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• Esmee van Oevelen († 2002)
• Luke Hulshof († 2024)
• Mathijs van der Horst
• Elizabeth Grace Atzen († 2002)
• Henk WITTE, Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Egberdina Willems (85), Zuidlaren
• Alida Annetta van Geest (82), Australie
• Daisy Catherine ATKINSON (74), Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia
• Cornelis van Diermen (65), Ermelo
• Adriaan Kreling (67), Hoogvliet, ZH. NL
• Cornelis Jan Arie Rietveld (20), Gameren
• Agnes "Sr. Sieghilda" Vogelsang (99), Telgte, NRW
• Berend Klamer (93), Niekerk, gem. Oldekerk
• Albert de Vries (74), Nijkerk
• Albert De Vries (74), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1987 » Alessio Cerci, Italian footballer
• 1987 » Felipe Dylon, Brazilian singer
• 1987 » Serdar Kurtuluş, Turkish footballer
• 1989 » Daniel Radcliffe, English actor
• 1989 » Donald Young, American tennis player
• 1990 » Kevin Reynolds, Canadian figure skater
• 1991 » Jarrod Wallace, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1991 » Lauren Mitchell, Australian gymnast
• 1992 » Danny Ings, English footballer
• 1996 » Alexandra Andresen, Norwegian heiress and equestrian

• 1999 » Hassan II of Morocco (b. 1929)
• 2001 » Eudora Welty, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1909)
• 2002 » Chaim Potok, American novelist and rabbi (b. 1929)
• 2002 » Clark Gesner, American author and composer (b. 1938)
• 2002 » Leo McKern, Australian-English actor (b. 1920)
• 2002 » William Luther Pierce, American activist and author (b. 1933)
• 2003 » James E. Davis, American police officer and politician (b. 1962)
• 2004 » Carlos Paredes, Portuguese guitarist and composer (b. 1925)
• 2004 » Mehmood Ali, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1932)
• 2004 » Piero Piccioni, Italian pianist, conductor, and composer (b. 1921)

1. Lucas
2. Thomas
3. Daan
4. Lars
5. Ruben
6. David
7. Tim
8. Jens
9. Thijs
10. Jan
11. Rens
12. Robin
13. Niels
14. Tom
15. Luuk
16. Sam

1. Amber
2. Femke
3. Anna
4. Lisa
5. Emma
6. Eloise
7. Sanne
8. Julia
9. Eva
10. Laura
11. Sarah
12. Isabella
13. Fleur
14. Anne
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.
• April 11 » The Ghriba synagogue bombing by al-Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.
• April 14 » Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.
• June 13 » The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
• July 10 » At a Sotheby's auction, Peter Paul Rubens's painting The Massacre of the Innocents is sold for £49.5million (US$76.2million) to Lord Thomson.
• July 27 » Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 77 and injuring more than 500 others, making it the deadliest air show disaster in history.
• July 28 » Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9560 crashes after takeoff from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing 14 of the 16 people on board.

The temperature on July 23, 2002 was between 15.4 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.