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Born on Sunday August 26, 2001
- Lisa Hobers, Zwijndrecht
- Lucas Daniel Willink, Corry, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
- Ezra Verweij, Amsterdam († 2001)
Died on Sunday August 26, 2001
- Berendina Pals (93), Krimpen aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Delbert Schipper (86)
- Andreas van Waterschoot (79), Graauw
- Engelina Lida Hendrika van der Meer (77), Haarlem
- Bareld (Hendriks) Kooistra (57), De Harkema, Fryslân, Nederlân
- Elisabeth Maria Bijnen (85)
- Cornelia Maria Moison (86), Nieuwkoop
- Beulah Pauline Todd (81), Monmouth, Warren, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
- Berendina Maria Jansen (79), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Elisabeth Siereveld (92), Koudekerke
Born on August 26
- 1986 » Vladislav Gussev, Estonian footballer
- 1987 » Juan Joseph, American football player and coach († 2014)
- 1988 » Danielle Savre, American actress
- 1988 » Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1988 » Evan Ross, American actor
- 1988 » Lars Stindl, German football player
- 1988 » Wayne Simmonds, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1989 » James Harden, American basketball player
- 1990 » Mateo Musacchio, Argentinian footballer
- 1991 » Jessica Diggins, American cross-country skier
Died on August 26
- 1998 » Frederick Reines, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
- 2000 » Akbar Adibi, Iranian engineer and academic (b. 1939)
- 2000 » Bunny Austin, English tennis player (b. 1906)
- 2001 » Louis Muhlstock, Polish-Canadian painter and educator (b. 1904)
- 2001 » Marita Petersen, Faroese educator and politician, 8th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1940)
- 2003 » Jim Wacker, American football player and coach (b. 1937)
- 2004 » Laura Branigan, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1952)
- 2005 » Denis D'Amour, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (b. 1960)
- 2005 » Moondog King, Canadian wrestler and politician (b. 1949)
- 2005 » Robert Denning, American art collector and interior designer (b. 1927)
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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 31 » In the Netherlands, a Scottish court convicts Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and acquits another Libyan citizen for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.
- February 12 » NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
- February 18 » FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
- July 24 » The Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos. Eleven civilian and military aircraft are destroyed and 15 are damaged. All 14 commandos are shot dead, while seven soldiers from the Sri Lanka Air Force are killed. In addition, three civilians and an engineer die. This incident slowed the Sri Lankan economy.
- September 2 » The adult-oriented television block Adult Swim debuts on Cartoon Network.
- September 13 » Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks.
Weather August 26, 2001
The temperature on August 26, 2001 was between 18.3 °C and 30.0 °C and averaged 22.5 °C. There was 16.2 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.