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Born on Friday December 28, 2001
- Tuur Vercauteren
- Odile Terlinden († 2002)
Died on Friday December 28, 2001
- Annie Marguerite Sharkey (84), Prince Edward Island
- Bertine Elieze Kreijkamp (82), Hilversum
- Adriana Cornelia (Adrie) Trompetter (90), Dordrecht
- Anne (Onne) van Zwol (88), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
- Aatje Wijnalda (95), Drachten, Smallingerland,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland
- Barteld de Boer (80), Kloosterhaar
- Albertus Heiwegen (91), Lunteren, Gelderland, Nederland
- Betsy VAN COEVERDEN (94), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
- Benedictus Leus (82), Schoten
- Angèle Verfaillie (93), Moorslede,8890,West-Vlaanderen,België
Born on December 28
- 1984 » Duane Solomon, American runner
- 1984 » Martin Kaymer, German golfer
- 1985 » Kamani Hill, American soccer player
- 1986 » Tom Huddlestone, English footballer
- 1987 » Matthias Schwarz, German footballer
- 1989 » Salvador Sobral, Portuguese singer and Eurovision winner
- 1990 » Ayele Abshero, Ethiopian runner
- 1990 » Bastiaan Lijesen, Dutch swimmer
- 1990 » David Archuleta, American singer-songwriter
- 1994 » Adam Peaty, English swimmer
Died on December 28
- 1993 » William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian (b. 1904)
- 1994 » Jean-Louis Lévesque, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1911)
- 1999 » Clayton Moore, American actor (b. 1914)
- 2001 » Samuel Abraham Goldblith, American lieutenant, biologist, and engineer (b. 1919)
- 2001 » William X. Kienzle, American priest and author (b. 1928)
- 2003 » Benjamin Thurman Hacker, American admiral (b. 1935)
- 2004 » Jerry Orbach, American actor and singer (b. 1935)
- 2004 » Susan Sontag, American novelist, essayist, critic, and playwright (b. 1933)
- 2006 » Jamal Karimi-Rad, Iranian politician, Iranian Minister of Justice (b. 1956)
- 2008 » Irene Lieblich, Polish-American painter and illustrator (b. 1923)
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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.
- March 16 » A series of bomb blasts that took place in the city of Shijiazhuang, China killed 108 people and injured 38 others, was the biggest mass murder in China in decades.
- June 15 » Leaders of the People's Republic of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
- August 6 » Erwadi fire incident, 28 mentally ill persons tied to a chain were burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.
- September 27 » In Switzerland, a gunman shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself.
- 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 30 » Gary Ridgway is apprehended and charged with four murders as the Green River Killer.
Weather December 28, 2001
The temperature on December 28, 2001 was between 2.7 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain during 6.8 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.