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• Jason van der Molen, Apeldoorn
• Jonathan Hartman († 2002)

• Bea Schonewille (45)
• Auke Bloem (68)
• Alfred Hass Altschuler (90), Highland Park, Lake, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Hendriks (75)
• Anne Broekstra (85)
• Bastiaantje van der Hoogt (82), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje van den Born (88), IJmuiden
• Claire BIVORT (90)
• Bernardus Nauta, Leeuwarden
• Aime Van de Moortele (84), Machelen Leie

• 1989 » Blake Griffin, American basketball player
• 1989 » Jung So-min, South Korean actress
• 1990 » Andre Young, American basketball player
• 1991 » Reggie Bullock, American basketball player
• 1991 » Wolfgang Van Halen, American bassist
• 1993 » George Ford, English rugby union player
• 1993 » Marine Lorphelin, Miss France
• 1994 » Joel Embiid, Cameroonian basketball player
• 1995 » Inga Janulevičiūtė, Lithuanian figure skater
• 1997 » Florian Neuhaus, German football player

• 1999 » Gratien Gélinas, Canadian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1909)
• 2000 » Carlos Velázquez, Puerto Rican pitcher (b. 1948)
• 2000 » Michael Starr, Canadian judge and politician, 16th Canadian Minister of Labour (b. 1910)
• 2000 » Pavel Prudnikau, Belarusian poet and author (b. 1911)
• 2000 » Thomas Ferebee, American colonel and pilot (b. 1918)
• 2001 » Bob Wollek, French race car driver (b. 1943)
• 2003 » Rachel Corrie, American activist (b. 1979)
• 2003 » Ronald Ferguson, English captain, polo player, and manager (b. 1931)
• 2004 » Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1910)
• 2005 » Todd Bell, American football player (b. 1958)

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. Lisa
3. Femke
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 3 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Israeli forces seize the Palestinian freighter Karine A in the Red Sea, finding 50 tons of weapons.
• July 9 » The African Union is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, replacing the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The organization's first chairman is Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa.
• September 4 » The Oakland Athletics win their 20th consecutive game, an American League record.
• September 10 » Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, becomes a full member of the United Nations.
• September 23 » The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released.
• October 11 » A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Finland kills seven.

The temperature on March 16, 2002 was between 6.5 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.