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Died on Saturday August 31, 2002
- Dirk Jacobus Troost (84), Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Antonius Johannes ten Asbroek (89), Haaksbergen
- Angela Margaretha Maria Kalle (90), Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland
- Christina Johanna Antonia (Tiny) Loohuis (80), Oldenzaal,Gemeente Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland
- Elizabeth Lee Mason <FgmctNCBu> (96)
- Denton Paul** MACE (46), Plano, Madison County, Idaho, United States of America
- Barry Lindsay KING (63), Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia
- Brian Robert Lindsey (56), North Vancouver
- Cornelis Kooij (90)
- Cornelia ROOS (91), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
Born on August 31
- 1990 » Tadeja Majerič, Slovenian tennis player
- 1991 » António Félix da Costa, Portuguese race car driver
- 1991 » Cédric Soares, Portuguese footballer
- 1992 » Holly Earl, British actress
- 1992 » Tyler Randell, Australian rugby league player
- 1993 » Anna Karnaukh, Russian water polo player
- 1993 » Ilnur Alshin, Russian football player
- 1993 » Pablo Marí, Spanish football player
- 1994 » Alex Harris, Scottish footballer
- 1994 » Can Aktav, Turkish football player
Died on August 31
- 1997 » Diana, Princess of Wales (b. 1961)
- 1997 » Dodi Fayed, Egyptian film producer (b. 1955)
- 2000 » Dolores Moore, American baseball player and educator (b. 1932)
- 2000 » Lucille Fletcher, American screenwriter (b. 1912)
- 2002 » Farhad Mehrad, Persian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist (b. 1944)
- 2002 » George Porter, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)
- 2002 » Lionel Hampton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1908)
- 2005 » Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
- 2006 » Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (b. 1983)
- 2006 » Tom Delaney, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1911)
Names that were popular for boys in 2002
- Thomas
- Lucas
- Daan
- Lars
- Ruben
- Tim
- David
- Thijs
- Jan
- Jens
- Tom
- Robin
- Niels
- Luuk
- Rens
- Stijn
Names that were popular for girls in 2002
- Amber
- Femke
- Lisa
- Anna
- Emma
- Sanne
- Julia
- Eloise
- Eva
- Laura
- Sarah
- Isabella
- Anne
- Fleur
- Iris
- Lotte
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2002
- 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 19 » NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
- February 22 » Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.
- May 12 » Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.
- August 19 » Khankala Mi-26 crash: A Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.
- September 23 » The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released.
- November 15 » Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
Weather August 31, 2002
The temperature on August 31, 2002 was between 11.9 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.