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This article covers breaking news and events in May 2001.
Daily events
Tuesday May 1, 2001
- Brühl / Germany : When a big fire in the Phantasialand amusement park devastated the “Grand Canyon Bahn”, the “Gebirgsbahn” and the “Tanagra Theater”, 70 people were injured.
Friday May 4, 2001
- Düsseldorf / Germany : The delegates of the party congress of the FDP elect Guido Westerwelle to succeed Wolfgang Gerhardt in the office of party chairman.
Tuesday May 8, 2001
- Washington, DC / United States : The World Bank accepts Serbia and Montenegro as members.
Wednesday May 9, 2001
- Amman / Jordan : Parliament ratifies the Free Trade Agreement between Jordan and the United States . The American parliament is expected to give its approval later this year.
Friday May 11, 2001
- Strasbourg / France : The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the north of Cyprus is only viewed as an independent entity by the state of Turkey and that Cyprus's accession to the European Union would therefore legally affect the entire area of the island.
Saturday May 12, 2001
- Copenhagen / Denmark : Tanel Padar , Dave Benton and their accompanying group 2XL win the final of the 46th Eurovision de la Chanson Grand Prix in the Parken Stadium for Estonia .
Sunday May 13, 2001
- Hanover / Germany : The Czech Republic becomes ice hockey world champion with a 3-2 win against Finland .
- Rome / Italy : The reigning electoral alliance olive tree with its top candidate Francesco Rutelli missed in the parliamentary elections clearly the absolute majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies . The alliance Casa delle Libertà ( German House of Freedoms ), whose strongest force is the Forza Italia party under Silvio Berlusconi , will provide the next President of the Council of Ministers .
- Skopje / Macedonia : Sixth government reshuffle
Wednesday May 16, 2001
- Dortmund / Germany : Liverpool FC wins the football - UEFA Cup after a 5-4 golden goal in the final against CD Alavés .
Thursday May 17, 2001
- Wunsiedel / Germany : The surprising lifting of the ban on gathering at the grave of the National Socialist Rudolf Heß in Wunsiedel by the Bavarian Administrative Court leads to the first Rudolf Hess memorial march in the small town in ten years.
Saturday May 19, 2001
- Hamburg / Germany : FC Bayern Munich becomes German soccer champions 2001 . The FC Schalke 04 will be master of my heart .
- Karlsruhe / Germany : Although the Red Army Faction (RAF) officially disbanded in 1998, the Attorney General admits that the terrorist group could still be active. Saliva residues, which were secured in Duisburg in 1999 after an attack on a money transporter, refer, according to a spokeswoman for the legal profession, to RAF members Daniela Klette and Ernst-Volker Staub .
Sunday May 20, 2001
- Cannes / France : The film My Son's Room by Italian director Nanni Moretti wins the Palme d'or at the 54th International Film Festival .
Tuesday May 22, 2001
- Budapest / Hungary : The interior ministers of the MEPA countries sign the "Joint Declaration", which regulates the structure and the next steps in the development of the Central European Police Academy.
- Kabul / Afghanistan : The Taliban are considering obliging Hindus in Afghanistan to wear a marker.
Wednesday May 23, 2001
- Bernried / Germany : Grand opening of the Museum of Fantasy .
- Haifa / Israel : Grand opening of the Hanging Gardens of the Baha'i in the Baha'i World Center .
- Tibet : The French Marco Siffredi is the first to manage the complete snowboard descent from the summit of Mount Everest to the base camp .
- Milan / Italy : Bayern Munich beat Valencia 5-4 on penalties in the UEFA Champions League final. The game will take place in front of around 75,000 spectators in the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza .
Thursday May 24, 2001
- Aachen / Germany : The Charlemagne Prize is presented to the Hungarian writer György Konrád . The lenders appreciate u. a. his "outstanding services as a European humanist ".
- Vienna / Austria : Defending champion FC Tirol Innsbruck is officially Austrian football champion 2001 .
Saturday May 26, 2001
- Berlin / Germany : In the final of the DFB Cup in the Olympiastadion Berlin , FC Schalke 04 celebrates a 2-0 victory against the regional division 1. FC Union Berlin .
- St. Gallen / Switzerland : The Grasshopper Club Zurich is officially Swiss football champions 2001 .
Sunday May 27, 2001
- Vienna / Austria : In the Ernst Happel Stadium , FC Kärnten wins the ÖFB Cup final against FC Tirol Innsbruck 2-1 after extra time. It is the club's first national title.
Tuesday May 29, 2001
- Germany : State visit by King Abdullah II from Jordan .
See also
- Nekrolog May 2001 for deaths that month
- List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in May
- Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in May
Web links
Commons : May 2001 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Story of Phantasialand. In: nrw-parks.de, Sebastian Kuhfss. Retrieved September 17, 2016 .
- ↑ Guido Westerwelle - his life in pictures. In: sueddeutsche.de . March 18, 2016, accessed October 10, 2017 .
- ↑ United States-Jordan. In: oas.org . Retrieved July 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Recommendation on the application of the Republic of Cyprus to join the European Union. In: europa.eu . March 26, 2003. Retrieved April 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen. In: eurovision.de, ARD . Retrieved May 16, 2017 .
- Jump up ↑ Ice Hockey World Championships: 65th Ice Hockey World Championships 2001 in Germany. In: ifosta.de, Jörg Thomas. Retrieved February 22, 2017 .
- ^ The Italian General Election of May 2001. In: keele.ac.uk . 2001, accessed on October 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Liverpool wins final crime thriller. In: uefa.com . Retrieved February 20, 2017 .
- ^ Konrad Freiberg: Comment: Right place of pilgrimage . In: German police . Verlag Deutsche Polizeiliteratur , Hilden 2001 ( gdp.de [PDF] September edition).
- ^ Rebirth of the Red Army Faction? In: faz.net . May 20, 2001, Retrieved May 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Palmarčs du Festival 2001. In: ina.fr . Retrieved May 23, 2017 (French).
- ↑ Joint declaration on cooperation within the framework of the Central European Police Academy (MEPA). In: mepa.net . May 22, 2001. Retrieved June 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Kahn makes Bavaria cheer. In: uefa.com . Retrieved February 20, 2017 .
- ^ The 2001 Charlemagne Prize laureate György Konrád. In: karlspreis.de . Retrieved November 30, 2018 .