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• Dirk Jan Navis (76), Arnhem
• Cornelis Nicolaas van Langen (75)
• Edward Mobley Arnette (79), Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina
• Adrianus Cornelis van der Velden (86)
• Daniel van Vliet (88), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Earl Martin (85), Indianapolis (Marion County) (Indiana)
• Anna Foekje Kampstra (85), Workum
• * Elisabeth Henrica Brok (86), Waalwijk
• Berendina Vriesen (88), Velp
• Anna Cornelia Antonia Leijten (88), Zundert (Noord-Brabant, NLD)

• 1987 » Gert Jõeäär, Estonian cyclist
• 1987 » Rebecca Sugar, American animator, composer, and screenwriter
• 1988 » Raul Rusescu, Romanian footballer
• 1990 » Earl Bamber, New Zealand race car driver
• 1990 » Fábio, Brazilian footballer
• 1990 » Rafael, Brazilian footballer
• 1991 » Mitchel Musso, American actor and singer
• 1993 » DeAndre Yedlin, American footballer
• 1993 » Mitch Larkin, Australian swimmer
• 1999 » Claire Corlett, American voice actress

• 1996 » Melvin Belli, American lawyer (b. 1907)
• 1999 » Robert de Cotret, Canadian politician, 56th Secretary of State for Canada (b. 1944)
• 2000 » Doug Fisher, English actor (b. 1941)
• 2002 » Mayo Kaan, American bodybuilder (b. 1914)
• 2002 » Rod Steiger, American actor (b. 1925)
• 2004 » Isabel Sanford, American actress (b. 1917)
• 2004 » Paul Klebnikov, American journalist and historian (b. 1963)
• 2005 » Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914)
• 2005 » Chuck Cadman, Canadian engineer and politician (b. 1948)
• 2005 » Yevgeny Grishin, Russian speed skater (b. 1931)

• 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 20 » George W. Bush is inaugurated the 43rd President of the United States of America.
• February 18 » FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
• April 1 » Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first contemporary country to allow it.
• May 21 » French Taubira law is enacted, officially recognizing the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.
• July 24 » Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, becoming the first monarch in history to regain political power through democratic election to a different office.
• September 2 » The adult-oriented television block Adult Swim debuts on Cartoon Network.

The temperature on July 9, 2001 was between 13.8 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.