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• Bregje Mekes († 2022)
• Aimee Adriana Marion Lelieveld, Voorschoten

• Cornelis de Bruijn (74), Den Helder
• Frances Demetra Todd (88), Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Apolonia (Annie) van Heiningen (83)
• Esta Greenberg (89)
• Dirk Jacobus Van Wijck (90), Assen
• Cornelia van Gasteren (74), Etten-Leur
• Catharina Paulina Martina (Netty) BREUER (76), Maarsen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Dick Roos (50), Hoofddorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Eimbertus de Laat (76), Best, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alvis E. Ledkins (80)

• 1986 » Everth Cabrera, Nicaraguan baseball player
• 1987 » Craig Noone, English footballer
• 1987 » Gemma Spofforth, English swimmer
• 1987 » Justine Michelle Cain, English actress
• 1988 » Durratun Nashihin Rosli Malaysian rhythmic gymnast
• 1989 » Roman Zozulya, Ukrainian football striker
• 1989 » Ryan Griffin, American football player
• 1992 » Alex Sheedy, Australian basketball player
• 1992 » Danielle Kettlewell, Australian synchronised swimmer
• 1993 » Taylor Gold, American snowboarder

• 2000 » Louis Néel, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 2001 » Harrison A. Williams, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1919)
• 2001 » Michael Karoli, German guitarist and songwriter (b. 1948)
• 2002 » Abba Eban, South African-Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1915)
• 2002 » Frank McCarthy, American painter and illustrator (b. 1924)
• 2003 » Arthur Conley, American-Dutch singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
• 2003 » Surjit Bindrakhia, Indian singer (b. 1962)
• 2004 » Alexander Ragulin, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1941)
• 2004 » Mikael Ljungberg, Swedish wrestler and manager (b. 1970)
• 2005 » Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor and director (b. 1942)

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

1. Amber
2. Femke
3. Lisa
4. Emma
5. Anna
6. Sanne
7. Eloise
8. Julia
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.
• February 28 » During the religious violence in Gujarat, the 97 people killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in Gulbarg Society massacre.
• June 22 » An earthquake measuring 6.5 M_w strikes a region of northwestern Iran killing at least 261 people and injuring 1,300 others and eventually causing widespread public anger due to the slow official response.
• July 1 » Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, a Tupolev Tu-154, and DHL Flight 611, a Boeing 757, collide in mid-air over Überlingen, southern Germany, killing all 71 on board both planes.
• September 23 » The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released.
• October 2 » The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
• November 4 » Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing a pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress.

The temperature on November 17, 2002 was between 7.3 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (22%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.