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• Anna Maria Joorse (90), Amsterdam
• Danny Sue NOLAN (79), Palm Springs, Riverside County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Berendina Johanna Schutte (80), Laren
• Bonsje Kamper (81), Urk, Nederland
• Daniël Duynslaeger (72), Ardooie
• Alberdina Hijmans (76), Nijmegen
• Antonius A. van Riel (66), Gilze en Rijen
• Cornelis Christianus Magnée (69)
• Christine T Teunissen (74)
• Cornelis Marinus Boogaard (81), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, NL

• 1992 » Aljon Mariano, Filipino basketball player
• 1992 » Diāna Marcinkēviča, Latvian tennis player
• 1992 » Gamze Bulut, Turkish runner
• 1992 » Gesa Felicitas Krause, German runner
• 1993 » Ola Abidogun, English sprinter
• 1993 » Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer
• 1994 » Manaia Cherrington, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1994 » Todd Gurley, American football player
• 1995 » Victoria Kan, Russian tennis player
• 1999 » Yoo Yeon-jung, South Korean singer

• 1998 » Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer and journalist (b. 1934)
• 1999 » Byron Farwell, American historian and author (b. 1921)
• 1999 » Rod Ansell, Australian hunter (b. 1953)
• 2000 » Joann Lõssov, Estonian basketball player and coach (b. 1921)
• 2001 » Christopher Hewett, English actor and director (b. 1922)
• 2003 » Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1954)
• 2004 » Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter (b. 1908)
• 2005 » Françoise d'Eaubonne, French author and poet (b. 1920)
• 2006 » Arthur Lee, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1945)
• 2006 » Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-English soprano and actress (b. 1915)

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.
• February 22 » Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.
• February 27 » Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair's handling of the evacuation.
• May 10 » FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Russia for $1.4million in cash and diamonds.
• May 23 » The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto Protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.
• September 4 » The Oakland Athletics win their 20th consecutive game, an American League record.
• December 18 » California gubernatorial recall: Then Governor of California Gray Davis announces that the state would face a record budget deficit of $35 billion, roughly double the figure reported during his reelection campaign one month earlier.

The temperature on August 3, 2002 was between 13.0 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 14.0 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.