The March 15, 2001 was a Thursday under the star sign of ♓. It was the 73 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.
If you were born on this day, you are 25 years old. Your last birthday was on the Sunday, March 15, 2026, 112 days ago. Your next birthday is on Monday, March 15, 2027, in 252 days. You have lived for 9,243 days, or about 221,838 hours, or about 13,310,282 minutes, or about 798,616,920 seconds.
Date: 15 March 2001
Stuart Varney angrily resigns as an anchor at CNN's Moneyline News Hour; protested when Ted Turner referred to staff members wearing ashes on Ash Wednesday as 'Jesus freaks'; Fox News Channel signs Bill O'Reilly to six-year deal as host of The O'Reilly Factor (S)
Date: 16 March 2001
By Jayson Blair
Jayson Blair
New York Daily News appoints Frank Lalli Sunday editor; Lalli is former editor in chief of George magazine and top editor at Money magazine (S)
Date: 15 March 2001
By Adam Nagourney and Janet Elder
Adam Nagourney
Latest New York Times/CBS News poll finds Bill Clinton's standing with American public has plummeted in two months since he left White House, reaching its lowest level since before he arrived in Washington; 51 percent of respondents view him unfavorably; despite this, most of those polled say they believe his explanation for last-minute pardons that have shadowed his exit from public life; results of poll suggest even out of office Clinton continues to inspire intense if somewhat conflicted reactions from Americans; his problems apparently spill over onto his wife, Sen Hillary Rodham Clinton; more than 40 percent of Americans nationwide say they have unfavorable view of her; neither poll's sample is large enough to measure Sen Clinton's standing among her New York constituents (M)
Date: 16 March 2001
By Craig S. Smith
Craig Smith
Prime Min Zhu Rongji makes highly unusual nationally televised apology to people of China for deadly schoolhouse explosion in rural Jiangxi Province, and softens earlier denials that children at school were making fireworks; says he has ordered high-level investigation; government's attempts to contain conflicting accounts of blast were undermined by citizens' rapidly spreading access to Internet and other information channels and by increasingly self-assertive press; explosion killed 42 people, 38 of them children aged 9 to 11 years old; local government had announced that deranged suicide bomber was responsible for blast; bereaved parents and surviving students unanimously rejected this, saying children were forced to make fireworks at school; attempted media blackout only fueled speculation that there was coverup reaching into central government; photo (M)
Date: 16 March 2001
By Celia W. Dugger
Celia Dugger
Corruption scandal that has prompted resignation of India's powerful defense minister, George Fernandes, and many others in government was exposed by undercover sting operation of nine-month-old Internet magazine, tehelka.com; 'spy cam' movies shot on shoestring by two journalists at magazine show politicians' hands reaching out for stacks of money; photo (M)
Date: 16 March 2001
By Edward Wong
Edward Wong
George Polk Awards for reporting for 2000 are awarded in 12 categories; John B Oakes, former New York Times editor, receives career award and series How Race Is Lived in America wins special award (M)
Date: 16 March 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Fruit of the Loom Ltd files reorganization plan to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection (S)
Date: 15 March 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Kimball International, which makes office furniture and electronic parts, said fiscal third-quarter earnings will miss analysts' estimates; says it has laid off 600 workers since January because of demand for durable goods (S)
Date: 16 March 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Baxter International says it will double manufacturing capacity at plant in Neuchatel, Switzerland, that makes its hemophilia drug (S)
Date: 16 March 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Intuit, maker of personal-finance software, says revenue in its third quarter and 2001 fiscal year will miss forecasts because of sluggish sales of its QuickBooks software and slower Internet advertising; Intuit's shares drop $12.44, or 29 percent, to $29.81 (S)