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August 2, 2001Born on Friday August 3, 2001
- aukje zeelen, helden-beringe
Died on Friday August 3, 2001
- Cecilia NIJHOLT (77), Midland(Ontario)(Canada)
- Bernette David Buss (76), Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa
- Aafke Roelina Dijkhuis (96), Nunspeet (Gd)
- Donald Lindsay Clarke (74), Leongatha, Australië
- Berendina de JONGE (84), Amersfoort
- Aafje Blokker (84), Den Helder
- Antonie Mans (75)
- Christina Maria van der Velde (66), Amsterdam, Nederland
- Dina Brinks (67), Emmen, Dr., NL
- Antje Samplonius
Born on August 3
- 1992 » Aljon Mariano, Filipino basketball player
- 1992 » Diāna Marcinkēviča, Latvian tennis player
- 1992 » Gamze Bulut, Turkish runner
- 1992 » Gesa Felicitas Krause, German runner
- 1993 » Ola Abidogun, English sprinter
- 1993 » Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer
- 1994 » Manaia Cherrington, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1994 » Todd Gurley, American football player
- 1995 » Victoria Kan, Russian tennis player
- 1999 » Yoo Yeon-jung, South Korean singer
Died on August 3
- 1996 » Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral (b. 1939)
- 1997 » Pietro Rizzuto, Italian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1934)
- 1998 » Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer and journalist (b. 1934)
- 1999 » Byron Farwell, American historian and author (b. 1921)
- 1999 » Rod Ansell, Australian hunter (b. 1953)
- 2000 » Joann Lõssov, Estonian basketball player and coach (b. 1921)
- 2001 » Christopher Hewett, English actor and director (b. 1922)
- 2003 » Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1954)
- 2004 » Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter (b. 1908)
- 2005 » Françoise d'Eaubonne, French author and poet (b. 1920)
Names that were popular for boys in 2001
- Jan
- Johannes
- Thomas
- Willem
- Cornelis
- Jacob
- Lucas
- Hendrik
- Alexander
- Pieter
- Robin
- Daan
- Daniel
- Ruben
- Bram
- Michael
Names that were popular for girls in 2001
- Maria
- Anna
- Johanna
- Elisabeth
- Emma
- Marie
- Anne
- Sophie
- Laura
- Amber
- Cornelia
- Lisa
- Sanne
- Femke
- Julia
- Charlotte
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 13 » An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.
- January 23 » Five people attempt to set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an act that many people later claim is staged by the Communist Party of China to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution.
- May 25 » Erik Weihenmayer becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, with Dr. Sherman Bull.
- June 10 » Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.
- October 15 » NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon Io.
- December 19 » Argentine economic crisis: December riots: Riots erupt in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The weather on Friday August 3, 2001
The temperature on August 3, 2001 was between 13.7 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI