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June 20, 2001Born on Thursday June 21, 2001
- N.N. Valstar († 2001)
- Ilse Adriana Woutera van Rooij, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Died on Thursday June 21, 2001
- Eulina Martins (87), Araras, São Paulo, Brasil
- Anna Maria Theresia Loockx (92), Langdorp, Vlaams-Brabant, België
- Adrianus Johannes Michiels (73)
- Cornelis Adam Goedegebuur (74), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Egge Georg Petzinger (51), barendrecht
- Aafke Johannes Huitema (92), Bolsward
- "Siets" Sytze Sybrandus Kuhlmann (79), 's Gravenhage
- Dirk Johan Mosk (77)
- Dirk Boone (74), Oost Souburg
- Anna Hollander (93), Den Helder
Born on June 21
- 1990 » François Moubandje, Swiss footballer
- 1990 » Lunar C, English rapper
- 1990 » Ričardas Berankis, Lithuanian tennis player
- 1991 » Gaël Kakuta, French footballer
- 1992 » MAX, American singer, songwriter, actor, dancer and model
- 1994 » Başak Eraydın, Turkish tennis player
- 1996 » Tyrone May, Australian rugby league player
- 1997 » Derrius Guice, American football player
- 1997 » Rebecca Black, American singer-songwriter
- 2011 » Lil Bub, American celebrity cat
Died on June 21
- 1998 » Anastasio Ballestrero, Italian cardinal (b. 1913)
- 1998 » Harry Cranbrook Allen, English historian (b. 1917)
- 1999 » Kami, Japanese drummer (b. 1973)
- 2000 » Alan Hovhaness, Armenian-American pianist and composer (b. 1911)
- 2001 » Carroll O'Connor, American actor and producer (b. 1924)
- 2001 » John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1917)
- 2001 » Soad Hosny, Egyptian actress and singer (b. 1942)
- 2002 » Timothy Findley, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1930)
- 2003 » Leon Uris, American soldier and author (b. 1924)
- 2003 » Roger Neilson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1934)
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
- Ilse
- Julia
- Sophie
- Amber
- Sanne
- Anna
- Laura
- Fleur
- Lisa
- 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.
- 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 18 » First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
- September 21 » America: A Tribute to Heroes is broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200 million for the victims of the September 11 attacks.
- October 22 » Grand Theft Auto III is released, popularizing a genre of open-world, action-adventure video games, as well as spurring controversy around violence in video games.
- November 30 » Gary Ridgway is apprehended and charged with four murders as the Green River Killer.
Weather June 21, 2001
The temperature on June 21, 2001 was between 11.0 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.