What Happened in Mar 2001
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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