March 2001

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March 2001 is a third month of 2001. it's begin started on Thursday, after 31 days, ended on Saturday.

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.

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.

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 (now World Wrestling Entertainment) (WWF/E) purchases rival organization World Championship Wrestling (WCW) for an estimated $7 million.

March 24, 2001

• 9/11 Begins

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 final 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.