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  • U.S.
    Apr, 2001
    Marlon Brando

    Illness

    U.S.
    Apr, 2001

    In April 2001, Brando was hospitalized with pneumonia.




  • Belgrade, Serbia (Then Yugoslavia)
    Sunday Apr 1, 2001
    Slobodan Milošević

    Milošević was arrested

    Belgrade, Serbia (Then Yugoslavia)
    Sunday Apr 1, 2001

    Milošević was arrested by Yugoslav authorities on 1 April 2001, following a 36-hour armed standoff between police and Milošević's bodyguards at his Belgrade villa. Although no official charges were made, Milošević was suspected of abuse of power and corruption.




  • Houston, Texas, U.S.
    Sunday Apr 1, 2001
    Dwayne Johnson

    WrestleMania X-Seven

    Houston, Texas, U.S.
    Sunday Apr 1, 2001

    The Rock feuded with the Royal Rumble winner, Stone Cold Steve Austin, whom he lost the title to at WrestleMania X-Seven after Austin allied with Vince McMahon, who interfered on his behalf.




  • Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
    Monday Apr 2, 2001
    Dwayne Johnson

    Steel Cage Title Rematch

    Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
    Monday Apr 2, 2001

    On the next night's Raw Is War, during a steel cage title rematch, Triple H attacked The Rock, allying with McMahon and Austin and helping Austin retain the championship. Austin and Triple H then formed a tag team called The Power Trip, while The Rock was indefinitely suspended in storyline. Johnson used this time off to act in The Scorpion King.




  • California, U.S.
    Wednesday Apr 18, 2001
    Kobe Bryant

    Getting married

    California, U.S.
    Wednesday Apr 18, 2001

    Bryant and Laine married on April 18, 2001, at St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church in Dana Point, California. The wedding was not attended by Bryant's parents, his two sisters, his longtime advisor, and agent Arn Tellem, or his Laker teammates. Bryant's parents were opposed to the marriage for a number of reasons. Reportedly Bryant's parents had problems with him marrying so young, especially to a woman who was not African-American. This disagreement resulted in an estrangement period of over two years, which ended when the couple's first daughter was born.




  • Espoo, Finland
    Thursday Apr 26, 2001
    Nokia

    Nokia partnered with Telefonica

    Espoo, Finland
    Thursday Apr 26, 2001

    On 26 April 2001 Nokia partnered with Telefonica to supply DSL modems and routers in Spain.




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