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Hard-core gamers pay big markups to buy Japanese video games not yet released in United States; are lured in part by alien nature of games, which often have different look and feel than similar types of American games; some game genres popular in Japan are virtually unheard of in United States; sampling of titles from nations other than Japan or US; photos (M)
IFO economic research institute says confidence in German economy in February suffered its biggest plunge in more than year, reaching level not seen since July 1999; European Commission's statistical arm reports industrial production fell 1.9 percent in January, more than economists expected; graph (M)
Article discusses vote-seeking efforts by both sides in issue of whether Edison Schools will take over operations of five failing schools from New Yotk City Board of Education; 5,000 parents vote this week and next on issue; photo (M)
Arts Abroad column appraises exhibition of Picasso's erotic paintings, drawings, engravings and sculptures at Jeu de Paume in Paris; says offers fresh insight into his creative process, notably evolving role sex played in his life and imagination; photos (M)
Home Economics column says residential real estate market may be only sector of US economy still standing tall in current slowdown; brokers say house hunters are still looking and are continuing to buy, albeit more slowly in some places; graphs; drawings (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 21, 2001, covering March 22, 2001.
Dave Matthews Band
Aerosmith
Shaggy
Eve
DJ Clue
2001Artūrs Šilovs, Latvian ice hockey player[†]
Artūrs Šilovs is a Latvian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Šilovs was selected by the Canucks in the sixth round, 156th overall, in the 2019 NHL entry draft and made his NHL debut with the team in 2023.
2001Stepas Butautas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (born 1925)[†]
Stepas Butautas was a Soviet and Lithuanian professional basketball player and coach. He trained at the VSS Žalgiris, in Kaunas. He played with the Soviet Union men's national basketball team at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games, where he won a silver medal. During the tournament, he played in all eight games.
2001Sabiha Gökçen, Turkish soldier and pilot (born 1913)[†]
Sabiha Gökçen was a Turkish aviator. During her flight career, she flew around 8,000 hours and participated in 32 different military operations. She became the world's first female fighter pilot, at age 23. As an orphan, she was one of the nine children adopted by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
2001William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, and voice actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (born 1910)[†]
William Denby Hanna was an American animator, voice actor, and musician who is best known for co-creating Tom and Jerry and providing the vocal effects for the series' title characters. Alongside Joseph Barbera, he also founded the animation studio and production company Hanna-Barbera.
2001Robert Fletcher Shaw, Canadian businessman, academic, and civil servant (born 1910)[†]
Robert Fletcher Shaw was a Canadian businessman, academic, civil servant and deputy commissioner general of the Universal and International Exhibition of 1967.
In 2001, the world population was approximately 6,254,936,459 people[†]