Netherlands/2001

Events:

• January 1 - Fire at a new years party in a bar in Volendam[?] kills 13 young people and wounds 140
• January 18 - Fire at airport Schiphol leads to chaos
• January 26 - Suspect of fireworks explosion in Enschede in May 2000 arrested
• February 6 - Foreign minister Van Aartsen calls off visit to the Peoples Republic of China because of human rights
• February 8 - Eight Hell's Angels[?] are arrested in their club house in Amsterdam
• February 11 - Rintje Ritsma[?] world champion speed skating
• February 14 - Government Information Service declares that Queen Beatrix's second son Johan Friso[?] is no homosexual
• February 14 - The creator of the Anna Kurnikova virus turns himself in
• March 21 - First case of foot and mouth disease discovered
• March 26 - Michael Dudok de Wit[?] wins Academy Award (Short film / animated) for Father and Daughter[?]
• March 30 - Engagement crown prince Willem Alexander[?] and Máxima Zorreguieta[?] announced

Deaths:

• January 8 - Johan van der Keuken[?] (1938), documentary filmer
• October 5 - Egbert van 't Oever[?] speed skater and coach

See also : Netherlands