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April 20, 2001Born on Saturday April 21, 2001
- London Andrew Fox, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Pieter Cornelis (Coen) Puper, Westerveld, Wilhelminaoord, Drenthe, Nederland
Died on Saturday April 21, 2001
- Andre Adrianus Theresia Melis (69), Brecht
- Anna Maria Peters (90), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
- Berend Veldwijk (68), ........
- Bart van Gorkum (85), Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anna Maria van 't Wout (84), Purmerend
- van de Ven (78), Vught (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
- Anthonius Janson (73), Amstelveen
- Brian Alphonsus Tomlinson (72)
- Anna Mathilda van der Heijden (82), Terneuzen, Nederland
- A.W. Blok
Born on April 21
- 1988 » Jencarlos Canela, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1988 » Pedro Mosquera, Spanish footballer
- 1988 » Ricky Berens, American swimmer
- 1989 » Carlos Muñoz, Chilean footballer
- 1989 » Tatyana McFadden, Russian-American sprinter and skier
- 1990 » Aleksandar Prijović, Swiss-born Serbian footballer
- 1992 » Isco, Spanish footballer
- 1992 » Joc Pederson, American baseball player
- 1992 » Rene Santos, Brazilian footballer
- 1994 » Mitchell Weiser, German footballer
Died on April 21
- 1996 » Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1925)
- 1996 » Dzhokhar Dudayev, Chechen general and politician, 1st President of Ichkeria (b. 1944)
- 1996 » Jimmy Snyder, American sportscaster (b. 1919)
- 1996 » Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-born American engineer and race car driver (b. 1909)
- 1998 » Jean-François Lyotard, French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1924)
- 1999 » Buddy Rogers, American actor (b. 1904)
- 2003 » Nina Simone, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and activist (b. 1933)
- 2004 » Mary McGrory, American journalist (b. 1918)
- 2005 » Gerry Marshall, English race car driver and journalist (b. 1941)
- 2006 » Johnny Checketts, New Zealand commander and pilot (b. 1912)
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.
- February 13 » An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter magnitude scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 944.
- April 25 » Michele Alboreto is killed while testing an Audi R8 at the Lausitzring in Germany.
- 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.
- September 20 » In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "War on Terror".
- 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.
- December 19 » A record high barometric pressure of 1085.6 hPa (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl, Mongolia.
Weather April 21, 2001
The temperature on April 21, 2001 was between 0.1 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.