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March 2, 2001Born on Saturday March 3, 2001
- Pieter Klazes Pel, Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Died on Saturday March 3, 2001
- Anna F. Kuiken (96)
- Albert Matthijs Bakker (86), Amsterdam
- André Jans (57)
- Bernhard GALL (102), Kempen, Viersen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
- Adriana Maria Petronella van der Linde (72), Tilburg
- Anna Helena Hake (61), Ter Apel-Vlagtwedde(Gr)
- Antonius Josephus Vromans (84), Uden
- Arie Ouwehand (69)
- Andreas Johannus Marie (André) Rooswinkel (80)
- Albert Cabooter (84), Sijsele (B), België
Born on March 3
- 1990 » Vladimir Janković, Greek-Serbian basketball player
- 1991 » Anri Sakaguchi, Japanese actress
- 1991 » Cho-rong, South Korean singer
- 1993 » Gabriela Cé, Brazilian tennis player
- 1993 » James Roberts, Australian rugby league player
- 1993 » Josef Dostál, Czech kayaker
- 1994 » Umika Kawashima, Japanese singer and actress
- 1996 » Cameron Johnson, American basketball player
- 1997 » Camila Cabello, Cuban-American singer
- 1998 » Jayson Tatum, American basketball player
Died on March 3
- 1998 » Fred W. Friendly, American journalist and broadcaster (b. 1915)
- 1999 » Gerhard Herzberg, German-Canadian chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
- 1999 » Lee Philips, American actor and director (b. 1927)
- 2000 » Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1904)
- 2001 » Eugene Sledge, American soldier, author, and academic (b. 1923)
- 2001 » Louis Edmonds, American actor (b. 1923)
- 2002 » G. M. C. Balayogi, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1951)
- 2003 » Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1904)
- 2003 » Horst Buchholz, German actor (b. 1933)
- 2003 » Luis Marden, American linguist, photographer, and explorer (b. 1913)
Names that were popular for boys in 2001
- Thomas
- Robin
- Lucas
- 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
- Ilse
- Sophie
- 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 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.
- May 9 » In Ghana, 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium disaster. The deaths are caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of tear gas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee.
- June 1 » Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.
- July 24 » Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, becoming the first monarch in history to regain political power through democratic election to a different office.
- September 13 » Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks.
- October 15 » NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon Io.
Weather March 3, 2001
The temperature on March 3, 2001 was between -3.6 °C and 0.6 °C and averaged -1.1 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.