About the day » Thursday January 24, 2002Calender converter

• Arie Mattheusz Rijsdijk (82), Ridderkerk
• Audrey June Livingston (74)
• Andreas Henny Smeets (58), Arnhem (GL) NED
• Christian Champ Lee (83), Oceanside, San Diego County, California, United States of America
• Catharina Popken (85)
• Cameron Lee CIANTAR (18), Devonport, Tasmania, Australia
• Catharina Maria Veldhuizen (78), Heerlen
• Anthonius Maria de Koning (43), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cecil Clair Roush (93), Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, VS
• Anna Cornelia van den Hoek (81), Noord Oostpolder

• 1991 » Tatiana Kashirina, Russian weightlifter
• 1991 » Zhan Beleniuk, Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler
• 1992 » Becky Downie, English gymnast
• 1992 » Felitciano Zschusschen, Curaçao footballer
• 1992 » Phiwa Nkambule, South African entrepreneur
• 1994 » Tommie Hoban, English footballer
• 1995 » Dylan Everett, Canadian actor
• 1997 » Nirei Fukuzumi, Japanese racer
• 1999 » Vitalie Damașcan, Moldovan footballer
• 2012 » Princess Athena of Denmark, younger child of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark

• 1993 » Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1908)
• 2002 » Elie Hobeika, Lebanese commander and politician (b. 1956)
• 2003 » Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (b. 1921)
• 2004 » Leônidas, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1913)
• 2006 » Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician (b. 1930)
• 2007 » İsmail Cem İpekçi, Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1940)
• 2007 » Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier (b. 1891)
• 2007 » Guadalupe Larriva, Ecuadorian academic and politician (b. 1956)
• 2007 » Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (b. 1916)
• 2010 » Pernell Roberts, American actor (b. 1928)

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 16 » The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the remaining members of the Taliban.
• February 28 » During the religious violence in Gujarat, the 97 people killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in Gulbarg Society massacre.
• May 1 » OpenOffice.org released version 1.0, the first stable version of the software.
• May 9 » The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem comes to an end when the Palestinians inside agree to have 13 suspected terrorists among them deported to several different countries.
• November 15 » Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
• December 13 » European Union enlargement: The EU announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members on May 1, 2004.

The temperature on January 24, 2002 was between 4.4 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.