March 2001

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This article covers breaking news and events in March 2001.

Daily events

Thursday March 1, 2001

New Delhi / India : According to the Indian authorities, the population of the country on this day is 1,020,000,000 and thus for the first time above the one billion mark, so that with China and India there are now two states with more than one billion Residents there.

Friday March 2, 2001

Bamiyan / Afghanistan : The Taliban begin in the Bamiyan Valley with the destruction of the world's largest free-standing Buddha statues .

Sunday March 4th 2001

Bern / Switzerland : In a referendum, 76.8% of the voters vote against the popular initiative “Yes to Europe” and thus against the start of negotiations on Switzerland's accession to the European Union . The turnout is 55.8%. Two further initiatives for lower prices for drugs and for more Tempo 30 zones are rejected as it were.

Wednesday March 7, 2001

Algeria , Germany : Conclusion of a maritime shipping agreement.
Djibouti City / Djibouti : Dileita Mohamed Dileita becomes Prime Minister.
Washington, DC / United States : The Association of the music industry in America and the National Endowment for the Arts are finding that the song Over the Rainbow the performer Judy Garland was the best song of the 20th century, is in second place White Christmas by Bing Crosby . The survey of teachers and scholars was intended to identify songs that were and are significant to an understanding of US history and culture.

Saturday March 10, 2001

Hamburg / Germany : The Free Software Foundation Europe is established.

Sunday March 11, 2001

Janica Kostelić

Åre / Sweden : In the overall standings of the men's competitions of the Alpine World Cup 2000/01 year's winner is Hermann Maier of Austria after the last race 1st place in the women wins Janica Kostelic for the first time a Croatian the overall World Cup.

Monday March 12, 2001

Paris / France : The UNESCO confirmed that the Taliban two of the biggest from the 5th century coming Buddha statues in Bamiyan , Afghanistan , destroyed.

Wednesday March 14, 2001

Ankara / Turkey : When presenting an emergency program for the domestic economy, Minister of Economic Affairs Kemal Derviş announced that the inflation rate would be "very high in March and April". He reckons with 10%. The international financial markets reduced because of the slump in the external value of the currency Turkish Lira their investments in Turkey in recent days dramatically.

Thursday March 15, 2001

Berlin / Germany : The rock - band Bon Jovi is in the 10th presentation of the music award Echo award in the category "Group of the Year International". The band Guano Apes took first place in the new category “ Website of the Year” .

Friday March 16, 2001

Wiki love

Berlin / Germany : The German-language Wikipedia is founded. Registered users and so-called " IP " s can present their knowledge of the world and space in articles , but also struggle to improve the articles on discussion pages with words and wiki love .

The Hague / Netherlands : The International Court of Justice ends the dispute between Bahrain and Qatar over sovereignty over the Hawar Islands in favor of Bahrain.

Saturday 17th March 2001

Ver.di logo

Berlin / Germany : The white-collar union , the trade union, banks and insurance companies , the media industry union and the postal union vote for their merger with the public services, transport and traffic union . The emerging new organization will be called the United Service Union (Ver.di).

Friday March 23, 2001

Ionosphere : The Russian Mir space station burns up when it enters the earth's atmosphere . It is scheduled to end its 15-year presence in the orbit of the Earth .

Sunday March 25, 2001

Los Angeles / United States : In the 73rd ceremony of the Oscars by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , the film Gladiator of British director Ridley Scott as the best film award in 2000. The work Quierosser by German director Florian Gallenberger wins in the Best Short Film category .

Mainz / Germany : In the state elections in Rhineland-Palatinate , voters confirm the social-liberal coalition . The SPD , which was just ahead of the CDU in 1996 , this time received 9.5% more votes than the CDU.

Northern Europe : Denmark , Finland , Iceland , Norway and Sweden are now fully applying the rules of the Schengen Agreement , which contains agreements and implementing decisions by individual Member States on the elimination of controls at the borders between Member States.

Stuttgart / Germany : The state elections in Baden-Württemberg brought both CDU and SPD votes. The CDU becomes the strongest force with 44.8% ahead of the SPD with 33.3%. The Republicans party loses half of its share of the vote and will no longer belong to the new state parliament .

Vienna / Austria : After a five-year break, citizens help the SPÖ to regain an absolute majority of mandates in the state and municipal council elections in the capital region. The FPÖ lands in front of the ÖVP for the third time in a row . In addition, the Greens remain in the Council, while the Liberal Forum has to leave it.

Monday March 26, 2001

Brussels / Belgium : The European Commission introduces the definition of the five main industrial groups by regulation . The main groups are intermediate, capital , consumer and durable goods industries as well as power generation . The previous national distinctions no longer apply.

Tuesday March 27, 2001

Vientiane / Laos : Bounnhang Vorachit becomes Prime Minister.

Friday March 30, 2001

Karlsruhe / Germany : The constitutional organs of the German Bundestag and Bundesrat each apply to the Federal Constitutional Court to ban the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD). In order to establish that it was unconstitutional because of right-wing extremist activities , the federal government submitted its own application for a ban on the NPD two months ago.

