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• Livius van den Dool, Ede († 2002)
• Yera A. BEKS, Maastricht (NL/LI) († 2002)
• Florian Fierman Gezelle Meerburg († 2010)

• "Bernadette" Marie Louise Aline Marcelle de Roquefeuil (91), Bayeux, Calvados, France
• Bernard Imant (80), Gent Oost-Vlaanderen België
• Antonie Johan Hulleman (62), Deventer
• Aaron Thomas Stubblefield (84), Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, United States of America
• Allie Mae Boyd (73)
• Arl Dick [Wk-Wks 2ObScnceHlBu] (86), Pulaski County, Kentucky
• Brigid Curran (91)
• Aris Marius Simon Bremer (79), Arnhem
• Anthonia Lucretia Rombouts (92)
• Cornelia Res (86), Castricum

• 1991 » Emil Forsberg, Swedish footballer
• 1991 » Jorge Taufua, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Princess Mako of Akishino, member of the Japanese Imperial Family
• 1992 » Álvaro Morata, Spanish footballer
• 1993 » Josh Ruffels, English footballer
• 1993 » Taylor Spreitler, American actress
• 1995 » Ireland Baldwin, American model
• 1997 » Jaydn Su'A, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1998 » Amandla Stenberg, American actress
• 2002 » Shin Eun-soo, South Korean actress

• 1999 » Eric Reece, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1909)
• 2000 » Yokozuna, American wrestler (b. 1966)
• 2001 » Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and historian (b. 1917)
• 2001 » Josh Kirby, English illustrator (b. 1928)
• 2002 » Adolph Green, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1915)
• 2003 » Soong Mei-ling, Chinese wife of Chiang Kai-shek, 2nd First Lady of the Republic of China (b. 1898)
• 2003 » Tony Capstick, English actor and singer (b. 1944)
• 2004 » Bill Nicholson, English footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1919)
• 2004 » Robert Merrill, American actor and singer (b. 1919)
• 2005 » William Hootkins, American actor (b. 1948)

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.
• January 28 » TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia, killing 94.
• 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.
• August 30 » Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823 crashes on approach to Rio Branco International Airport, killing 23 of the 31 people on board.
• September 9 » The Rafiganj train wreck happened in Bihar, India.
• November 28 » Suicide bombers blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya; their colleagues fail in their attempt to bring down Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582 with surface-to-air missiles.
• 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 23, 2002 was between 4.6 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.