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• Max Krook, Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• jimmy houwen, helden-panningen
• Youck den Haan († 2002)
• Mari Anna Hess, Pennsylvania († 2002)

• Alice Biddle (79)
• Adrie Spijker (46), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Andreas Razumovsky (72), Wien, Autriche
• Andries Hendrik Roosenburg (78), Franeker
• Andries Mebius (91), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonie van der Beek (78), Harderwijk
• Andreas Karel Corneel Zwaenepoel (92), Tielt, West-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen
• Carl Kramer (84), Leeuwarden, Nederland
• Antonie VAN DER BEEK (78), Harderwijk
• Arij Poot (77), Vlaardingen

• 1987 » Fredy Montero, Colombian footballer
• 1987 » Jordie Benn, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 » Panagiotis Kone, Greek footballer
• 1988 » Sayaka Akimoto, Filipino–Japanese actress and singer
• 1988 » Yurie Omi, Japanese female announcer
• 1991 » Tyson Barrie, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1992 » Marika Koroibete, Fijian rugby player
• 1993 » Raymond Faitala-Mariner, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1994 » Ella Leivo, Finnish tennis player
• 1996 » Olivia Breen, British Paralympic athlete

• 1999 » Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (b. 1917)
• 1999 » Walter Jackson Bate, American author and critic (b. 1918)
• 2000 » John Tukey, American mathematician and academic (b. 1915)
• 2001 » Peter von Zahn, German journalist and author (b. 1913)
• 2001 » Rex T. Barber, American colonel and pilot (b. 1917)
• 2004 » William A. Mitchell, American chemist, created Pop Rocks and Cool Whip (b. 1911)
• 2005 » Alexander Golitzen, Russian-born American production designer and art director (b. 1908)
• 2005 » Gilles Marotte, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1945)
• 2005 » Jack Hirshleifer, American economist and academic (b. 1925)
• 2007 » Lars Forssell, Swedish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1928)

1. Thomas
2. Lucas
3. Daan
4. Lars
5. Ruben
6. Tim
7. David
8. Thijs
9. Jan
10. Jens
11. Robin
12. Tom
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. Lotte
16. Iris

• 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 27 » Godhra train burning: A Muslim mob torches a train returning from Ayodhya, killing 59 Hindu pilgrims.
• May 6 » Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated following a radio-interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum.
• June 29 » Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.
• 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.
• September 23 » The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released.
• November 13 » During the Prestige oil spill a storm burst a tank of the oil tanker MV Prestige which was not allowed to dock and sank on November 19, 2002 off the coast of Galicia, spilling 63,000 metric tons of heavy fuel oil, more than the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill.

The temperature on July 26, 2002 was between 14.0 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.