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• Tristan Scheepers, Lelystad, Flevoland, Nederland
• Tristan (Pepijn) Scheepers, Lelystad, Flevoland, Nederland

• Emmy Beekman (92)
• Berend (Bennie) Nevels (55), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Geerlof Kok (67), Ermelo
• Aaltje BREVOORD (94)
• Anna Elisabeth van Capelleveen (91), Haarlem
• Catharina Ammerlaan (91), Naaldwijk
• Catherinus Moens (91), Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland
• Catherinus Moens (91), Grijpskerk
• Elisabeth Johanna Hubertina Stienen (73), Driebergen
• Annie BOWEN (MC REA) (91), Caughey Preston, Auckland, New Zealand

• 1986 » Hajime Isayama, Japanese illustrator
• 1986 » Lea Michele, American actress and singer
• 1987 » Tony Kane, Irish footballer
• 1990 » Jakub Kosecki, Polish footballer
• 1990 » Patrick van Aanholt, Dutch footballer
• 1991 » Deshaun Thomas, American basketball player
• 1991 » Néstor Araujo, Mexican footballer
• 1992 » Mallu Magalhães, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 1992 » Noah Syndergaard, American baseball player
• 1993 » Liam Payne, English singer-songwriter

• 2000 » Conrad Marca-Relli, American-Italian painter and academic (b. 1913)
• 2000 » Shelagh Fraser, English actress (b. 1922)
• 2000 » Willie Maddren, English footballer and manager (b. 1951)
• 2001 » Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 2001 » Graeme Strachan, Australian singer-songwriter & television personality (b. 1952)
• 2002 » Lance Macklin, English race car driver (b. 1919)
• 2003 » Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi politician (b. 1939)
• 2003 » Patrick Procktor, English painter and academic (b. 1936)
• 2004 » Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (b. 1942)
• 2007 » James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand businessman (b. 1914)

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. 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.
• April 14 » Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.
• May 7 » A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.
• May 20 » The independence of East Timor is recognized by Portugal, formally ending 23 years of Indonesian rule and three years of provisional UN administration (Portugal itself is the former colonizer of East Timor until 1976).
• June 13 » The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
• June 24 » The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.
• November 10 » Veteran's Day Weekend Tornado Outbreak: A tornado outbreak stretching from Northern Ohio to the Gulf Coast, one of the largest outbreaks recorded in November. The strongest tornado, an F4, hits Van Wert, Ohio, during the early to mid afternoon and destroys a movie theater, which had been evacuated.

The temperature on August 29, 2002 was between 12.6 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.