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• Thomas Zonneveld († 2004)
• Swen Huberts
• Bas Zonneveld († 2004)
• Jeroen Zonneveld († 2004)
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• Bep van Ginkel (71)
• Berend Arriens Bergkamp (82), Zwolle
• David Lee Schutte (46), Lucas, Missaukee County, US-MI
• Cynthia Olga Pell (81), South Australia
• Bernardus Lambertus Leus (90), Livry-Gargan, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Baggen, Maastricht
• Arnold L Topp (72)
• David William REEVE (86), Smithton, Tasmania, Australia
• Cornelia Josefina Wijnker (85), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Josephina Wijnker (85), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1992 » Lidziya Marozava, Belarusian tennis player
• 1992 » Maria João Koehler, Portuguese tennis player
• 1993 » Barbara Palvin, Hungarian model and actress
• 1993 » Darrell Wallace, Jr., American race car driver
• 1993 » Garbiñe Muguruza, Spanish tennis player
• 1993 » Molly Quinn, American actress and producer
• 1996 » Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spanish tennis player
• 1996 » Sara Takanashi, Japanese ski jumper
• 1997 » Bella Thorne, American actress
• 1999 » Camila Rossi, Brazilian rhythmic gymnast

• 1997 » Bertrand Goldberg, American architect, designed the Marina City Building (b. 1913)
• 1999 » John McLendon, American basketball player and coach (b. 1915)
• 2000 » Charlotte Lamb, English author (b. 1937)
• 2001 » Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1917)
• 2002 » Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)
• 2002 » Phyllis Calvert, English actress (b. 1915)
• 2004 » James Chace, American historian and author (b. 1931)
• 2006 » Mark Porter, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1974)
• 2007 » Constantine Andreou, Greek painter and sculptor (b. 1917)
• 2008 » Ângelo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer (b. 1925)

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.
• February 28 » During the religious violence in Gujarat, the 97 people killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in Gulbarg Society massacre.
• April 11 » The Ghriba synagogue bombing by al-Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.
• May 3 » An Indian Air Force MiG-21 crashes into a bank in Jalandhar, killing eight and injuring 17.
• 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).
• October 26 » Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian special forces troops storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.

The temperature on October 8, 2002 was between 1.9 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (88%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.