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March 12, 2001Born on Tuesday March 13, 2001
- Shannon Strampel, Zwolle († 2001)
- Klaas Willem Kater († 2001)
- Kiona Van Der Meersche, Gent († 2004)
- Enzo Masetto, à Redon 44460 Loire Atlantique († 2012)
Died on Tuesday March 13, 2001
- Cord M Meyer Jr (80), Washington City, District Of Columbia, District of Columbia, Verenigde Staten
- Albert A. Juffer (84)
- Adriana Rovers (76), Nijmegen
- Camiel Lambrichts (75), Hasselt, België
- Arie Hoogenraad (80), 's-Gravenzande (Westland), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Arie Hoogenraad (80), 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Bernice Braeckman (69), Deurne, België
- Arvell McSwain (82)
- Berendina ten Brinke
- Adriana (Jean) Rovers (76), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
Born on March 13
- 1988 » Furdjel Narsingh, Dutch footballer
- 1989 » Holger Badstuber, German footballer
- 1989 » Marko Marin, German footballer
- 1989 » Robert Wickens, Canadian racing driver
- 1990 » Anicet Abel, Malagasy footballer
- 1991 » Daniel Greig, Australian speed skater
- 1991 » Tristan Thompson, American basketball player
- 1994 » Gerard Deulofeu, Spanish footballer
- 1995 » Mikaela Shiffrin, American skier
- 1998 » Jay-Roy Grot, Dutch footballer
Died on March 13
- 1996 » Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1941)
- 1998 » Hans von Ohain, German-American physicist and engineer (b. 1911)
- 1998 » Judge Dread, English singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
- 1999 » Garson Kanin, American director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
- 1999 » Lee Falk, American cartoonist, director, and producer (b. 1911)
- 2001 » Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian and educator (b. 1895)
- 2001 » John A. Alonzo, American actor and cinematographer (b. 1934)
- 2002 » Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher and scholar (b. 1900)
- 2004 » Franz König, Austrian cardinal (b. 1905)
- 2006 » Robert C. Baker, American businessman, invented the chicken nugget (b. 1921)
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.
- September 9 » Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.
- September 12 » Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.
- November 27 » A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.
- December 15 » The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean.
Weather March 13, 2001
The temperature on March 13, 2001 was between 3.7 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.