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Died on Thursday February 15, 2001
- Cornelia Antonia Johanna Paardekooper (80), Warmond
- Arie Bikker (81), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Cees de Bruin (70), Nijkerk
- Arie Korevaar (62), Noordwijk
- Anita Smulders (29), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anthonius Paschalis Maria VERMEULEN (84), Weesp, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
- Alvin James Hoopman (79), Sheboygan, Wisconsin
- Bancras of Pancratius Beentjes (80), Beverwijk
- Cornelia Antonia Johanna Paardekooper (80), Warmond
- Adriana Johanna van der Werf (83), IJsbrechtum
Born on February 15
- 1986 » Johnny Cueto, Dominican baseball player
- 1986 » Valeri Bojinov, Bulgarian footballer
- 1987 » Jarrod Sammut, Australian rugby league player
- 1988 » Hironori Kusano, Japanese singer and actor
- 1988 » Jarryd Hayne, Australian rugby league player and football player
- 1988 » Rui Patrício, Portuguese footballer
- 1988 » Tim Mannah, Australian-born Lebanese rugby league player
- 1990 » Charles Pic, French race car driver
- 1991 » Ángel Sepúlveda, Mexican footballer
- 1993 » Ravi, South Korean rapper
Died on February 15
- 1996 » McLean Stevenson, American actor (b. 1929)
- 1998 » Martha Gellhorn, American journalist and author (b. 1908)
- 1999 » Big L, American rapper (b. 1974)
- 1999 » Henry Way Kendall, American physicist and mountaineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
- 2000 » Angus MacLean, Canadian commander and politician, 25th Premier of Prince Edward Island (b. 1914)
- 2002 » Howard K. Smith, American journalist and actor (b. 1914)
- 2002 » Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (b. 1963)
- 2004 » Jens Evensen, Norwegian lawyer, judge, and politician, Norwegian Minister of Trade (b. 1917)
- 2005 » Pierre Bachelet, French singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
- 2005 » Samuel T. Francis, American historian and journalist (b. 1947)
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.
- January 16 » Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.
- 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.
- March 23 » The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
- July 17 » Concorde is brought back into service nearly a year after the July 2000 crash.
- July 28 » Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.
- November 12 » In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 en route to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.
Weather February 15, 2001
The temperature on February 15, 2001 was between -1.6 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.