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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

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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 Russian Mir space station is destroyed. It breaks up in the atmosphere and then falls into the 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"

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in March 2001?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - Stutter
  2. - Butterflyyoutube
  3. - Angel
  4. - It Wasn't Me
  5. - Love Don't Cost A Thing

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Whole Again
  2. - What Took You So Long?
  3. - It Wasn't Me
  4. - Uptown Girl
  5. - All For You

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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Das Experiment

Das Experiment

Release year: 2001

Directed by: Oliver Hirschbiegel

Starring: Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Berkel, Oliver Stokowski, Wotan Wilke Möhring

Country: United States of America

Crossroads

Crossroads

Release year: 2001

Directed by: Walter Hill

Blow

Blow

Release year: 2001

Directed by: Ted Demme

Starring: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Franka Potente, Rachel Griffiths

Country: United States of America

Elling

Elling

Release year: 2001

Directed by: Petter Næss

Starring: Per Christian Ellefsen, Sven Nordin, Marit Pia Jacobsen, Jørgen Langhelle

Soledad

Soledad

Release year: 2001

Directed by: Eduardo Maytorena

Books

Which were the most popular books released in March 2001?
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Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson

Who Moved My Cheese?

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The #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, WITH MORE THAN 10 MILLION PRINTS! A timeless business classic, "Who Moved My Cheese?" It uses a simple parabel that reveals profound truths about how to deal with change.

An Hour Before Daylight by Jimmy Carter

An Hour Before Daylight

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Jimmy Carter, the bestselling author of Living Faith, Sources of Strength and Living Faith, recounts his Depression-era childhood on a Georgia farm just before the civil rights movement forever changed.

The Darwin Awards by Wendy Northcutt

The Darwin Awards

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The Darwin Awards has more than a quarter of a million copies printed and is listed on The New York Times Bestseller List for six months. It shows that humor is a popular choice.

The O'Reilly Factor by Bill O'Reilly

The O'Reilly Factor

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An uncompromising and hard-hitting broadside from The O'Reilly Factor's anchorman on Fox News Channel's Fox News Channel. It covers what's good and bad about America, as well as what's totally ridiculous (most of everything else).

A Painted House by John Grisham

A Painted House

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Luke Chandler never told a lie or kept secrets until that September 1952. In the seventh year of his life, however, Luke Chandler was forced to openly admit that he had been a migrant worker. Two groups of workers, including …