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• Jesse Mathijs van Oostveen, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Nickolas Keelan de Beurs, Calgary Prov. Alberta, Canada
• Tom Gielkens

• Ad SNIJDERS (43), Zeeland
• Diny Spapens (82), Waalwijk
• Cornelis Maarten van Duijn (65), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Gerardina Martens (85), Breda
• Derk Antonius Maria (Dick) Meeles (82), Rotterdam
• Anna Willemina Bosch (88), Zwolle
• Berend Harmannus Panjer (73), Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Isabel Sage ** (82), Hastings, Barry, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Dirk Johan Prikkel (71), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bertha Depae (73), Huy, België

• 1990 » Reggie Jackson, American basketball player
• 1990 » Tony McQuay, American sprinter
• 1990 » Vangelis Mantzaris, Greek basketball player
• 1991 » Kim Kyung-jung, South Korean footballer
• 1991 » Nolan Arenado, American baseball player
• 1993 » Chance the Rapper, American rapper
• 1993 » Mirai Nagasu, American figure skater
• 1994 » Albert Almora, American baseball player
• 1994 » Will Fuller, American football player
• 2002 » Sadie Sink, American actress

• 1999 » Skip Spence, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)
• 2001 » Alec Stock, English footballer and manager (b. 1917)
• 2001 » Michael Ritchie, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
• 2001 » Robert Osterloh, American actor (b. 1918)
• 2002 » Billy Ayre, English footballer and manager (b. 1952)
• 2002 » Robert Urich, American actor (b. 1946)
• 2002 » Ruth Fertel, American businesswoman, founded Ruth's Chris Steak House (b. 1927)
• 2003 » Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (b. 1930)
• 2003 » Graham Stuart Thomas, English horticulturalist and author (b. 1909)
• 2005 » Kay Walsh, English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)

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.
• March 1 » U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.
• March 2 » U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on March 19 after killing 500 Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities).
• May 1 » OpenOffice.org released version 1.0, the first stable version of the software.
• May 3 » An Indian Air Force MiG-21 crashes into a bank in Jalandhar, killing eight and injuring 17.
• October 16 » The Bibliotheca Alexandrina opens in Egypt, commemorating the ancient library of Alexandria.
• November 22 » In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.

The temperature on April 16, 2002 was between 6.6 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 12.8 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.