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January 27, 2001 
January 25, 2001
Born on Friday January 26, 2001
- tom van de pasch, helden-beinge
- Maximiliaan Gitam van Rooij, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
- Charlotte Gysel († 2019)
- Maximiliaan Gitam van Rooij, Bergen
- Jelmer Bakhuis, Zwolle, Nederland († 2001)
Died on Friday January 26, 2001
- Bram Coenraats (77), De Bilt, Netherlands
- Anna de Vrieze (101), Kampen
- Catherina Martha Madeleine Gaethofs (73), Houthalen
- Aubrey Talmadge Collins (91)
- Adrianus Anthonius Cornelis de Brabander (73), 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Aldegonda Petronella Johanna Clephas (68), Venray
- Cesar Visser (80), Dokkum, Noardeast-Fryslân, Friesland, Nederland
- Adrianus van Lopik (57), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Antonius Leonardus Dogge (71), Alphen en Riel
- Adrianus Anthonius Maria van der Valk (27)
Born on January 26
- 1990 » Nina Zander, German tennis player
- 1990 » Peter Sagan, Slovak professional cyclist
- 1990 » Sergio Pérez, Mexican race car driver
- 1991 » Tom Meechan, English footballer
- 1992 » Sasha Banks, American professional wrestler
- 1993 » Florian Thauvin, French footballer
- 1993 » Lana Clelland, Scottish footballer
- 1995 » Sione Katoa, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1997 » Gedion Zelalem, German-born American soccer player
- 2001 » Latalia Bevan, Welsh artistic gymnast
Died on January 26
- 1996 » Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1921)
- 1997 » Jeane Dixon, American astrologer and psychic (b. 1904)
- 2000 » A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (b. 1912)
- 2000 » Don Budge, American tennis player and coach (b. 1915)
- 2000 » Kathleen Hale, English author and illustrator (b. 1898)
- 2001 » Al McGuire, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)
- 2003 » George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, Scottish banker and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (b. 1931)
- 2003 » Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic (b. 1917)
- 2003 » Valeriy Brumel, Russian high jumper (b. 1942)
- 2004 » Fred Haas, American golfer (b. 1916)
Names that were popular for boys in 2001
Names that were popular for girls in 2001
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.
- April 25 » Michele Alboreto is killed while testing an Audi R8 at the Lausitzring in Germany.
- June 10 » Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.
- June 23 » The 8.4 Mw southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured.
- July 4 » Vladivostock Air Flight 352 crashes on approach to Irkutsk Airport killing all 145 people on board.
- October 17 » Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi becomes the first Israeli minister to be assassinated in a terrorist attack.
- November 12 » War in Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.
Weather January 26, 2001
The temperature on January 26, 2001 was between 2.6 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.