About the day » Thursday November 21, 2002Calender converter

• Charley Bryan Jimmy Beerta (60), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Vrijhof (68), Spijkenisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alwine Cäcilie Huizen (84), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aart Johannes Ligthart (82), Maassluis
• Cornelia Konings (74), Zoetermeer, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Cornelia Maria Roeper (82), Den Burg
• Coenradina Kolbach (88), Gorinchem, Gemeente Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Dinie van Boven (79)
• Carl Eugene Hohner (65), Delta, York, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Anna van der Kooij (83), Delft (ZH-NLD)

• 1989 » Dárvin Chávez, Mexican footballer
• 1989 » Justin Tucker, American football player
• 1989 » Will Buckley, English footballer
• 1990 » Dani King, English cyclist
• 1990 » Georgie Twigg, English field hockey player
• 1991 » Almaz Ayana, Ethiopian sprinter
• 1991 » Lewis Dunk, English footballer
• 1991 » Peni Terepo, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1992 » Conor Maynard, English singer-songwriter
• 1994 » Saúl Ñíguez, Spanish footballer

• 1999 » Quentin Crisp, English actor, author, and illustrator (b. 1908)
• 2000 » Ernest Lluch, Spanish economist and politician (b. 1937)
• 2002 » Hadda Brooks, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1916)
• 2005 » Alfred Anderson, Scottish soldier (b. 1896)
• 2005 » Hugh Sidey, American journalist and academic (b. 1927)
• 2006 » Hassan Gouled Aptidon, Somalian-Djiboutian politician, 1st President of Djibouti (b. 1916)
• 2006 » Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanese lawyer and politician (b. 1972)
• 2007 » Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2007 » Noel McGregor, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1931)
• 2007 » Tom Johnson, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (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. 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.
• February 27 » Godhra train burning: A Muslim mob torches a train returning from Ayodhya, killing 59 Hindu pilgrims.
• March 29 » In reaction to the Passover massacre two days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War.
• 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.
• June 13 » The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
• July 1 » Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, a Tupolev Tu-154, and DHL Flight 611, a Boeing 757, collide in mid-air over Überlingen, southern Germany, killing all 71 on board both planes.

The temperature on November 21, 2002 was between 7.0 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.