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• Tom van Rijn, De Lier

• Adelbert Jonker (76), Delden (gem. Hof van Twente)
• Dorothy Johanna Visser (80), Sandy, Salt Lake County, Utah, VS
• Catharina Disteveld (64), Leiden
• Cornelis Johannes Jacobus van Unen (83), Breda-Nederland
• Eke Wieringa (93), Ten Boer, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelia Honorina Maria de Kroon (85), Port Macqaurie, Australia,ns
• Bertha van Werkhoven (74), Hoogmade
• Annie Anna maria Engel (88), Gemeente Tilburg Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dorothy May Kendrick (82), Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Daniel Carolus Gerardus de Pagter (88), Venlo

• 1989 » Cristian Pasquato, Italian footballer
• 1989 » Javier Cortés, Mexican footballer
• 1990 » Lars Unnerstall, German footballer
• 1991 » Chiyoshōma Fujio, Mongolian sumo wrestler
• 1991 » Kira Kazantsev, Miss America 2015
• 1991 » Philipp Reiter, German mountaineer and runner
• 1991 » Ryan James, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 » Steven Adams, New Zealand basketball player
• 1995 » Moses Leota, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1996 » Ben Simmons, Australian basketball player

• 1998 » June Byers, American wrestler (b. 1922)
• 1999 » Sandra Gould, American actress (b. 1916)
• 2002 » Michalis Kritikopoulos, Greek footballer (b. 1946)
• 2003 » Nicolas Freeling, English author (b. 1927)
• 2004 » Lala Mara, Fijian politician (b. 1931)
• 2004 » Valdemaras Martinkėnas, Lithuanian footballer and coach (b. 1965)
• 2005 » Finn Gustavsen, Norwegian journalist and politician (b. 1926)
• 2005 » James Doohan, Canadian-American actor (b. 1920)
• 2005 » Kayo Hatta, American director and cinematographer (b. 1958)
• 2006 » Ted Grant, South African-English theorist and activist (b. 1913)

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.
• January 3 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Israeli forces seize the Palestinian freighter Karine A in the Red Sea, finding 50 tons of weapons.
• February 1 » Daniel Pearl, American journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, kidnapped January 23, 2002, is beheaded and mutilated by his captors.
• April 12 » A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104.
• June 11 » Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.
• September 10 » Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, becomes a full member of the United Nations.
• November 15 » Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.

The temperature on July 20, 2002 was between 6.9 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.