Saturday March 31, 2001

Yaren / Nauru : President Bernard Dowiyogo is removed from office by a vote of no confidence.

Web links

Slovenia in March 2001

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

Individual evidence

^ India Population Passes 1 trillion. In: people.cn . March 27, 2001, accessed August 19, 2019 .
↑ Over World Protests, Taliban Are Destroying Ancient Buddhas. In: nytimes.com . March 4, 2001, accessed October 2, 2016 .
↑ Referendum of March 4th, 2001 . In: admin.ch . Retrieved October 10, 2018 .
^ Songs of the Century. In: cnn.com . Retrieved October 18, 2019 .
^ Cup Standing Alpine Skiing World Cup 2001 Men. In: fis-ski.com . Retrieved March 22, 2018 .
^ Cup Standing Alpine Skiing World Cup 2001 Ladies. In: fis-ski.com . Retrieved March 22, 2018 .
↑ Emergency program to save the economy. In: mz-web.de . March 14, 2001. Retrieved August 29, 2018 .
↑ Echo Facts. In: echopop.de . 2017, Retrieved April 19, 2018 .
↑ The German Wikipedia version is 15 years old today. In: srf.ch . March 16, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2017 .
↑ Approval of Ver.di by all unions. In: nzz.ch . March 19, 2001, Retrieved September 8, 2019 .
↑ How the Russians set out to conquer space. In: stern.de . February 18, 2016, accessed October 2, 2016 .
^ The 73rd Academy Awards. In: oscars.org . Retrieved February 1, 2017 .
↑ statistik.rlp.de : The election to the 14th Landtag Rhineland-Palatinate on March 25, 2001 ( Memento from August 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Background information on the Schengen expansion. In: europa.eu . December 20, 2007, accessed October 17, 2018 .
^ State elections: State of Baden-Württemberg. In: Wahlen-in-deutschland.de, Valentin Schröder. Retrieved October 7, 2016 .
↑ Results from 1987-2015. In: stadt-wien.at . Retrieved September 2, 2017 .
↑ Regulation (EC) No. 586/2001 of the Commission of March 26, 2001 on the implementation of Regulation (EC) No. 1165/98 of the Council on short-term statistics: definition of the main industrial groups (MIGS) , accessed on June 30, 2017
↑ Decision of March 18, 2003 - 2 BvB 1/01. In: bundesverfassungsgericht.de . March 18, 2003, accessed on May 16, 2017 : "With their applications received by the Federal Constitutional Court on January 30 and March 30, 2001, the Federal Government, the German Bundestag and the Bundesrat primarily seek a declaration of the unconstitutionality of the respondent [...] "

[1] India Population Passes 1 trillion. In: people.cn . March 27, 2001, accessed August 19, 2019 .

[2] Over World Protests, Taliban Are Destroying Ancient Buddhas. In: nytimes.com . March 4, 2001, accessed October 2, 2016 .

[3] Referendum of March 4th, 2001 . In: admin.ch . Retrieved October 10, 2018 .

[4] Songs of the Century. In: cnn.com . Retrieved October 18, 2019 .

[5] Cup Standing Alpine Skiing World Cup 2001 Men. In: fis-ski.com . Retrieved March 22, 2018 .

[6] Cup Standing Alpine Skiing World Cup 2001 Ladies. In: fis-ski.com . Retrieved March 22, 2018 .

[7] Emergency program to save the economy. In: mz-web.de . March 14, 2001. Retrieved August 29, 2018 .

[8] Echo Facts. In: echopop.de . 2017, Retrieved April 19, 2018 .

[9] The German Wikipedia version is 15 years old today. In: srf.ch . March 16, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2017 .

[10] Approval of Ver.di by all unions. In: nzz.ch . March 19, 2001, Retrieved September 8, 2019 .

[11] How the Russians set out to conquer space. In: stern.de . February 18, 2016, accessed October 2, 2016 .

[12] The 73rd Academy Awards. In: oscars.org . Retrieved February 1, 2017 .

[13] statistik.rlp.de : The election to the 14th Landtag Rhineland-Palatinate on March 25, 2001 ( Memento from August 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

[14] Background information on the Schengen expansion. In: europa.eu . December 20, 2007, accessed October 17, 2018 .

[15] State elections: State of Baden-Württemberg. In: Wahlen-in-deutschland.de, Valentin Schröder. Retrieved October 7, 2016 .

[16] Results from 1987-2015. In: stadt-wien.at . Retrieved September 2, 2017 .

[17] Regulation (EC) No. 586/2001 of the Commission of March 26, 2001 on the implementation of Regulation (EC) No. 1165/98 of the Council on short-term statistics: definition of the main industrial groups (MIGS) , accessed on June 30, 2017

[18] Decision of March 18, 2003 - 2 BvB 1/01. In: bundesverfassungsgericht.de . March 18, 2003, accessed on May 16, 2017 : "With their applications received by the Federal Constitutional Court on January 30 and March 30, 2001, the Federal Government, the German Bundestag and the Bundesrat primarily seek a declaration of the unconstitutionality of the respondent [...] "