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Born on Saturday October 5, 2002
- Olaf Dam († 2002)
Died on Saturday October 5, 2002
- Berend Nieboer (90), Lethbridge (Lethbridge), AB, Canada
- Delila Mayo (264)
- Ernst Emil BLOEHß (78), Burg/Fehmarn (DE)
- Akke de Boer (73), Ommen
- Annie M Brown (87)
- Albertha Slot (75), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
- André CASTELEIN (72), Kortrijk
- Antonia Blok (94), Velsen
- Baldwin Edward Bachman (89), Bakersfield, Kern, California
- Albertha Maria van Sinderen (50)
Born on October 5
- 1988 » Benny Howell, English cricketer
- 1989 » Ify Ibekwe, American basketball player
- 1989 » Kelsey Adrian, Canadian basketball player
- 1989 » Marcel Baude, German footballer
- 1990 » Nathan Peats, Australian rugby league player
- 1992 » Kevin Magnussen, Danish racing driver
- 1996 » Jayden Nikorima, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1999 » Connor McLennan, Scottish footballer
- 2000 » Taahira Butterfield, Bermudian athlete
- 2006 » Jacob Tremblay, Canadian actor
Died on October 5
- 2000 » Cătălin Hîldan, Romanian footballer (b. 1976)
- 2000 » Johanna Döbereiner, Brazilian agronomist (b. 1924)
- 2001 » Mike Mansfield, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1903)
- 2002 » Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
- 2003 » Dan Snyder, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1978)
- 2003 » Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist, director, and producer (b. 1957)
- 2004 » Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-English physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
- 2004 » Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
- 2004 » William H. Dobelle, American biologist and academic (b. 1941)
- 2006 » Antonio Peña, Mexican wrestling promoter, founded Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (b. 1953)
Names that were popular for boys in 2002
- Thomas
- Lucas
- Daan
- Lars
- Ruben
- Tim
- David
- Thijs
- Jan
- Jens
- Tom
- Niels
- Robin
- Luuk
- Rens
- Stijn
Names that were popular for girls in 2002
- Amber
- Femke
- Lisa
- Emma
- Anna
- Sanne
- Eloise
- Julia
- 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 12 » The trial of Slobodan Milošević, the former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, begins at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands. He dies four years later before its conclusion.
- April 4 » The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.
- May 7 » A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.
- May 10 » FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Russia for $1.4million in cash and diamonds.
- October 7 » The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-112 to continue assembly of the International Space Station.
- October 12 » Terrorists detonate bombs in the Sari Club in Bali, killing 202 and wounding over 300.
Weather October 5, 2002
The temperature on October 5, 2002 was between 6.8 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 12.6 mm of rain during 7.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.