March 2001

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Events

• March 3 - A U.S. Air Force Materials Command C-23 Sherpa transport crashes during stormy weather in the U.S. state of Georgia, killing 21.
• March 5 - In Mecca, 35 Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death during the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
• March 7 - The SpongeBob SquarePants You Wish TV special airs on Nickelodeon.
• March 9 - Armin Meiwes kills Bernd-Jurgen Brandes after putting up an advertisement searching for someone to be willfully slaughtered. This is one of the most controversial cases in Germany in modern history.
• March 23 - The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
• March 23 - The World Wrestling Federation purchases rival organization World Championship Wrestling for an estimated $7 million.
• March 24 - Apple Computer releases Mac OS X version 10.0.
• March 29 - A chartered Gulfstream III jet crashes into a hillside during approach into Aspen, Colorado, killing 18 people.
• March 31 - Invader Zim premieres.

Deaths

• March 8 - Ninette de Valois - founder of Royal Ballet, London
• March 12 - Robert Ludlum - author of 29 spy novels
• March 18- John Phillips - singer and songwriter
• March 22 - William Hanna - animator, director, producer, and co-founder of Hanna-Barbera Productions
• March 29 - John Lewis - jazz pianist and composer

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