destroying the Buddhas of Bamiyan, having declared that they are idols. March 4 – The Hintze Ribeiro Bridge collapses in northern Portugal, killing 59 people. March 14 – Battle of Tetovo: Violence erupts between Albanian rebels and Macedonian soldiers in Tetovo. Conflict in Tetovo will continue for months during the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia. March 16 – Shijiazhuang bombings: 108 people are killed in a series of bombings in Shijiazhuang, China. March 22 – Kenyanthropus is described as an early hominid after the discovery of remains in Kenya. March 23 – The deorbit of Russian space station Mir is processed, with debris falling into the South Pacific Ocean after the station enters the atmosphere and is destroyed. March 24 – Apple Inc. released the Mac OS X operating system for Mac computers. March 28 – The United States declares its intention to end involvement in the Kyoto Protocol. April April 1 The Act on the Opening up of Marriage goes into effect in the Netherlands, which becomes the first modern country to legalize same-sex marriage. Hainan Island incident: A Chinese fighter jet collides with a U.S. 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 F-8 Chinese pilot, Wang Wei, goes missing and is presumed dead. April 2 – Former President of Serbia and Montenegro Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces to be tried on charges of crimes against humanity. April 7 – The NASA orbiter 2001 Mars Odyssey launches on a Delta II rocket. April 11 – Ellis Park Stadium disaster: 43 people are killed when Ellis Park Stadium is overcrowded. April 17 Nông Đức Mạnh is chosen as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Israel occupies an area in the Gaza Strip, killing two people. Israeli forces withdraw the same day after the United States denounces the attack. 2001 Burundian coup d'état attempt: A group of junior officers make a failed attempt to overthrow President Pierre Buyoya of Burundi. April 26 Junichiro Koizumi becomes the 86th Prime Minister of Japan. The Parliament of Ukraine votes to dismiss Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko. April 28 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz TM-32 lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying the first space tourist, American entrepreneur Dennis Tito, and two Russian cosmonauts. Vejce ambush: Eight Macedonian soldiers are killed in an ambush by