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May 16, 2001Born on Thursday May 17, 2001
- Amy Cuijpers, Den-Helder (Noord-Holland) Nederland)
- Sanne Keemink († 2001)
Died on Thursday May 17, 2001
- Adrie Gladdines (63), Fijnaart,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Clarisse Maria Raeman (77), Maldegem
- Billy Ray Todd (49), Victoria City, Victoria County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
- Anna Cornelia Johanna Marie Lindner (85), Heemstede
- Barney Zeno Baudendistel (80), Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States of America
- Aalbert van Hell (93)
- Catharina Wopkes Numan (80), Heerenveen, Gem. Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
- Albert Nijland (41), Westerhaar, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland
- Albert Nijland (42), Westerhaar
- Donald Lee ELOFSON (53), Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, SD
Born on May 17
- 1989 » Mose Masoe, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1989 » Rain Raadik, Estonian basketball player
- 1989 » Tessa Virtue, Canadian ice dancer
- 1990 » Charlie Gubb, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1990 » Fabian Giefer, German footballer
- 1990 » Guido Pella, Argentine tennis player
- 1990 » Katrina Hart, English runner
- 1991 » Abigail Raye, Canadian field hockey player
- 1991 » Adil Omar, Pakistani rapper and music producer
- 1991 » Johanna Konta, Australian-English tennis player
Died on May 17
- 1999 » Bruce Fairbairn, Canadian trumpet player and producer (b. 1949)
- 1999 » Lembit Oll, Estonian chess Grandmaster (b. 1966)
- 2000 » Donald Coggan, English archbishop (b. 1909)
- 2001 » Frank G. Slaughter, American physician and author (b. 1908)
- 2001 » Jacques-Louis Lions, French mathematician (b. 1928)
- 2002 » Aşık Mahzuni Şerif, Turkish poet and composer (b. 1940)
- 2002 » László Kubala, Hungarian-Spanish footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1927)
- 2004 » Ezzedine Salim, Iraqi politician (b. 1943)
- 2004 » Jørgen Nash, Danish poet and painter (b. 1920)
- 2004 » Tony Randall, American actor (b. 1920)
Names that were popular for boys in 2001
- Thomas
- Robin
- Lucas
- Jan
- Daan
- Lars
- Max
- Bram
- Tim
- 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
- Anne
- Charlotte
- 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 » US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish–American War.
- April 1 » An EP-3E United States Navy surveillance aircraft collides with a Chinese People's Liberation Army Shenyang J-8 fighter jet. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in Hainan, China and is detained.
- April 1 » Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first contemporary country to allow it.
- October 8 » U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
- 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 19 » Argentine economic crisis: December riots: Riots erupt in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Weather May 17, 2001
The temperature on May 17, 2001 was between 9.2 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.