Editing 2001 (section)

===April===
[[File:Weddinginholland.jpg|thumb|Two men marrying in&nbsp;[[Amsterdam]]&nbsp;on April 1, the first day in which the possibility to marry was opened to same-sex couples]]
* [[April 1]]
** The [[Same-sex marriage in the Netherlands|Act on the Opening up of Marriage]] goes into effect in the Netherlands, which becomes the first modern country to legalize [[same-sex marriage]].<ref name="William Binchy-20072" />
** [[Hainan Island incident]]: A Chinese fighter jet collides with a U.S. [[Lockheed EP-3|EP-3E]] surveillance aircraft, which is forced to make an emergency landing in [[Hainan]], China. The U.S. crew is detained for 10 days and the [[Shenyang J-8|F-8]] Chinese pilot, Wang Wei, goes missing and is presumed dead.<ref name="Air Forces Monthly-2001">{{Citation | title = Air Forces Monthly|date=May 2001| volume = 158| page = 4}}</ref>
** Former [[President of Serbia and Montenegro]] [[Slobodan Milošević]] surrenders to police special forces to be tried on charges of [[crimes against humanity]].<ref name=":5" />{{Rp|page=230}} 
* [[April 7]] – The [[NASA]] orbiter ''[[2001 Mars Odyssey]]'' launches on a [[Delta II]] rocket.<ref name="NASA Mars-2001">{{Cite web |last= |title=2001 Mars Odyssey |url=https://mars.nasa.gov/mars-exploration/missions/odyssey |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=NASA Mars Exploration |date=December 4, 2017 |language=en |archive-date=November 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124172241/https://mars.nasa.gov/mars-exploration/missions/odyssey/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 11]] – [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]]'s football team wins against [[American Samoa national football team|American Samoa]] in a record [[Australia 31–0 American Samoa|31–0 victory]], just two days after setting the record with a [[Tonga 0–22 Australia|0–22 victory]] against [[Tonga national football team|Tonga]].<ref name=":11" />
* [[April 15]] – [[Extreme Championship Wrestling]] files for bankruptcy and ceases operations, is eventually bought by its competitor, the [[World Wrestling Federation]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.morningjournal.com/2001/04/15/ecw-officially-bankrupt-officially-done/ |access-date=2024-03-21 |title=ECW officially bankrupt, officially done |date=15 April 2001 }}</ref> 
* [[April 17]]
** [[Nông Đức Mạnh]] is chosen as [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Thayer |first=Carlyle A. |date=2002 |title=Vietnam in 2001: The Ninth Party Congress and After |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/as.2002.42.1.81 |journal=Asian Survey |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=81–89 |doi=10.1525/as.2002.42.1.81 |jstor=10.1525/as.2002.42.1.81 |issn=0004-4687 |access-date=November 20, 2022 |archive-date=November 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104125830/https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/as.2002.42.1.81 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** Israel occupies an area in the [[Gaza Strip]], killing two people. Israeli forces withdraw the same day after the United States denounces the attack.<ref name="CNN-2001a">{{Cite web |date=2001-04-18 |title=Israel pulls out of Gaza |url=http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/04/17/mideast.violence.06/ |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=CNN |archive-date=November 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124021417/http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/04/17/mideast.violence.06/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 18]] – [[2001 Burundian coup d'état attempt]]: A group of junior officers make a failed attempt to overthrow President [[Pierre Buyoya]] of Burundi.<ref name=":2" />{{Rp|page=218}}
* [[April 22]] – [[Hasim Rahman]] wins an upset victory against champion [[Lennox Lewis]] in the "[[Lennox Lewis vs. Hasim Rahman|Thunder in Africa]]" boxing match.<ref name=":10" />{{Rp|page=536}}<ref name=":12" />
* [[April 25]] – A ceasefire is broken during the [[Eelam War III]] in Sri Lanka.<ref name=":3" />{{Rp|page=51}}
* [[April 26]]
** [[Junichiro Koizumi]] becomes the 86th [[Prime Minister of Japan]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-21 |title=Junichiro Koizumi Fast Facts |url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/27/world/asia/junichiro-koizumi-fast-facts/index.html |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=November 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120233014/https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/27/world/asia/junichiro-koizumi-fast-facts/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
** The [[Parliament of Ukraine]] votes to dismiss Prime Minister [[Viktor Yushchenko]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tyler |first=Patrick E. |date=2001-04-26 |title=Ukrainian Parliament Votes to Oust Prime Minister |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/26/world/ukrainian-parliament-votes-to-oust-prime-minister.html |access-date=2022-11-24 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124021408/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/26/world/ukrainian-parliament-votes-to-oust-prime-minister.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 28]]
** The Russian spacecraft [[Soyuz TM-32]] lifts off from the [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]] in Kazakhstan, carrying the first [[Space tourism|space tourist]], American entrepreneur [[Dennis Tito]], and two Russian cosmonauts.<ref name="NASA-2001">{{cite book|author=United States. President|title=Aeronautics and Space Report of the President|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z1DpUAFmghAC&pg=PA138|publisher=U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration|pages=138|access-date=April 8, 2021|archive-date=December 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207101225/https://books.google.com/books?id=z1DpUAFmghAC&pg=PA138#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Vejce ambush]]: Eight Macedonian soldiers are killed in an ambush by the NLA near [[Vejce]], a village in the [[Šar Mountains]], Macedonia. It represents the heaviest death toll for the government forces in a single incident during the insurgency.<ref>{{cite web |title=8 soldiers slain in ambush near Albanian region |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2001/04/29/8-soldiers-slain-in-ambush-near-albanian-region/ |date=29 April 2001 |publisher=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=5 February 2015 |archive-date=February 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202210050/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-04-29/news/0104290288_1_albanian-macedonia-in-late-march-slav-majority |url-status=live }}</ref>