About the day » Saturday June 15, 2002Calender converter

• Mark Meijer, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Cornelis Johannes Stolwijk (76), Musselkanaal, Nederland
• Christina Susanna (Chrissie) Lombard (87), Boshof, Free State, South Africa
• Douwe Woelinga (87), Hoogezand
• Andreas Zwart (81), ,,,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catharina Johanna Helena Roovers (76), Roosendaal
• Bertha Francisca Verdaasdonk (82), Hengelo
• Andrea Bartoloméo Heijndijk (20)
• Arie de Bruijn (89), Schipluiden, 2636, Nederland
• Arlene Geraldine Wielenga (74), Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Cornelis Maria Geerts (46), Baarle-Nassau

• 1986 » James Maloney, Australian rugby league player
• 1986 » Trevor Plouffe, American baseball player
• 1989 » Bryan Clauson, American race car driver († 2016)
• 1989 » Víctor Cabedo, Spanish cyclist († 2012)
• 1992 » Dafne Schippers, Dutch heptathlete and sprinter
• 1992 » Michał Kopczyński, Polish footballer
• 1992 » Mohamed Salah, Egyptian footballer
• 1993 » Irfan Hadžić, Bosnian footballer
• 1994 » Inaki Williams, Basque footballer
• 1997 » Madison Kocian, American gymnast

• 1996 » Ella Fitzgerald, American singer and actress (b. 1917)
• 1999 » Omer Côté, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1906)
• 2000 » Jules Roy, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1907)
• 2001 » Henri Alekan, French cinematographer (b. 1909)
• 2002 » Choi Hong Hi, South Korean general and martial artist, founded Taekwondo (b. 1918)
• 2003 » Hume Cronyn, Canadian-American actor (b. 1911)
• 2004 » Ahmet Piriştina, Turkish politician and mayor of İzmir (b. 1952)
• 2005 » Suzanne Flon, French actress (b. 1918)
• 2006 » Herb Pearson, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1910)
• 2006 » Raymond Devos, Belgian-French comedian and clown (b. 1922)

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. 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 19 » NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
• August 30 » Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823 crashes on approach to Rio Branco International Airport, killing 23 of the 31 people on board.
• September 9 » The Rafiganj train wreck happened in Bihar, India.
• 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.
• December 17 » Second Congo War: The Congolese parties of the Inter Congolese Dialogue sign a peace accord which makes provision for transitional governance and legislative and presidential elections within two years.
• December 23 » A U.S. MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25 in the first combat engagement between a drone and conventional aircraft.

The temperature on June 15, 2002 was between 13.2 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.