August 2001

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This article covers breaking news and events in August 2001.

Daily events

Wednesday August 1, 2001

Berlin / Germany : The Civil Partnership Act , which the duties and rights of same sex couples in some respects to those of marriage aligns partners, comes into force.

Saturday 4th August 2001

Moscow / Russia : The North Korean de facto head of state Kim Jong-il meets with the President of Russia Vladimir Putin after a nine-day train journey . In addition to measures for “strategic stability”, there is also talk of a reunification of North and South Korea .

Sunday 5th August 2001

Shelter logo

Afghanistan : The Taliban shut down a Shelter Now agency and arrest 24 employees who they accuse of promoting the conversion of Muslims to Christianity . According to the Shari'a , this attempt can be punished with death .

Monday 6th August 2001

La Paz / Bolivia : President Hugo Banzer Suárez of the Democratic-Nationalist Action resigns due to his cancer and hands over the official business to his previous deputy Jorge Quiroga Ramírez .
Washington, DC / United States : Today the President's Daily Brief for US President George W. Bush bears the title " Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US" ( German: "Bin Ladin determined to strike in the United States" ).

Wednesday August 8, 2001

Algiers / Algeria : The 15th World Festival of Youth and Students opens. The event of the World Socialist Federation of Democratic Youth is taking place in an African country for the first time .

Thursday August 9, 2001

Jerusalem / Israel : A suicide attack by radical Palestinians on a branch of the Sbarro restaurant chain kills 15 and injures 130.

Monday August 13, 2001

Ohrid / Macedonia : Macedonia and Albania conclude the Ohrid Framework Agreement , which is intended to ensure adequate representation of the Albanian minority in the Macedonian state apparatus.

Tuesday August 14, 2001

Monument of the Three Charter in Pyongyang

Mexico City / Mexico : The new laws on the rights of indigenous peoples are given constitutional status . Zapatista indigenous groups reject these laws and also renew their criticism of the Puebla-Panamá plan for the construction of further border crossings, roads, mines and dams in Central America .
Pyongyang / North Korea : The memorial for the reunification of Korea is inaugurated and a reminder of independence, freedom of ideology and peace. In the current political situation, however, Korean reunification is utopian.

Wednesday August 15, 2001

Zeppelin NT

Friedrichshafen / Germany : For the first time in over 60 years, a Zeppelin , the Zeppelin NT model , starts passenger flight operations.

Sunday 19th August 2001

Budapest / Hungary : The German Michael Schumacher wins in Ferrari F2001 the Hungarian Grand Prix . The title holder from 1994 , 1995 and 2000 is thus unmatched in first place in the 2001 World Drivers Championship .

Friday August 24, 2001

Terceira / Portugal : On the way from Toronto to Lisbon , Air Transat flight 236 ran out of fuel over the Atlantic . After the previously longest gliding a jet aircraft , the pilots were the Airbus A330 with 293 passengers and 13 crew members on board on the Azores island of Terceira make an emergency landing .

Saturday 25th August 2001

Oslo / Norway : Prince Haakon , only son of the King of Norway Harald V , and Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby celebrate their wedding .

Monday August 27, 2001

Macedonia : The "Essential Harvest" (Operation German Required harvest ) of the military alliance NATO begins to collect weapons.

Wednesday August 29, 2001

Indic : The ConRo ship Tampa, cruising off Christmas Island, is in distress . Earlier in the week that saved Norwegian ship 433 mostly Afghan boat people near Indonesia . A group among the rescued forced the captain to change course in the direction of the Australian outer areas. The Australian authorities have since refused the Tampa access to their territorial waters. When the captain finally enters the waters, 45 Australian soldiers take control on board.

Thursday August 30, 2001

The exchange rates to the euro have been fixed since 1999

Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The President of the European Central Bank Wim Duisenberg , the euro - banknotes before. As of January 1, 2002, they will be used as payment in twelve European countries.

Web links

New York City in August 2001

Commons : August 2001 - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ The Civil Partnership Act. In: lsvd.de . Retrieved October 5, 2018 .
↑ Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with his visiting North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong Il. In: kremlin.ru . August 4, 2001, accessed October 10, 2018 .
↑ 101 days in the hands of the Taliban. In: Mittelbayerische.de . April 4, 2014, accessed November 21, 2018 .
^ Resignation of President Banzer. In: kas.de . Retrieved November 23, 2018 .
↑ Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US. In: fas.org , White House material . August 6, 2001, accessed July 11, 2018 .
^ Chronicle of the World Festival of Youth and Students. In: fdj.de . Retrieved April 28, 2017 .
↑ mfa.gov.il, Israeli Foreign Ministry: Suicide bombing at the Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem ( Memento of November 17, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
^ Ohrid Framework Agreement. In: ucd.ie . August 13, 2001, accessed September 26, 2016 .
↑ 2001. In: sipaz.org. Retrieved December 2, 2018 .
↑ The Monument of the Three Charters of the Union of the Fatherland. In: nordkorea-info.de, material from the voice of Korea . Retrieved October 18, 2016 .
↑ Prince Haakon and Mette-Marit involved in dubious business? In: gmx.net . November 5, 2014, accessed July 11, 2018 .
^ Nato launches Macedonia mission. In: telegraph.co.uk . August 21, 2001, accessed September 26, 2016 .
^ Rescue of refugees at sea. In: zaoerv.de . 2002, accessed May 9, 2017 .
↑ ECB unveils euro currency. In: euobserver.com . August 31, 2001, accessed March 12, 2020 .

[1] The Civil Partnership Act. In: lsvd.de . Retrieved October 5, 2018 .

[2] Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with his visiting North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong Il. In: kremlin.ru . August 4, 2001, accessed October 10, 2018 .

[3] 101 days in the hands of the Taliban. In: Mittelbayerische.de . April 4, 2014, accessed November 21, 2018 .

[4] Resignation of President Banzer. In: kas.de . Retrieved November 23, 2018 .

[5] Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US. In: fas.org , White House material . August 6, 2001, accessed July 11, 2018 .

[6] Chronicle of the World Festival of Youth and Students. In: fdj.de . Retrieved April 28, 2017 .

[7] .gov.il, Israeli Foreign Ministry: Suicide bombing at the Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem ( Memento of November 17, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) (English)

[8] Ohrid Framework Agreement. In: ucd.ie . August 13, 2001, accessed September 26, 2016 .

[9] 2001. In: sipaz.org. Retrieved December 2, 2018 .

[10] The Monument of the Three Charters of the Union of the Fatherland. In: nordkorea-info.de, material from the voice of Korea . Retrieved October 18, 2016 .

[11] Prince Haakon and Mette-Marit involved in dubious business? In: gmx.net . November 5, 2014, accessed July 11, 2018 .

[12] Nato launches Macedonia mission. In: telegraph.co.uk . August 21, 2001, accessed September 26, 2016 .

[13] Rescue of refugees at sea. In: zaoerv.de . 2002, accessed May 9, 2017 .

[14] ECB unveils euro currency. In: euobserver.com . August 31, 2001, accessed March 12, 2020 .