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Died on Sunday December 23, 2001
- Adrianus Theodorus van den Hurk (64), Tiel (GL)
- Christina Geertruida van Steyn (92), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Almeda Christine Burton (92), Niagara, Marinette, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
- Aaltje Wijbenga (74), Dokkum
- Akke Lucie 4K Leeflang (66)
- Ab Lenselink (74), Renkum, Gelderland, Nederland
- Adriana Groen (87), Scheveningen
- Anna Meester (98), Wolvega
- Anni Diehl (79), Neunkirchen, Duitsland
- Alfred Charles Maurice GOB (59), LIEGE, Liège, Belgique
Born on December 23
- 1986 » Beau Champion, Australian rugby league player
- 1986 » Thomas Bourgin, French motorcycle racer († 2013)
- 1987 » Owen Franks, New Zealand rugby player
- 1987 » Tommaso Bellazzini, Italian footballer
- 1988 » Mallory Hagan, Miss America 2013
- 1989 » Liis Koger, Estonian painter and poet
- 1992 » Jeff Schlupp, German footballer
- 1994 » Reed Alexander, American actor
- 1996 » Bartosz Kapustka, Polish footballer
- 2002 » Finn Wolfhard, Canadian actor and musician
Died on December 23
- 1995 » Patric Knowles, English actor (b. 1911)
- 1998 » Joe Orlando, Italian-American author and illustrator (b. 1927)
- 2000 » Billy Barty, American actor (b. 1924)
- 2000 » Victor Borge, Danish-American comedian, pianist, and conductor (b. 1909)
- 2001 » Bola Ige, Nigerian lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Oyo State (b. 1930)
- 2004 » P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (b. 1921)
- 2005 » Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1914)
- 2006 » Charlie Drake, English actor (b. 1925)
- 2006 » Johnny Vincent, English footballer (b. 1947)
- 2006 » Timothy J. Tobias, American pianist and composer (b. 1952)
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.
- April 11 » The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, China after a collision with a J-8 fighter, is released.
- April 25 » Michele Alboreto is killed while testing an Audi R8 at the Lausitzring in Germany.
- June 1 » Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.
- October 22 » Grand Theft Auto III is released, popularizing a genre of open-world, action-adventure video games, as well as spurring controversy around violence in video games.
- November 14 » A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes a remote part of the Tibetan plateau. It had the longest known surface rupture recorded on land (~400km) and is the best documented example of a supershear earthquake.
- November 14 » War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
Weather December 23, 2001
The temperature on December 23, 2001 was between -6.8 °C and -0.4 °C and averaged -2.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.