At A Glance

4 March 2001 at a glance

Day of the week
4 March 2001 was a Sunday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “It Wasn't Me” by Shaggy ft. RikRok.
Top Film of 2001
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2001 was Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Star sign
The star sign for 4 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 4 March 2001 fell in the Year of the Snake.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 4 March 2001 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 4 March

  • 1985 The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for HIV infection, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States.
  • 1986 The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet and the first images of its nucleus.
  • 1990 Lennox Sebe, President for life of the South African Bantustan of Ciskei, is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by Brigadier Oupa Gqozo.
  • 1994 Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-62.
  • 2009 The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.

Famous people born on 4 March

  • Catherine O'Hara, Canadian-American actress and comedian (1954–2026)
  • Patricia Heaton, American actress (born 1958)
  • Patsy Kensit, English model and actress (born 1968)
  • Paul W. S. Anderson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1965)

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Events of 2001 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2001 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 19 February – Foot and mouth crisis begins.
  • 7 June – General Election: Labour Party attains a second successive landslide election victory. Among the new entrants to parliament is 34-year-old future Conservative prime minister David Cameron, who retains the Witney seat in Oxfordshire for the Conservative Party.
  • 4 August – Oxford United move into their new 12,500-seat Kassam Stadium near the city's Blackbird Leys estate. Work on the stadium had started in 1996 but halted the following year due to the club's financial problems.
More events of 2001 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in 2001

Prime Minister

Tony Blair

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£1.90

Loaf of Bread

74p

Average House

£97,135

Weekly Wage

£483.00

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