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Died on Monday January 15, 2001
- Alida Dubbelman (90), Hooge Zwaluwe, Nederland
- Anje Christina BOERMA (92), Hilversum
- Anna Schipper (85), Zeist
- Alida Lijsbeth Keijzer (90), Nijverdal
- Arendje Visser (88)
- Edith McIntire (90), Denison, Grayson, Texas
- Albert Daniel Arickx (84), Brugge
- Bob Winston Franklin Josef Maas (58), Lemmer, Friesland, Nederland
- Albertina Hortensia Vander Auwera (85), Grembergen RVT St.-Anthonius
- Cornelis Clemensz Duijndam (72), Noordwijk
Born on January 15
- 1990 » Fernando Forestieri, Italian footballer
- 1990 » Paul Blake, English sprinter
- 1991 » Darya Klishina, Russian long jumper
- 1991 » James Mitchell, Australian basketball player
- 1991 » Marc Bartra, Spanish footballer
- 1991 » Nicolai Jørgensen, Danish footballer
- 1992 » Joël Veltman, Dutch footballer
- 1994 » Eric Dier, English footballer
- 1998 » Alexandra Eade, Australian artistic gymnast
- 2004 » Grace VanderWaal, American singer-songwriter
Died on January 15
- 1998 » Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian economist and politician, Prime Minister of India (b. 1898)
- 1998 » Junior Wells, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (b. 1934)
- 1999 » Betty Box, English composer and producer (b. 1915)
- 2000 » Georges-Henri Lévesque, Canadian-Dominican priest and sociologist (b. 1903)
- 2001 » Leo Marks, English cryptographer, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
- 2002 » Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (b. 1913)
- 2002 » Michael Anthony Bilandic, American politician, 49th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1923)
- 2003 » Doris Fisher, American singer-songwriter (b. 1915)
- 2004 » Olivia Goldsmith, American author (b. 1949)
- 2005 » Victoria de los Ángeles, Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1923)
Names that were popular for boys in 2001
- Thomas
- Jan
- Lucas
- Robin
- 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 16 » Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.
- March 16 » A series of bomb blasts that took place in the city of Shijiazhuang, China killed 108 people and injured 38 others, was the biggest mass murder in China in decades.
- June 5 » Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm causes $5.5billion in damages, making Allison the second costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
- September 9 » Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.
- October 8 » U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
- November 14 » A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes a remote part of the Tibetan plateau. It had the longest known surface rupture recorded on land (~400km) and is the best documented example of a supershear earthquake.
Weather January 15, 2001
The temperature on January 15, 2001 was between -4.8 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged -2.1 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.