About the day » Tuesday October 16, 2001Calender converter
October 17, 2001 
October 15, 2001
Born on Tuesday October 16, 2001
- Helen van Wincoop, Breukelen
- Terra Gilkens, Den Helder († 2001)
- Joel Wilbrink, Almelo
- Pjotr Morrien, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Died on Tuesday October 16, 2001
- Dieverke Bakker (90)
- Donald A Klosterman (77), Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa
- Arendina Boegborn (99), Deventer,Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
- Annechien Bronsema (89), Boer, "Bloemhof", Groningen, Nederland
- Catrarina Adriana Geldtmeijer (78), Breda
- Arie Hoekman (60), Urk
- Afra Maria Roozendaal (86)
- Barton L. Hendricks (85)
- Dorothea Harst (88), Cruquis
- Cornelis Gerardus Heemskerk (51), Leiden, ZUI, Nederland
Born on October 16
- 1986 » Nicky Adams, English-Welsh footballer
- 1988 » Zoltán Stieber, Hungarian footballer
- 1989 » Dan Biggar, Welsh rugby player
- 1992 » Bryce Harper, American baseball player
- 1992 » Kostas Fortounis, Greek footballer
- 1992 » Stuart Lightbody, Irish badminton player
- 1993 » Caroline Garcia, French tennis player
- 1994 » Adam Elliott, Australian rugby league player
- 1997 » Charles Leclerc, Monégasque Formula One driver
- 1997 » Naomi Osaka, Haitian-Japanese tennis player
Died on October 16
- 1997 » Audra Lindley, American actress (b. 1918)
- 1998 » Jon Postel, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1943)
- 1999 » Jean Shepherd, American radio host, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
- 2000 » Mel Carnahan, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 51st Governor of Missouri (b. 1934)
- 2000 » Rick Jason, American actor (b. 1923)
- 2001 » Etta Jones, American singer-songwriter (b. 1928)
- 2003 » Avni Arbaş, Turkish painter (b. 1919)
- 2003 » László Papp, Hungarian boxer (b. 1926)
- 2003 » Stu Hart, Canadian wrestler and trainer (b. 1915)
- 2004 » Pierre Salinger, American journalist and politician, 11th White House Press Secretary (b. 1925)
Names that were popular for boys in 2001
- Thomas
- Jan
- Lucas
- Robin
- Daan
- Lars
- Max
- Tim
- Bram
- Ruben
- Jasper
- Thijs
- Jacob
- Sander
- Niels
- Stijn
Names that were popular for girls in 2001
- Emma
- Britt
- Femke
- Julia
- Ilse
- Sophie
- Sanne
- Amber
- 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.
- 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.
- July 21 » At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR Asagiri Station becomes overcrowded and people leaving the event fall down in a domino effect.
- September 2 » The adult-oriented television block Adult Swim debuts on Cartoon Network.
- September 13 » Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks.
- November 23 » The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
Weather October 16, 2001
The temperature on October 16, 2001 was between 7.5 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (83%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.