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Born on Tuesday August 21, 2001
- Tristan Augusto Gerding, Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Lisa Veldhuis, Epe-Oene, Gelderland, Nederland († 2005)
Died on Tuesday August 21, 2001
- Catharina Petronella Lucia van Diest (61), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Agnes Françoise (Agnes) Schreurs (80), Wiekevorst, België
- ALIDA ELSINA SCHOUTEN (85), AMSTERDAM
- Antonius Walterus Petrus van Hoof (86), Waalwijk
- Catharina Gertrudis Mens (97), Heeswijk
- Charles Marama Thomas (82), Palmerston North, Manawatu-wanganui, New Zealand
- Betty Lou Kaminga (65)
- Alphonsus Ambrosius Verheijen (91), Baarle-Nassau
- Abraham den Besten (87), Amstelveen
- Arie van Rossum (78)
Born on August 21
- 1988 » Robert Lewandowski, Polish footballer
- 1989 » Aleix Vidal, Spanish footballer
- 1989 » Charlison Benschop, Dutch footballer
- 1989 » Hayden Panettiere, American actress
- 1989 » James Davey, English rugby league player
- 1989 » Matteo Gentili, Italian footballer
- 1990 » Bo Burnham, American comedian, musician, actor, filmmaker and poet
- 1991 » Leandro Bacuna, Dutch footballer
- 1992 » Felipe Nasr, Brazilian race car driver
- 2000 » Kate Valdez, Filipina actress and singer
Died on August 21
- 2000 » Andrzej Zawada, Polish mountaineer and author (b. 1928)
- 2000 » Daniel Lisulo, Zambian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1930)
- 2000 » Tomata du Plenty, American singer-songwriter and playwright (b. 1948)
- 2001 » Calum MacKay, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927)
- 2003 » John Coplans, British artist (b. 1920)
- 2003 » Kathy Wilkes, English philosopher and academic (b. 1946)
- 2004 » Sachidananda Routray, Indian Oriya-language poet (b. 1916)
- 2005 » Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet and translator (b. 1936)
- 2005 » Martin Dillon, American tenor and educator (b. 1957)
- 2005 » Robert Moog, American businessman, founded Moog Music (b. 1934)
Names that were popular for boys in 2001
- Thomas
- Lucas
- Jan
- Robin
- 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 » Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.
- February 15 » The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.
- June 11 » Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
- July 2 » The AbioCor self-contained artificial heart is first implanted.
- August 10 » The 2001 Angola train attack occurred, causing 252 deaths.
- November 14 » War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
Weather August 21, 2001
The temperature on August 21, 2001 was between 9.5 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.