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March 4, 2001

On March 4, 2001, bBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was attributed to the Real IRA. The year's #1 song was "Hanging by a Moment" by Lifehouse. Manuel Ugarte, Neco Williams, Jalen Williams would arrive in the same year.

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BBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was attributed to the Real IRA.

The 2001 BBC bombing was a bomb attack on the BBC's main news centre within BBC Television Centre, on Wood Lane in the White City area of West London.

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2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2001st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 1st year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2000s decade.

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On March 4, 2001

  1. 2001 BBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was attributed to the Real IRA.

    2001 Real IRA attack on the BBC headquarters in London

    The 2001 BBC bombing was a bomb attack on the BBC's main news centre within BBC Television Centre, on Wood Lane in the White City area of West London.

Arrivals

Born on March 4, 2001

Freya Anderson 2001– British swimmer (born 2001)
George Pickens 2001– American football player (born 2001)

Elsewhere that year

Other moments from 2001

The class of 2001

Others born in 2001

Manuel Ugarte 2001– Uruguayan footballer
Neco Williams 2001– Welsh footballer
Jalen Williams 2001– American basketball player
Shanti Dope 2001– Filipino rapper
Shin Ryujin 2001– South Korean rapper, singer and dancer
Violette Dorange 2001– French Professional Round the World Sailor

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