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August 17, 2001 
August 15, 2001
Born on Thursday August 16, 2001
- Ekatrina Bielstein, Pennsylvania († 2001)
Died on Thursday August 16, 2001
- Ernest Jan Godfried Voncken (61), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
- Anna Willemina Schomaker (79), Stadskanaal Groningen Nederland
- Cor Janssen (92), Wijchen,, Gelderland, Nederland
- Erris Gaasenbeek (89), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
- Anna Wilhelmina Schomaker (79), Stadskanaal
- Anna Wilhelmina (Miene) Schomaker (79), Stadskanaal(Gr)
- Angela Maria de Rijk (83), Nijmegen,, Gelderland, Nederland
- Fekke Johanneszn. Fekkes (90), Koudum, Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Nederland
- Cunera Hilaria van der Zwaan (88), Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Cornelis Bernardus Murks (81), Oud-Beijerland
Born on August 16
- 1988 » Ismaïl Aissati, Moroccan footballer
- 1989 » Moussa Sissoko, French footballer
- 1989 » Wang Hao, Chinese race walker
- 1990 » Godfrey Oboabona, Nigerian footballer
- 1991 » José Eduardo de Araújo, Brazilian footballer
- 1992 » Diego Schwartzman, Argentinian tennis player
- 1993 » Cameron Monaghan, American actor and model
- 1996 » Caeleb Dressel, American swimmer
- 1997 » Greyson Chance, American musician
- 1999 » Karen Chen, American figure skater
Died on August 16
- 1998 » Dorothy West, American journalist and author (b. 1907)
- 1998 » Phil Leeds, American actor (b. 1916)
- 2002 » Abu Nidal, Palestinian terrorist leader (b. 1937)
- 2002 » Jeff Corey, American actor (b. 1914)
- 2002 » John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (b. 1933)
- 2003 » Idi Amin, Ugandan field marshal and politician, 3rd President of Uganda (b. 1928)
- 2004 » Balanadarajah Iyer, Sri Lankan journalist and poet (b. 1957)
- 2004 » Carl Mydans, American photographer and journalist (b. 1907)
- 2004 » Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player and coach (b. 1950)
- 2004 » Robert Quiroga, American boxer (b. 1969)
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 11 » A Dutch programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.
- February 13 » An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter magnitude scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 944.
- June 28 » Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.
- September 4 » Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
- October 15 » NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon Io.
- December 13 » Sansad Bhavan, the building housing the Indian Parliament, is attacked by terrorists. Twelve people are killed, including the terrorists.
Weather August 16, 2001
The temperature on August 16, 2001 was between 11.9 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.