March 2001 calendar

March 2001
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in March 2001.
The US president was George W. Bush (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Tony Blair (Labour), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on March 2001: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of March 2001?

Events

02 Mar 2001 The Taliban begin to destroy the Bamiyan Buddhas.
03 Mar 2001 Jackie Martling's last day on Howard Stern Show.
04 Mar 2001 Disaster at Hintze Ribeiro: Up to 70 people are killed when a bridge collapses in northern Portugal.
07 Mar 2001 Nickelodeon airs the ''SpongeBob squarePants You Wish' tv special. The episode of Dragonball Z, The Doomsday Broadcast, was almost banned by government officials, but it still had viewers.
08 Mar 2001 Died: Ninette De Valoisnbsp - founder of Royal Ballet London
09 Mar 2001 Superior Galleries, Salt Lake City, Utah sells a US 1913 Liberty Head 5-cent Coin to Dwight Manley at a auction for US$1.84 Million.
12 Mar 2001 The US Mint has released the North Carolina quarter-dollar for circulation.
14 Mar 2001 At 3:49:28, this day marks the 686th term in the Leibniz series. The terms in these two sequences are respectively 0.785033732 & 3.140134928.
18 Mar 2001 John Phillipsnbsp - Singer and songwriter
22 Mar 2001 William Hannanbsp- director, animator, producer and co-founder Hanna-Barbera Productions
23 Mar 2001 The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
24 Mar 2001 Apple Computer launches Mac OS X 10.0
29 Mar 2001 18 people were killed when a chartered Gulfstream III jet crashed into a hillside on approach to Aspen, Colorado.
30 Mar 2001 Release of the PC game "Tribes 2"
31 Mar 2001 Premiere of animated television series "Invader Zim"
04 Mar 2001 BBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was attributed to the Real IRA.