About the day » Thursday January 31, 2002Calender converter

• Cornelia Jacoba (Neeltje) BECX (69), Maarssen (NL/UT)
• Annabelle Morin (94), Massachusetts, United States
• Cornelia Bossers (90), Made en Drimmelen
• Adrianus Gertenaar (93)
• Adriana Pieternella de Waard (84)
• Cornelia van der Linden (95), Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaantje Sintnicolaas (55), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis van der Plas (87), Katwijk
• Alphonsus Meijnckens (81), Schiedam, Nederland
• Arelis Star (36), Rijnsburg

• 1986 » George Elokobi, Cameroonian footballer
• 1986 » Megan Ellison, American film producer, founded Annapurna Pictures
• 1986 » Walter Dix, American sprinter
• 1987 » Marcus Mumford, American-English singer-songwriter
• 1988 » Brett Pitman, English footballer
• 1988 » Taijo Teniste, Estonian footballer
• 1990 » Jacob Markström, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1990 » Jacopo Fortunato, Italian footballer
• 1990 » Kota Yabu, Japanese idol, singer-songwriter, model, actor
• 1994 » Kenneth Zohore, Danish footballer

• 1997 » John Joseph Scanlan, Irish-American bishop (b. 1930)
• 1999 » Giant Baba, Japanese wrestler and trainer, co-founded All Japan Pro Wrestling (b. 1938)
• 1999 » Norm Zauchin, American baseball player (b. 1929)
• 2000 » Gil Kane, Latvian-American author and illustrator (b. 1926)
• 2001 » Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian-American author (b. 1923)
• 2002 » Gabby Gabreski, American colonel and pilot (b. 1919)
• 2004 » Eleanor Holm, American swimmer and actress (b. 1913)
• 2004 » Suraiya, Indian actress and playback singer (b. 1929)
• 2006 » Moira Shearer, Scottish actress and ballerina (b. 1926)
• 2007 » Molly Ivins, American journalist and author (b. 1944)

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.
• February 28 » During the religious violence in Gujarat, the 97 people killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in Gulbarg Society massacre.
• March 1 » The Envisat environmental satellite successfully launches aboard an Ariane 5 rocket to reach an orbit of 800km (500mi) above the Earth, which was the then-largest payload at 10.5 m long and with a diameter of 4.57 m.
• March 29 » In reaction to the Passover massacre two days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War.
• May 6 » Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated following a radio-interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum.
• 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.
• November 19 » The Greek oil tanker Prestige splits in half and sinks off the coast of Galicia, releasing over 20 million US gallons (76,000 m³) of oil in the largest environmental disaster in Spanish and Portuguese history.

The temperature on January 31, 2002 was between 5.6 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.