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Born on Wednesday January 3, 2001
- Sofie Lieneke Laarhoven, Grave
Died on Wednesday January 3, 2001
- Catherine Wilhelmina Mary Wever (41)
- Edward Theodore Vermeer (92), Hull, Sioux County, Iowa
- Cornelis Jonker (58), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Edgar Wayne Stanley (62), Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
- Bessie (holland) Spivey (76), Carrsville, Isle of Wight, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
- Ann M. "Nancy" Sullivan (56)
- Anna Benvenuta Maria Poell (90), den Bosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Bastiaan Noorlander (88), Krimpen aan de IJssel
- Anna van Wijk (88), Tilburg
- Dirk Heemskerk (81), Katwijk
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
- Thomas
- Lucas
- Jan
- Robin
- Daan
- Lars
- Max
- Bram
- Tim
- Ruben
- Jasper
- Thijs
- Jacob
- Sander
- Niels
- Stijn
Names that were popular for girls in 2001
- Emma
- Britt
- Femke
- Julia
- Sophie
- Ilse
- Amber
- Sanne
- Anna
- Laura
- Fleur
- Lisa
- Anne
- Charlotte
- 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 12 » Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
- February 13 » An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter magnitude scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 944.
- April 7 » Mars Odyssey is launched.
- May 6 » During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
- October 1 » Militants attack the state legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38.
- November 23 » The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
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.