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• Johannes Limburg († 2002)
• Jente Stevens, Tongeren († 2002)

• Agnes Catherine Breuning (95), Jacksonville, Duval, Florida
• Catrina Geertuida ten KLEIJ (83), Amsterdam
• Cornelia van Herpen (82), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Albert van Dijk (92), Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, NL
• Anna Wubbina (Annie) Schlimback (89), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Ashley Byrd Carrell (36)
• Belia van der Lugt (74), Utrecht (Utrecht), Utrecht, Nederland
• Berendina Maria van Overbeek (83), Warnsveld
• Berendina Reinders (66), Eerbeek
• Belia van der Lugt (74), Zeist

• 1991 » Torstein Andersen Aase, Norwegian footballer
• 1992 » Marrion Gopez, Filipino actor, singer, and dancer
• 1993 » Nabil Jeffri, Malaysian racing driver
• 1994 » Jalen Ramsey, American football player
• 1994 » Krystal, American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
• 1994 » Tereza Martincová, Czech tennis player
• 1995 » Vincent Leuluai, Australian rugby league player
• 1996 » Kyla Ross, American gymnast
• 1997 » Claudia Fragapane, English gymnast
• 1998 » Daya, American singer

• 2001 » Jaromil Jireš, Czech director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
• 2001 » Kathleen Ankers, American actress and set designer (b. 1919)
• 2001 » Wolf Rüdiger Hess, German author and critic (b. 1937)
• 2002 » Harry Hay, English-American activist, co-founded the Mattachine Society and Radical Faeries (b. 1912)
• 2002 » Hernán Gaviria, Colombian footballer (b. 1969)
• 2002 » Peggy Moran, American actress and singer (b. 1918)
• 2002 » Winton M. Blount, American soldier and politician, 59th United States Postmaster General (b. 1921)
• 2004 » James Aloysius Hickey, American cardinal (b. 1920)
• 2004 » Randy Dorton, American engineer (b. 1954)
• 2004 » Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver and businessman (b. 1980)

1. Thomas
2. Lucas
3. Daan
4. Lars
5. Ruben
6. Tim
7. David
8. Thijs
9. Jan
10. Jens
11. Tom
12. Robin
13. Niels
14. Luuk
15. Rens
16. Stijn

1. Amber
2. Femke
3. Lisa
4. Anna
5. Emma
6. Sanne
7. Julia
8. Eloise
9. Eva
10. Laura
11. Sarah
12. Isabella
13. Anne
14. Fleur
15. Iris
16. Lotte

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
• January 17 » Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people.
• May 9 » The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem comes to an end when the Palestinians inside agree to have 13 suspected terrorists among them deported to several different countries.
• May 10 » FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Russia for $1.4million in cash and diamonds.
• May 23 » The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto Protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.
• October 26 » Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian special forces troops storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.
• October 29 » Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire, a fire destroys a luxurious department store where 1500 people are shopping. Over 60 people die and over 100 are unaccounted for. It is the deadliest disaster in Vietnam during peacetime.

The temperature on October 24, 2002 was between 4.8 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.