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Born on Friday January 5, 2001
- Daniel van Twillert († 2001)
Died on Friday January 5, 2001
- Bouwe Jan Hoekstra (59), Westerbroek, Groningen, Nederland
- Aart van den Brand (86), Gorinchem
- Anna Maria Christina Knapen (90), Weert
- Aaltje Jansen (89), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
- Bernardus Wilhelmus (Bernard) van Werkhoven (86), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Cornelia Aartje Berkenpas (90), Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, United States of America
- Cornelis Nieboer (61), Landsmeer
- Barend Vreugdenhil (78), Driehuis
- Claudia Tjeerds van der Meer (27)
- Beertje Bouw (76)
Born on January 5
- 1979 » Kyle Calder, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 » Deadmau5 (Joel Thomas Zimmerman), Canadian musician
- 1982 » Janica Kostelić, Croatian skier
- 1984 » Derrick Atkins, Bahamian sprinter
- 1985 » Diego Vera, Uruguayan footballer
- 1986 » Deepika Padukone, Indian actress
- 1988 » Azizulhasni Awang, Malaysian track cyclist
- 1988 » Luke Daniels, English footballer
- 1989 » Krisztián Németh, Hungarian footballer
- 1990 » Mark Nicholls, Australian rugby league player
Died on January 5
- 1994 » Tip O'Neill, American lawyer and politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1912)
- 1997 » André Franquin, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1924)
- 1997 » Burton Lane, American composer and songwriter (b. 1912)
- 1998 » Sonny Bono, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and politician (b. 1935)
- 2000 » Kumar Ponnambalam, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
- 2003 » Roy Jenkins, Welsh politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1920)
- 2004 » Norman Heatley, English biologist and chemist, co-developed penicillin (b. 1911)
- 2006 » Merlyn Rees, Welsh educator and politician, Home Secretary (b. 1920)
- 2007 » Momofuku Ando, Taiwanese-Japanese businessman, founded Nissin Foods (b. 1910)
- 2009 » Griffin Bell, American lawyer and politician, 72nd United States Attorney General (b. 1918)
Names that were popular for boys in 2001
- Thomas
- Robin
- Lucas
- Jan
- Daan
- Lars
- Max
- Bram
- Tim
- Ruben
- Jasper
- Thijs
- Jacob
- Sander
- Niels
- Stijn
Names that were popular for girls in 2001
- Emma
- Britt
- Femke
- Ilse
- Sophie
- Julia
- Sanne
- Amber
- Anna
- Laura
- Lisa
- Fleur
- Anne
- Charlotte
- Maria
- Anastasia
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2001
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
- February 12 » NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
- February 15 » The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.
- October 4 » Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 crashes after being struck by an errant Ukrainian missile. Seventy-eight people are killed.
- October 8 » A twin engine Cessna and a Scandinavian Airlines System jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people.
- December 2 » Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- December 19 » Argentine economic crisis: December riots: Riots erupt in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Weather January 5, 2001
The temperature on January 5, 2001 was between 6.2 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 18.9 mm of rain during 10.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.