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Died on Thursday August 9, 2001
- Albertje Fokkens (92), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
- Aalt van Ommen (80)
- Christiaan Jan Roothart (70), De Meern, Utrecht, Nederland
- Anthonij Eikenaar (75), Alkmaar
- Cornelis (Kees) Plat (79)
- Claude Herman Frederik Karel Paul Michael van Samson-Himmelstjerna (71), Gut Falkenberg, Lürschau, Sleeswijk-Holstein
- Betje van Ginkel (97), Schiedam, NL
- * Catharina Johannes Leonora Coensen (66)
- Christ Brekelmans (82), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Berendina Klasina Venema (81)
Born on August 9
- 1990 » İshak Doğan, Turkish footballer
- 1991 » Alexa Bliss, American bodybuilder and wrestler
- 1991 » Alice Barlow, English actress
- 1991 » Hansika Motwani, Indian actress
- 1993 » Dipa Karmakar, Indian gymnast
- 1993 » Jun.Q, South Korean singer and actor
- 1994 » Kelli Hubly, American soccer player
- 1995 » Eli Apple, American football player
- 1996 » Sanya Lopez, Filipino actress and model
- 1999 » Deniss Vasiļjevs, Latvian figure skater
Died on August 9
- 1999 » Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian journalist and politician (b. 1910)
- 2000 » John Harsanyi, Hungarian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)
- 2000 » Nicholas Markowitz, American murder victim (b. 1984)
- 2002 » Paul Samson, English guitarist (b. 1953)
- 2003 » Gregory Hines, American actor, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1946)
- 2003 » Jacques Deray, French director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
- 2003 » R. Sivagurunathan, Sri Lankan lawyer, journalist, and academic (b. 1931)
- 2003 » Ray Harford, English footballer and manager (b. 1945)
- 2004 » Robert Lecourt, French lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of France (b. 1908)
- 2004 » Tony Mottola, American guitarist and composer (b. 1918)
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 13 » An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.
- February 15 » The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.
- February 18 » FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
- 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.
- November 11 » Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they are traveling in.
- December 13 » Sansad Bhavan, the building housing the Indian Parliament, is attacked by terrorists. Twelve people are killed, including the terrorists.
Weather August 9, 2001
The temperature on August 9, 2001 was between 11.0 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 9.0 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.