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May 23, 2001Born on Thursday May 24, 2001
- Rohan Harry Ross Bloom († 2016)
- Thomas Cornelis Hagens, Heemstede,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Sanne Stoll († 2001)
Died on Thursday May 24, 2001
- Anne Bertha Jurgens (84), Robbinsdale, Hennepin County, Minnesota
- Arie Groen (67), Waarland
- Bas Schriek (0), Rotterdam
- Albertus Nieboer (79), het verpleeghuis 'Magnushof', Jacob Ruijsdaellaan 30, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Albertus Ludovicus Saenen (72)
- Ank Driessen (76), Geldrop, North Brabant, Netherlands
- Carolina Elisabeth Kassenberg (85), markelo
- Anna Maria Cornelia Stokman (97), Delft
- Alice Sander (96), Amsterdam
- Anna Maria Ernestina (Ans) Driessen (76), Geldrop, North Brabant, Netherlands
Born on May 24
- 1989 » G-Eazy, American rapper
- 1990 » Mattias Ekholm, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1991 » Aled Davies, Welsh discus thrower
- 1991 » Cody Eakin, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1992 » Marcus Bettinelli, English footballer, goalkeeper
- 1994 » Daiya Seto, Japanese swimmer
- 1994 » Daiya Seto, Japanese swimmer
- 1994 » Emily Nicholl, Scottish netball player
- 1994 » Emily Temple Wood, American 2016 Wikipedian of the Year award
- 1999 » Tarjei Sandvik Moe, Norwegian actor
Died on May 24
- 1997 » Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (b. 1923)
- 2000 » Kurt Schork, American journalist and scholar (b. 1947)
- 2000 » Majrooh Sultanpuri, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1919)
- 2002 » Wallace Markfield, American author (b. 1926)
- 2003 » Rachel Kempson, English actress (b. 1910)
- 2004 » Edward Wagenknecht, American critic and educator (b. 1900)
- 2004 » Henry Ries, German-American photographer (b. 1917)
- 2004 » Milton Shulman, Canadian author and critic (b. 1913)
- 2005 » Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist and poet (b. 1913)
- 2005 » Carl Amery, German activist and author (b. 1922)
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.
- January 23 » Five people attempt to set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an act that many people later claim is staged by the Communist Party of China to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution.
- January 26 » The 7.7 Mw Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about 166,800 injured.
- February 12 » NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
- May 6 » During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
- June 10 » Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.
- December 11 » The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Weather May 24, 2001
The temperature on May 24, 2001 was between 9.3 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 14.8 hours of sunshine (92%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.