrestling Federation purchases rival organization World Championship Wrestling for an estimated $7 million.
March 24, 2001
- Apple Computer releases Mac OS X version 10.0.
March 29, 2001
- A chartered Gulfstream III jet crashes into a hillside during approach into Aspen, Colorado, killing 18 people.
- Died: John Lewis – jazz pianist and composer
March 30, 2001
- Release of the game Tribes 2 for the PC.
- Sega's video game system, the dreamcast, was officially discontinued.
March 31, 2001
- Animated television series Invader Zim premieres.
- Universal Studios Japan theme park opened in a water front area of Osaka, Japan.
List of events by month
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