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Number of people in France registered as seeking jobs rose in April by 5,000, to 2.3 million; government is planning legislation to make it more expensive for companies to lay off workers (S)
BP PLC's long-running dispute with Tyumen Oil Co has taken unexpected turn, throwing into doubt agreement between Tyumen and Russian oil company Sidanko; Tyumen-affiliated companies has purchased 40 percent stake in Sidanko from Kantupan Holdings, Cyprus-registered group of foreign investors; purchase, which could give Tyumen controlling stake, throws into doubt not only agreement between Sidanko and Tyumen, but also BP's investment strategy in Russia (M)
Central Asia Industrial Holdings, offshore affiliate of Kazkommertsbank, Kazakhstan's leading banking group, offers $6.66 a share for 18.4 million shares of Canada's Hurricane Hydrocarbons, enough to give it control (M)
Faithful fans of vintage racing cars will gather in Vermont for annual 5.2-mile Mount Equinox Vintage Hill Climb; photos of roadway and some venerable roadsters (M)
Canadian economic growth increased to faster-than-expected 2.5 percent annualized pace in first quarter; gross domestic product rose 0.6 percent, to 1.03 trillion Canadian dollars ($665 billion) in period, from 1.02 trillion Canadian dollars (S)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 30, 2001, covering June 1, 2001.
Tool
Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
Destiny's Child
Weezer
Janet
2001Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist, created Dennis the Menace (born 1920)[†]
Henry King Ketcham was an American cartoonist who created the Dennis the Menace comic strip, writing and drawing it from 1951 to 1994, when he retired from drawing the daily cartoon and took up painting full-time in his home studio. In 1953, he received the Reuben Award for the strip, which continues today in the hands of other cartoonists.
2001notable victims of the Nepalese royal massacre[†]
Aishwarya Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah was Queen of Nepal from 1972 until her death in 2001. She played a significant role as the consort of King Birendra and was a prominent figure in the royal family throughout her lifetime.
2001notable victims of the Nepalese royal massacre[†]
Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev was King of Nepal from 1972 until his assassination in 2001.
2001notable victims of the Nepalese royal massacre[†]
Prince Dhirendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev of Nepal was the youngest son of King Mahendra of Nepal and his first wife, Crown Princess Indra.
2001notable victims of the Nepalese royal massacre[†]
Prince Nirajan Bir Bikram Shah Dev was a prince of Nepal, the younger son of King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya of Nepal. He and his parents were killed during the 1 June 2001 Nepalese royal massacre.
2001notable victims of the Nepalese royal massacre[†]
Princess Shruti Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah of Nepal was the daughter of King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya, and sister of King Dipendra and Prince Nirajan.
2001Nepalese royal massacre: Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shoots and kills several members of his family including his father and mother.[†]
The Nepalese royal massacre occurred on 1 June 2001 at the Narayanhiti Palace, the then-residence of the Nepali monarchy. Nine members of the royal family, including King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya, were killed in a mass shooting during a gathering of the royal family at the palace. A government-appointed inquiry team named Crown Prince Dipendra as perpetrator of the massacre. Dipendra slipped into a coma after shooting himself in the head.
2001Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.[†]
On 1 June 2001, a Hamas-affiliated militant blew himself up outside the Dolphinarium discotheque on the beachfront in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 21 Israelis, 16 of whom were teenagers. The majority of the victims were Israeli teenage girls whose families had recently emigrated from the former Soviet Union.
In 2001, the world population was approximately 6,254,936,459 people[†]