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• Elizabeth Boon, Gouda († 2002)

• Carin Bos (41), Koningslust, Peel en Maas, Limburg, Netherlands
• Geert Trip (75)
• Catharina Hendrina Reijmers (86), Millingen aan de Rijn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham Christoffel de Bruine (86), Sint Philipsland gem. Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland NED
• Abraham Christoffel de Bruine (86), Bergen op Zoom
• Gien van der Veldt (82), IJmuiden
• Adrianus Joannes Klerks (70), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Betty Jo Borders (64)
• Charlotte June Kidd (67), La Crosse, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Gerrit Plaggenmars (82), Den Ham

• 1992 » Josh Hutcherson, American actor and producer
• 1994 » Alex Katz, American baseball player
• 1994 » Olivia Smoliga, American swimmer
• 1994 » Sean Monahan, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1995 » Jessica Hogg, Welsh artistic gymnast
• 1996 » James Graham, British singer
• 1996 » Owen Watkin, Welsh rugby player
• 1997 » Curtis Scott, Australian rugby league player
• 2002 » Iris Apatow, American actress
• 2004 » Darci Lynne, American ventriloquist

• 1999 » Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player and coach (b. 1936)
• 2001 » Afsar Ahmad Siddiqui, Bangladesh politician (b. 1935)
• 2001 » Hikmet Şimşek, Turkish conductor (b. 1924)
• 2001 » Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English academic and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1907)
• 2001 » Richard Buckle, Ballet critic and writer (b. 1916)
• 2002 » Audrey Mestre, French biologist and diver (b. 1974)
• 2002 » Ray Conniff, American bandleader and composer (b. 1916)
• 2003 » Bill Shoemaker, American jockey (b. 1931)
• 2003 » Jim Cairns, Australian economist and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1914)
• 2003 » Joan Kroc, American philanthropist (b. 1928)

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. Sam

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. Lotte
16. Iris

• 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 17 » Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people.
• February 12 » An Iran Airtour Tupolev Tu-154 crashes in the mountains outside Khorramabad, Iran while descending for a landing at Khorramabad Airport, killing 119.
• May 1 » OpenOffice.org released version 1.0, the first stable version of the software.
• July 1 » The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
• 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 October 12, 2002 was between 3.9 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.