In 2001, former King Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha returned to power, this time as Prime Minister with his National Movement Simeon II.

King, The ciphers of the monks-A forgotten number notation of the Middle Ages, Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2001 ( ISBN 3-515-07640-9 )

Newport, R. I .: Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, 2001.

* King of the Hill ( 2001 ) ( voice )

* 2001 – Nepalese royal massacre: Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shoots and kills several members of his family including his father and mother, King Birendra of Nepal and Queen Aiswarya.

In a 2001 interview on Larry King Live, Ashcroft announced his intent to escalate efforts in this area.

On June 1, 2001, Crown Prince Dipendra was officially reported to have shot and killed his father, King Birendra ; his mother, Queen Aishwarya ; his brother ; his sister, his father's younger brother, Prince Dhirendra ; and several aunts, before turning the gun on himself.

* 2001 – Princess Senate Seeiso, daughter of King Letsie III of Lesotho

In the meanwhile he has had time enough for some more animation, so we have Aihnoo degli Icebergs ( 1972 ), The Fourth King ( 1977 ) and a new TV series, The Adventures of Marco and Gina ( Sopra i tetti di Venezia ) ( 2001 ).

Since the 9 / 11 attacks in 2001, there has been mounting pressure to reform and modernize the royal family's rule, an agenda championed by King Abdullah both before and after his accession in 2005.

The King Edward Point base, which had become a small military garrison after the Falklands war, returned to civilian use in 2001 and is now operated by the British Antarctic Survey.

* Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack ( 2001 )

* Oscar winners: Gladiator ( 2000 ), A Beautiful Mind ( 2001 ), Chicago ( 2002 ), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ( 2003 ), Million Dollar Baby ( 2004 ), Crash ( 2005 ), The Departed ( 2006 ), No Country for Old Men ( 2007 ), Slumdog Millionaire ( 2008 ), The Hurt Locker ( 2009 )

** King Dipendra of Nepal ( died 2001 )

* Spirit of 76 ( 1976 ) ( stolen in 1978 but recovered in 2001 by the FBI's Robert King Wittman )

For example, in 2001, Sir David Howard was created a Grand Cordon, First Class, of the Order of Independence of Jordan following the state visit of King Abdullah II.

* MacCulloch, Diarmaid ( 2001 ): The Boy King: Edward VI and the Protestant Reformation Palgrave ISBN 0-312-23830-4

* Design Awards: Eight shows have swept the design awards ( original 3 of Best Scenic Design, Best Costume Design, Best Lighting Design – joined by Best Sound Design starting in 2008 ): Follies ( 1972 ), The Phantom of the Opera ( 1986 ), The Lion King ( 1998 ), The Producers ( 2001 ), The Light in the Piazza ( 2005 ), The Coast of Utopia ( 2007 ), the 2008 revival of South Pacific ( first to sweep the expanded 4 awards for Creative Arts ) and Peter and the Starcatcher ( first straight play to sweep the expanded four awards for Creative Arts ) ( 2012 ).

* Keynes, Simon ( 2001 ), ' Edward, King of the Anglo-Saxons ', in N. J. Higham & D. H. Hill eds, Edward the Elder 899-924, Routledge ISBN 0-415-21497-1

In Peter Jackson's films The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ( 2001 ) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ( 2003 ) Bilbo is played by Ian Holm, who had played Frodo in the BBC radio series 20 years earlier.

A great granddaughter, Princess Vudhichalerm Vudhijaya ( b. 21 May 1934 ), stated in a 2001 interview: " King Mongkut was in the monk's hood for 27 years before he was king.

In the Peter Jackson movies The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ( 2001 ), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ( 2002 ) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ( 2003 ), Sam was played by Sean Astin.

In the United States, Sam was portrayed by Blake Bowden in the Cincinnati productions of The Fellowship of the Ring ( 2001 ), The Two Towers ( 2002 ), and The Return of the King ( 2003 ) for Clear Stage Cincinnati.

The extras feature color production footage shot by Chaplin ’ s half-brother Sydney, deleted barbershop sequence from Chaplin ’ s 1919 film Sunnyside, barbershop sequence from Sydney Chaplin ’ s 1921 film King, Queen, Joker, and The Tramp and the Dictator ( 2001 ), Kevin Brownlow and Michael Kloft ’ s documentary paralleling the lives of Chaplin and Hitler, including interviews with author Ray Bradbury, director Sidney Lumet, screenwriter Budd Schulberg, and others.

* 2001: Stanley Wiater, Christoper Golden, Hank Wagner: The Stephen King Universe ; A Guide to the Worlds of Stephen King

* Prince Fahd bin Badr bin Abdulaziz al Saud 2001

* 1976 – Nawaf al-Hazmi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 ( d. 2001 )

* 1972 – Hani Hanjour, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 ( d. 2001 )

A Saudi, Omari arrived in the United States in June 2001, on a tourist visa, obtained through the Visa Express program.

* 1981 – Salem al-Hazmi, Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 ( d. 2001 )

After the terrorist attacks by the group formed by the multi-millionaire Saudi Osama bin Laden on New York and Washington in the United States in 2001, American foreign policy began to call for the removal of the Ba ' ath government in Iraq.

* 1977 – Majed Moqed, Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 ( d. 2001 )

* 2001 – A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, indicts 13 Saudis and a Lebanese in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 American servicemen.

* 1979 – Abdulaziz al-Omari, Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 11 ( d. 2001 )

* 1980 – Hamza al-Ghamdi, Saudi terrorist ( d. 2001 )

On September 10, 2001, Hanjour, Mihdhar, and Nawaf checked into the Marriott Residence Inn in Herndon, Virginia where Saleh Ibn Abdul Rahman Hussayen, a prominent Saudi government official, was staying – although no evidence was ever uncovered that they had met, or knew of each other's presence.

* 2001, Al Faisaliyah Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

On 22 September 2001 the United Arab Emirates and later Saudi Arabia withdrew their recognition of the Taliban as the legal government of Afghanistan, leaving neighboring Pakistan as the only remaining country with diplomatic ties.

Following the 11 September 2001 attacks in the United States, perpetrated mostly by Saudi nationals, Prince Nayef was strongly criticized by the U. S. for his reaction.

An ADSL service in Saudi Arabia has become available since 2001.

On June 12, 2001 Saeed al-Ghamdi applied for and received a second two-year US B-1 / B-2 ( tourist / business ) visa in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

On September 23, 2001, before the FBI had released the pictures of the hijackers, the BBC and The Daily Telegraph reported that a Saudi Airlines pilot named Saeed al-Ghamdi was furious that a name on the hijacker's list released by the FBI matched his own.

* 2001: Al-Ittihad ( Saudi Arabia ) ( as manager )

The Taliban controlled 95 % of the territory by 2001 and only Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates recognized them as the government of Afghanistan.

Saudi officials inspect a crashed PAM-D module, January 2001.

Bin Laden provided both financial and political support to the Taliban, as did Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, until American pressure forced them to drop their public support for the Taliban after September 11, 2001.

* Ahmed al-Nami ( 1977 – 2001 ), Saudi hijacker of United Airlines Flight 93

* Louis Werner, 2001, A Gift of Ghazals, Saudi Aramco World

In 2001, his father had attracted the interest of officials, as the Saudi embassy had sent him $ 19, 200.

For instance, the Taliban government of the Islamic State of Afghanistan, which lasted from 1996 to 2001, was recognized by only Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia, while far more had recognized the government of ousted President Burhanuddin Rabbani.

Another point of attack for Clarke's critics was his role in allowing members of the bin Laden family to fly to Saudi Arabia on September 20, 2001.