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• Sonny Jay Apse, Plymouth, Devon, England († 2002)
• Olav SMITHUIS, Zoetermeer, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Antonius Romeijnders (83), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Antonia Hendrika Wagemakers (44), Herwijnen (Lingewaal) (GL)
• Dirkje van de Craats (78), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje de Witte (98), Middelburg
• André Robert CASTELEYN (90)
• Arendje van den Oever (82), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Allie van Bruggen (89), Sheldon, O'Brien County, Iowa
• Carol Ann HOLWERDA (53), East Grand Rapids Kent County Michigan U.S.A
• Cornelia Oskam (79)
• Annemiek Johanna Maria Francisca Strik (32), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1986 » Mathieu Razanakolona, Canadian skier
• 1988 » Rob Kwiet, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Nacer Chadli, Belgian footballer
• 1990 » Ima Bohush, Belarusian tennis player
• 1994 » Laremy Tunsil, American football player
• 1994 » Laura Pigossi, Brazilian tennis player
• 1995 » Kristaps Porziņģis, Latvian basketball player
• 1996 » Keston Hiura, American baseball player
• 1996 » Simone Manuel, American swimmer
• 1999 » Mark Lee, Korean-Canadian singer

• 1997 » Fela Kuti, Nigerian singer-songwriter and activist (b. 1938)
• 1997 » William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1914)
• 1998 » Shari Lewis, American television host and puppeteer (b. 1933)
• 1999 » Willie Morris, American writer (b. 1934)
• 2003 » Peter Safar, Austrian-American physician and academic (b. 1924)
• 2004 » Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1929)
• 2004 » François Craenhals, Belgian illustrator (b. 1926)
• 2004 » Heinrich Mark, Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1911)
• 2005 » Steven Vincent, American journalist and author (b. 1955)
• 2007 » Chauncey Bailey, American journalist (b. 1950)

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 8 » President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
• January 29 » In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
• July 28 » Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground.
• September 9 » The Rafiganj train wreck happened in Bihar, India.
• 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.
• November 28 » Suicide bombers blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya; their colleagues fail in their attempt to bring down Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582 with surface-to-air missiles.

The temperature on August 2, 2002 was between 10.5 °C and 25.4 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.