About the day » Monday December 30, 2002Calender converter

• Bikkel Smiers, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2002)

• Bertje Jochums van der Heide (88), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus van der Kolk (82), Kampen,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Agatha Hoekstra (75), Vlaardingen
• Aaltje de Jong (89), Enschede
• Azetta B. COOPER (78)
• Bien Swijghuisen Reigersberg (79)
• Christientje Hendrika Schreiber (77), Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius van Meer (82), Steenbergen
• Angeline Kruger (89)
• Anna Elisabeth Bührs (92), Zaandam

• 1986 » Domenico Criscito, Italian footballer
• 1989 » Kateřina Vaňková, Czech tennis player
• 1989 » Ryan Sheckler, American skateboarder and entrepreneur
• 1990 » Bruno Henrique Pinto, Brazilian footballer
• 1990 » Joe Root, English cricketer
• 1991 » Camila Giorgi, Italian tennis player
• 1992 » Carson Wentz, American football player
• 1992 » Ryan Tunnicliffe, English footballer
• 1995 » V, South Korean singer and actor
• 1996 » Brad Abbey, New Zealand rugby league player

• 1999 » Des Renford, Australian swimmer (b. 1927)
• 1999 » Fritz Leonhardt, German engineer, co-designed the Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge and Fernsehturm Stuttgart (b. 1909)
• 1999 » Joff Ellen, Australian comedian and actor (b. 1915)
• 1999 » Sarah Knauss, American supercentenarian (b. 1880)
• 2000 » Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1909)
• 2002 » Eleanor J. Gibson, American psychologist and academic (b. 1910)
• 2002 » Mary Brian, American actress (b. 1906)
• 2002 » Mary Wesley, English author (b. 1912)
• 2003 » John Gregory Dunne, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1932)
• 2004 » Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910)

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.
• February 19 » NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
• May 20 » The independence of East Timor is recognized by Portugal, formally ending 23 years of Indonesian rule and three years of provisional UN administration (Portugal itself is the former colonizer of East Timor until 1976).
• July 15 » Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan hands down the death sentence to British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and life terms to three others suspected of murdering The Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
• August 30 » Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823 crashes on approach to Rio Branco International Airport, killing 23 of the 31 people on board.
• November 4 » Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing a pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress.
• November 28 » Suicide bombers blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya; their colleagues fail in their attempt to bring down Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582 with surface-to-air missiles.

The temperature on December 30, 2002 was between 1.8 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.