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April 27, 2001Born on Saturday April 28, 2001
- Sem Johannes Links, Neerijnen
Died on Saturday April 28, 2001
- Adriana Francisca Klazina Korstens (76), Hilversum
- Albertus van Dongen (65), Oud Gastel
- Adalberto Calderon Sr (51), Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
- Antonius DE KLERK (37), Roosendaal &, Nispen,Gemeente Roosendaal,North Brabant,Netherlands
- Cornelia Maria Blondina Tielen (53), Eindhoven
- Arendje de Bruijn (85), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Carolina Willemina Menkveld (74), Almen
- Anna de Vries (84)
- Charles Edward Foster (75), Timaru, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
- Anthony J. Scatton (86), Drums, PA
Born on April 28
- 1988 » Jonathan Biabiany, French footballer
- 1989 » Emil Salomonsson, Swedish footballer
- 1989 » Kim Sung-kyu, South Korean singer
- 1990 » Niels-Peter Mørck, Danish footballer
- 1992 » Blake Bortles, American football player
- 1992 » DeMarcus Lawrence, American football player
- 1993 » Craig Garvey, Australian rugby league player
- 1993 » Eva Samková, Czech snowboarder
- 1995 » Jonathan Benteke, Belgian footballer
- 1995 » Melanie Martinez, American singer
Died on April 28
- 1997 » Ann Petry, American novelist (b. 1908)
- 1998 » Jerome Bixby, American author and screenwriter (b. 1923)
- 1999 » Alf Ramsey, English footballer and manager (b. 1920)
- 1999 » Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921)
- 1999 » Rolf Landauer, German-American physicist and engineer (b. 1927)
- 1999 » Rory Calhoun, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
- 2000 » Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish physician and politician (b. 1925)
- 2000 » Penelope Fitzgerald, English author and poet (b. 1916)
- 2002 » Alexander Lebed, Russian general and politician (b. 1950)
- 2002 » Lou Thesz, American wrestler and trainer (b. 1916)
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 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.
- April 25 » Michele Alboreto is killed while testing an Audi R8 at the Lausitzring in Germany.
- July 28 » Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.
- 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.
- December 15 » The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean.
- December 22 » Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
Weather April 28, 2001
The temperature on April 28, 2001 was between 6.9 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.