Home > April 2001

Events:

• April 1:
  • An EP-3E United States Navy plane collides with a Chinese People's Liberation ArmyAlternate meaning: Shining Path The People's Liberation Army (PLA; Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , pinyin: Renmin Jiefang Jun), including strategic nuclear forces, an army, navy and air force, serves as the military of the People's Republic o fighter jet. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in HainanHainan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located at the southern end of the country. It consists of several islands, the largest of which is also called Hainan Island Hainan Dao . And when speaking of "Hainan" in Chinese, it is usually the, People's Republic of ChinaThe People's Republic of China PRC comprises most of the cultural, historic, and geographic area known as China. Since its founding in 1949, it has been led by the Communist Party of China (CPC). It is the world's most populous country, with a population and is detained. The American crew would later be released on April 11April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). There are 264 days remaining. Events 1241 Batu Khan defeats Bela IV of Hungary at the Battle of Muhi 1512 Battle of Ravenna 1713 War of the Spanish Succession ( Queen A while the Chinese fighter pilot was lost and presumed dead.
  • Former president of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan MilosevicSlobodan MiloSevic ( Serbian Cyrillic: pron. sloh-BOH-dahn mee-LOH-sheh-vitch born 20 August 1941) is a former President of Serbia and of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as well as leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia. Early career MiloSevic was bor surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on charges of war crimeA war crime is a punishable offense, under international law, for violations of the law of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. Every violation of the law of war is a war crime. War crimes include violations of established protections of ths.
  • The first legal same-sex marriage in the NetherlandsRegistered partnership On January 1, 1998 registered partnerships ( Dutch: geregistreerd partnerschap were introduced in law in the Netherlands. These were meant for same-sex couples as an alternative to marriage, though they can also be entered into by o is celebrated.
  • The first legal same-sex marriage in the Canadian province of Quebec is celebrated; Michael Hendricks and René Leboeuf wed in Montreal.
• April 7 - An M-17 helicopter crashes into mountain in south of Hanoi, Vietnam killing 16. The flight was carrying United States armed forces personnel searching for MIAs from Vietnam War
• April 11 - The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, People's Republic of China after a collision with an F-8 fighter is released.
• April 15 - Easter day (not again until 2063).
• April 20 - The anti-globalization movement holds a People's Summit and large protest marches, some of which are forcibly put down by police, against the FTAA summit in Quebec City, Quebec
• April 23 - Intel introduces the Pentium 4 Processor.
• April 30:
  • Dennis Tito, the first ' space tourist' in space lifts off in a Russian rocket heading for the International Space Station.
  • Chandra Levy, a former intern to California Congressman Gary Condit, is last seen in Washington, DC.

Films:

• April 6 - Along Came a Spider starring Morgan Freeman
• April 20 - Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
• April 20 - Freddy Got Fingered