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Born on Monday January 8, 2001
- Laurens Lintermans, Lier, Antwerpen, België
- kim sonnemans, helden-beringe
- Aaltje de Boer († 2008)
Died on Monday January 8, 2001
- * Cornelia Catharina (Cor) de Hoog (93), Dordrecht
- AnneMarie Hugenholtz (89)
- Berendjen Gunnink (92)
- Cornelia Catharina Kluit (99), Scherpenzeel, Netherlands
- Arie Bijl (83), Schiedam, Nederland
- * Johannes Relindis Maria (Jan) van Gils (72), Tilburg
- Catharina Hubertina Tissen (81), Roermond
- Benji Ludwig (26)
- Catharina Gerarda Maria van Houtum (69), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Augustina Elisabeth Maria Knaapen (93), Bakel, Jan de Witkliniek
Born on January 8
- 1986 » David Silva, Spanish footballer
- 1988 » Adrián López, Spanish footballer
- 1988 » Michael Mancienne, English footballer
- 1989 » Aaron Cruden, New Zealand rugby player
- 1991 » Josh Hazlewood, Australian cricketer
- 1991 » Stefan Johansen, Norwegian footballer
- 1991 » Stefan Savić, Montenegrin footballer
- 1992 » Apostolos Vellios, Greek footballer
- 1992 » Koke, Spanish footballer
- 1992 » Stefanie Dolson, American basketball player
Died on January 8
- 1996 » François Mitterrand, French sergeant and politician, 21st President of France (b. 1916)
- 1996 » Howard Taubman, American author and critic (b. 1907)
- 1996 » Metin Göktepe, Turkish photographer and journalist (b. 1968)
- 1997 » Melvin Calvin, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
- 1998 » Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)
- 2002 » Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
- 2002 » Dave Thomas, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Wendy's (b. 1932)
- 2003 » Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (b. 1925)
- 2004 » John A. Gambling, American radio host (b. 1930)
- 2006 » Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, Northern Irish broadcaster and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics (b. 1943)
Names that were popular for boys in 2001
- Thomas
- Lucas
- Robin
- Jan
- Daan
- Lars
- Max
- Bram
- Tim
- Ruben
- Jasper
- Thijs
- Jacob
- Niels
- Sander
- Stijn
Names that were popular for girls in 2001
- Emma
- Britt
- Femke
- Julia
- Sophie
- Ilse
- Amber
- Sanne
- Anna
- Laura
- Lisa
- Fleur
- Charlotte
- Anne
- 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.
- January 29 » Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.
- January 31 » In the Netherlands, a Scottish court convicts Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and acquits another Libyan citizen for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.
- April 16 » India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.
- June 15 » Leaders of the People's Republic of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
- August 6 » Erwadi fire incident, 28 mentally ill persons tied to a chain were burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.
- October 11 » The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
Weather January 8, 2001
The temperature on January 8, 2001 was between 1.3 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.