About the day » Monday April 30, 2001Calender converter
April 29, 2001Died on Monday April 30, 2001
- Antonie Veen (81)
- Anna (Johanna) Thijssen (79), Weert
- Cent SCHELLEVIS (57), Schoonhoven
- Constantinus Desiderius (Constant) Houwaer (80), Tongeren, België
- Adriaantje 't Mannetje (88), Goedereede, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Adriana 't Mannetje (88), Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Agatha Johanna Verkleij (96), Bennebroek
- Anthonia Frederika Meijers (75)
- Cecilia Bakx 1 (87), Roosendaal, Noord Brabant, Nederland
- Antonius Johannes Vroomen (50), Doveton, 3177, Australië
Born on April 30
- 1993 » Dion Dreesens, Dutch swimmer
- 1993 » Martin Fuksa, Czech canoeist
- 1994 » Chae Seo-jin, South Korean actress
- 1994 » Wang Yafan, Chinese tennis player
- 1996 » Luke Friend, English singer
- 1997 » Adam Ryczkowski, Polish footballer
- 1999 » Jorden van Foreest, Dutch chess grandmaster
- 2000 » Yui Hiwatashi, Japanese singer
- 2001 » Lil Tjay, American rapper
- 2003 » Jung Yun-seok, South Korean actor
Died on April 30
- 1995 » Maung Maung Kha, Burmese colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1920)
- 1998 » Nizar Qabbani, Syrian-English poet, publisher, and diplomat (b. 1926)
- 2000 » Poul Hartling, Danish politician, 36th Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1914)
- 2002 » Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, German philanthropist, founded the Gründerzeit Museum (b. 1928)
- 2003 » Mark Berger, American economist and academic (b. 1955)
- 2003 » Possum Bourne, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1956)
- 2005 » Phil Rasmussen, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1918)
- 2006 » Jean-François Revel, French philosopher (b. 1924)
- 2006 » Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian author and academic (b. 1925)
- 2007 » Kevin Mitchell, American football player (b. 1971)
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
- Sophie
- Ilse
- Amber
- Sanne
- Anna
- Laura
- Fleur
- Lisa
- 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 18 » Sampit conflict: Inter-ethnic violence between Dayaks and Madurese breaks out in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, ultimately resulting in more than 500 deaths and 100,000 Madurese displaced from their homes.
- June 10 » Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.
- 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.
- 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.
- December 22 » Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
Weather April 30, 2001
The temperature on April 30, 2001 was between 8.9 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (29%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.