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• Emiel Harmen Thijsseling, Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands

• Denise Geurden (69), Ixelles
• Bernhard WATERKOTTE (72)
• Cornelis Zaal (73), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Adrianus van der Linden (81), Halsteren
• Antonius Aloysius Alsemgeest (84), Den Haag
• Bernard de Roffignac (92), Paris
• Anna Cornelia Verstraelen (90), Gooreind (B.)
• Dimphy Cornelia Petronella Van Zon (81), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Allen J. McCollom (81), Beech Grove, Marion, Indiana
• Cornelis Stanlislaus de Haan (74), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1989 » Marco Restrepo, American musician
• 1990 » Jonathan Lipnicki, American actor
• 1990 » Nicolás Francella, Argentine actor
• 1992 » 21 Savage, American hip-hop artist
• 1992 » Carrie Hope Fletcher, British singer
• 1992 » Sofia Vassilieva, American actress
• 1993 » Charalambos Lykogiannis, Greek footballer
• 1995 » Saidy Janko, Swiss footballer
• 1996 » B.I, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1996 » Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, Norwegian ski runner

• 1995 » Kingsley Amis, English novelist, poet, critic (b. 1922)
• 1997 » Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1905)
• 1998 » Eric Ambler, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1909)
• 2001 » Helmut Krackowizer, Austrian motorcycle racer and journalist (b. 1922)
• 2002 » Geraldine of Albania (b. 1915)
• 2002 » Richard Helms, American intelligence agent and diplomat, 8th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1913)
• 2005 » Arman, French-American painter and sculptor (b. 1928)
• 2005 » Tony Adams, Irish-American actor and producer (b. 1953)
• 2006 » Arthur Hill, Canadian-American actor (b. 1922)
• 2007 » Ève Curie, French pianist and journalist (b. 1904)

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 27 » An explosion at a military storage facility in Lagos, Nigeria, kills at least 1,100 people and displaces over 20,000 others.
• May 6 » Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated following a radio-interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum.
• 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).
• May 24 » Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
• May 26 » The tugboat Robert Y. Love collides with a support pier of Interstate 40 on the Arkansas River near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, resulting in 14 deaths and 11 others injured.
• December 27 » Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.

The temperature on October 22, 2002 was between 10.6 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.