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Born on Wednesday January 3, 2001
- Sofie Lieneke Laarhoven, Grave
- Brynn Marie Vellinga, Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana († 2024)
Died on Wednesday January 3, 2001
- Alida Adriana van den Heuvel (91), Hoofddorp
- Antonia Johanna Maria Leenhouwers (76), Wolfheze, Gelderland, Nederland
- Dirkje Bergman (94), Leeuwarden
- Cornelia van Otterlo (93)
- Anna Maria Johanna van Grevenbroek (81), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anna Benvenute Maria (Annie) POELL (90), Den Bosch, Netherlands
- Anna Catharina Maria Platzbeecker (77), Weert,, Limburg, Nederland
- Anna Elisabeth Bruijenberg (93), Landgraaf
- Dirkje Bergman (93), Leeuwarden
- Driesje Vlijm (81), Ziekenhuis St Jansdal, Wethouder Jansenlaan, Harderwijk
Born on January 3
- 1989 » Ben Matulino, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1989 » Kōhei Uchimura, Japanese artistic gymnast
- 1990 » Yoichiro Kakitani, Japanese footballer
- 1991 » Özgür Çek, Turkish footballer
- 1991 » Dane Gagai, Australian rugby league player
- 1991 » Jerson Cabral, Dutch footballer
- 1991 » Sébastien Faure, French footballer
- 1994 » Isaquias Queiroz, Brazilian sprint canoeist
- 1997 » Kyron McMaster, British Virgin Islands hurdler
- 2003 » Greta Thunberg, Swedish environmental activist
Died on January 3
- 2002 » Satish Dhawan, Indian engineer (b. 1920)
- 2003 » Jimmy Stewart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1931)
- 2005 » Egidio Galea, Maltese Roman Catholic priest, missionary, and educator (b. 1918)
- 2005 » Jyotindra Nath Dixit, Indian diplomat, 2nd Indian National Security Adviser (b. 1936)
- 2005 » Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman and diplomat (b. 1917)
- 2006 » Bill Skate, Papua New Guinean politician, 5th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954)
- 2006 » Steve Rogers, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1954)
- 2007 » János Fürst, Hungarian violinist and conductor (b. 1935)
- 2007 » William Verity, Jr., American businessman and politician, 27th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1917)
- 2008 » Choi Yo-sam, South Korean boxer (b. 1972)
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.
- March 4 » BBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was attributed to the Real IRA.
- April 1 » Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
- June 1 » Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.
- July 2 » The AbioCor self-contained artificial heart is first implanted.
- August 10 » The 2001 Angola train attack occurred, causing 252 deaths.
- November 30 » Gary Ridgway is apprehended and charged with four murders as the Green River Killer.
Weather January 3, 2001
The temperature on January 3, 2001 was between 4.5 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.