What Happened In April 2001 In History

Historical Events for April, 2001

• 1st » Former President of Yugoslavia called President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
• 1st » Same-sex marriage in the Netherlands called Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the Timeline of same-sex marriage named first contemporary country to allow it.
• 7th » Mars Odyssey is launched.
• 11th » The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that Hainan Island incident called landed in Hainan, China after a collision with a Shenyang J-8 or J-8 fighter, is released.
• 16th » India and Bangladesh begin a 2001 Indian–Bangladeshi border conflict known as five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about India–Bangladesh border or their border.
• 25th » Michele Alboreto is killed while testing an Audi R8 (race car) known as Audi R8 at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz known as Lausitzring in Germany.

Famous Birthdays on April in 2001

• 3rd » Sophie Delezio, Australian medical patient

Famous Deaths for April 2001

• 1st » Olivia Barclay, English astrologer (b. 1919)
• 1st » Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player (b. 1908)
• 1st » Trinh Cong Son, Vietnamese guitarist and composer (b. 1939)
• 2nd » Charles Daudelin, Canadian sculptor and painter (b. 1920)
• 2nd » Jennifer Syme, American actress (b. 1972)
• 4th » Ed Roth, American illustrator (b. 1932)
• 4th » Maury Van Vliet, American-Canadian academic (b. 1913)
• 5th » Brother Theodore, German-American comedian and actor (b. 1906)
• 6th » Charles Pettigrew, American singer-songwriter (Charles & Eddie) (b. 1963)
• 7th » David Graf, American actor (b. 1950)
• 7th » Beatrice Straight, American actress (b. 1914)
• 9th » Willie Stargell, American baseball player (b. 1940)
• 11th » Sandy Bull, American singer and guitarist (b. 1941)
• 11th » Harry Secombe, Welsh-English actor and singer (b. 1921)
• 12th » Harvey Ball, American illustrator, created the smiley (b. 1921)
• 13th » Jimmy Logan, Scottish actor, director, and producer (b. 1928)
• 13th » Robert Moon (postal inspector) called Robert Moon, American postal inspector, created the ZIP code (b. 1917)
• 14th » Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (b. 1939)
• 14th » Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)
• 15th » Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter (Ramones and Sniper (American band) or Sniper) (b. 1951)
• 16th » Michael Ritchie (film director) named Michael Ritchie, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
• 16th » Alec Stock, English footballer and manager (b. 1917)
• 19th » Meldrim Thomson, Jr.. American politician, 73rd Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1912)
• 20th » Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1946)
• 24th » Al Hibbler, American singer (b. 1915)
• 24th » Leon Sullivan, American minister and activist (b. 1922)
• 25th » Michele Alboreto, Italian race car driver (b. 1956)
• 29th » Arthur B. C. Walker, Jr., American physicist and academic (b. 1936)

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