Timeline August 2001

Events in August 2001 6

• 1912 – 2001 Jorge Amado (1912-2001) Died 6 August 2001, aged 88 Amado was Brazil's most widely translated novelist, chronicling life in his native Bahia in books such as Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon and Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands. His early work was politically committed; his later novels were sensual and comic. His books were adapted into films and television series.
• 1915 – 2001 Fred Hoyle (1915-2001) Died 20 August 2001, aged 86 Hoyle was an astronomer who explained how stars forge the chemical elements, work for which a Nobel Prize later went to a collaborator. He championed the steady-state theory of the universe and coined the term Big Bang for the rival model he rejected. He also wrote science fiction.
• 1979 – 2001 Aaliyah (1979-2001) Died 25 August 2001, aged 22 Aaliyah Haughton was an American singer and actor whose blend of R&B and hip-hop, on albums such as her self-titled 2001 release, made her a defining figure of the era. She had begun a film career with Romeo Must Die. She was killed with eight others when an overloaded plane crashed after a video shoot in the Bahamas.
• 2001 US Open 2001 Men: Lleyton Hewitt · Women: Venus Williams
• 2001 Ohrid Agreement ends the Macedonia conflict Deal grants greater rights to ethnic Albanians Signed on 13 August 2001, the Ohrid Framework Agreement ended months of fighting between Macedonian security forces and an ethnic Albanian insurgency. It expanded the official use of the Albanian language and increased Albanian representation in public institutions. NATO troops oversaw the disarmament of rebel fighters.
• 2001 – present Jannik Sinner The Fox 2024 Australian Open champion and the highest-ranked Italian player in history.