What Happened in Mar 2001

Chuck Billy's Cancer Process

In 2001, Chuck Billy was diagnosed with germ cell seminoma; a rare kind of cancer in his case because it is usually in the testicular region of a... Read more

Jimmy Page appears on the cover of Guitar World

Get ready to be schooled as Guitar World offers a history of hard rock, represented on the cover by a very hairy Jimmy Page rocking a Zoso sweater,... Read more

Go.com Switches To Goto.com

The Disney Interactive Media Group (DIMG, pronounced DIMM-GEE), formerly known as the Walt Disney Internet Group and Disney Interactive Studios,... Read more

Hintze Ribeiro Disaster

The 116-year-old metal bridge at Entre-os-Rios linked the towns of Castelo de Paiva and Penafiel in Portugal. One Sunday evening, 4 March, a bus... Read more

eToys Files for Bankruptcy

eToys Announces Bankruptcy Filing and Securities Delisting Los Angeles, March 7, 2001—eToys, Inc. (NASDAQ:ETYS) today announced that it has... Read more

Jay-Z releases "Guily Until Proven Innocent" single

"Guilty Until Proven Innocent" is the third and final single from rapper Jay-Z's 2000 album The Dynasty: Roc La Familia. It features production by... Read more

STS-102: The Washington Sequence

As it would happen, something unusual took place at this time. Many objects, the majority of which were almost surely ice and/or debris, were... Read more

Dimmu Borgir releases Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia

Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia is the fifth studio album by Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir. It was released by Nuclear Blast... Read more

Sepultura release Nation

Nation is the eighth studio album by Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura, released in 2001 through Roadrunner Records. Nation features guest... Read more

Stephen King publishes Dreamcatcher

Dreamcatcher (2001) is a novel written by Stephen King. It was adapted into a 2003 movie of the same name. The book, written longhand, was the... Read more

FDA Approves BARR's Trexall

Treating certain types of cancer, severe psoriasis, or rheumatoid arthritis in certain patients. It may be used alone or with other medicines. It... Read more

U2's Elevation Tour

The Elevation Tour was a worldwide concert tour by the Irish rock band U2. Launched in support of the group's 2000 album All That You Can't Leave... Read more

Apple Launches OS X v10.0, Codenamed "Cheetah"

Mac OS X version 10.0, code named “Cheetah”, is the first major release of Mac OS X, Apple’s desktop and server operating system. Mac OS X v10.0... Read more

73rd Academy Awards

The 73rd Academy Awards ceremony was the last to take place at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium. It was hosted by first-time host Steve Martin,... Read more

Kellogg's Acquires Keebler Foods Company

Kellogg to Acquire Keebler From Flowers Industries for $3.86 Billion Ending weeks of speculation, Kellogg Co. plans to acquire Keebler Foods Co.... Read more

Avjet Aspen Crash

The 2001 Avjet Aspen crash occurred on March 29, 2001 when a chartered Avjet Corporation Gulfstream III business jet, registration N303GA, crashed... Read more

Friend (친구 Chin-gu) is Released

Friend (친구 Chin-gu) is a 2001 South Korean film directed by Kwak Kyung-taek. At one time, it was the highest-grossing South Korean movie of all... Read more

Duke Blue Devils Win 2001 Final Four

The 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more