WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO OCTOBER 2001
Find out what all happened March to October 2001

Mars Odyssey is launched. (7. April 2001)

Dolphinarium massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv. (1. June 2001)

The Red Cross announces that a famine is striking Tajikistan, and calls for international financial aid for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. (21. August 2001)

Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, becoming the first monarch in history to regain political power through democratic election to a different office. (24. July 2001)

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments. (29. May 2001)

During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque. (6. May 2001)

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares the existence of "a state of rebellion", hours after thousands of supporters of her arrested predecessor, Joseph Estrada, storm towards the presidential palace at the height of the EDSA III rebellion. (1. May 2001)

Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championships. (28. July 2001)

Millionaire Dennis Tito becomes the world's first space tourist. (28. April 2001)

In Ghana 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium disaster. The deaths are caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of teargas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee. (9. May 2001)

4 March 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. (4. March 2001)

Slobodan Milošević is deported to ICTY to stand trial. (28. June 2001)

Mountain climbing: Temba Tsheri, a 15-year-old Sherpa, becomes the youngest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest. (24. May 2001)

Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi became the first Israeli minister to be assassinated in a terrorist attack. (17. October 2001)

Pärnu methanol tragedy occurs in Pärnu County, Estonia. (9. September 2001)

Members of the Islamist separatist group Abu Sayyaf seize twenty hostages from an affluent island resort on Palawan in the Philippines; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002. (27. May 2001)

The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law. (26. October 2001)

Gyanendra, the last King of Nepal, ascends to the throne after the massacre in the Royal Palace. (4. June 2001)

Zug massacre: In Zug, Switzerland, Friedrich Leibacher shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself. (27. September 2001)

French Taubira law is enacted, officially recognizing the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity. (21. May 2001)