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December 24, 2001
Died on Tuesday December 25, 2001
- Alfons Clement Maria Van der Voort (87), Antwerpen
- Ada Wellhouse (97)
- Bieuwke Draijer (90)
- Catharina Maria van der Gulik (80), Oosterblokker, Noord Holland, Nederland
- Albertus Cornelis van der Schans (87), Texel
- Auke Banga (72)
- Bridget Mc Dyre (81), Donegal, County Donegal, Ireland
- Bernard Leo Gill (77), Plainview, Nassau, New York, Verenigde Staten
- Antonie Kesteloo (87)
- Antoon Servaas (74), Zaanstad
Born on December 25
- 1984 » Alastair Cook, English cricketer
- 1984 » Chris Cahill, Samoan footballer
- 1985 » Martin Mathathi, Kenyan runner
- 1985 » Rusev, Bulgarian-American professional wrestler
- 1987 » Ceyhun Gülselam, Turkish footballer
- 1987 » Demaryius Thomas, American football player
- 1988 » Eric Gordon, American basketball player
- 1988 » Joãozinho, Brazilian footballer
- 1988 » Lukas Hinds-Johnson, German rugby player
- 1992 » Mitakeumi Hisashi, Japanese sumo wrestler
Died on December 25
- 1997 » Anatoli Boukreev, Kazakh mountaineer and explorer (b. 1958)
- 1997 » Denver Pyle, American actor (b. 1920)
- 2000 » Neil Hawke, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1939)
- 2000 » Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and academic (b. 1908)
- 2001 » Alfred A. Tomatis, French otolaryngologist and academic (b. 1920)
- 2003 » Nicholas Mavroules, American politician (b. 1929)
- 2004 » Gennadi Strekalov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1940)
- 2005 » Birgit Nilsson, Swedish operatic soprano (b. 1918)
- 2005 » Derek Bailey, English guitarist (b. 1930)
- 2005 » Robert Barbers, Filipino police officer, lawyer, and politician, 15th Filipino Secretary of the Interior (b. 1944)
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.
- May 1 » Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares the existence of "a state of rebellion", hours after thousands of supporters of her arrested predecessor, Joseph Estrada, storm towards the presidential palace at the height of the EDSA III rebellion.
- June 1 » Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.
- June 23 » The 8.4 Mw southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured.
- August 10 » The 2001 Angola train attack occurred, causing 252 deaths.
- September 13 » Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks.
- September 18 » First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
Weather December 25, 2001
The temperature on December 25, 2001 was between 2.1 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain during 7.9 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.