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Died on Friday December 21, 2001
- Alberta Johanna Jansen (95)
- Adriana Pieternella Antonia Stolk (100), Vlaardingen
- Christine Foden (49), Chelmsford, Groot Brittanië
- Anna Geerts (92), Hoogstraten
- Bernardus Halsema (86), Oudorp
- Bernardus Halsema (86), Oudorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Arie Kant (87), Tilburg
- Adriana Maria van der Voort (83), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Aleida Elisabeth Smit (91), Hengelo
- Kampijon
Born on December 21
- 1979 » Steve Montador, Canadian ice hockey player († 2015)
- 1981 » Cristian Zaccardo, Italian footballer
- 1982 » Philip Humber, American baseball player
- 1983 » Steven Yeun, American actor
- 1985 » Tom Sturridge, English actor
- 1988 » Perri Shakes-Drayton, English sprinter and hurdler
- 1989 » Mark Ingram Jr., American football player
- 1989 » Tamannaah, South Indian actress
- 1991 » Riccardo Saponara, Italian footballer
- 1995 » Ronnie Bassett Jr., American race car driver
Died on December 21
- 1992 » Albert King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1924)
- 1992 » Nathan Milstein, Russian-American violinist and composer (b. 1903)
- 1992 » Stella Adler, American actress and educator (b. 1901)
- 1998 » Ernst-Günther Schenck, German colonel and physician (b. 1904)
- 2004 » Autar Singh Paintal, Indian physiologist and neurologist (b. 1925)
- 2006 » Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmen engineer and politician, 1st President of Turkmenistan (b. 1940)
- 2009 » Christos Lambrakis, Greek journalist and businessman (b. 1934)
- 2009 » Edwin G. Krebs, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
- 2010 » Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
- 2013 » Edgar Bronfman, Sr., Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1929)
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 13 » An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.
- January 26 » The 7.7 Mw Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about 166,800 injured.
- June 11 » Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
- September 10 » Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.
- September 21 » Ross Parker is murdered in Peterborough, England, by a gang of ten British Pakistani youths.
- October 26 » The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
Weather December 21, 2001
The temperature on December 21, 2001 was between 0.2 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 18.7 mm of rain during 15.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.