About the day » Saturday December 7, 2002Calender converter

• Charel de Boer, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland († 2002)

• Adrianus Cornelis van der LINDEN (80), Zaltbommel
• Coosje Klaziena Rawée (66)
• * Barend (Bep) 't Lam (79), Leerbroek
• Daniël - Daantje Langes (80)
• Adrianus Jongepier (78)
• Anna Cornelia Geers (85), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Charles Richard Rademaker (84), Den Haag
• Dietz Beaman Washburn Sr. (82)
• Albert Jan Schoonbeek (57), Ruurlo
• Dina Broekman (83)

• 1990 » Aleksandr Menkov, Russian long jumper
• 1990 » David Goffin, Belgian tennis player
• 1990 » Urszula Radwańska, Polish tennis player
• 1990 » Yasiel Puig, Cuban baseball player
• 1991 » Eugenio Pisani, Italian race car driver
• 1993 » Rahama Sadau, Nigerian actress
• 1994 » Yuzuru Hanyu, Japanese figure skater
• 1997 » Abi Harrison, Scottish footballer
• 1997 » Tommy Nelson, American actor
• 1998 » Tony Yike Yang, Canadian pianist

• 1997 » Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1942)
• 1998 » John Addison, English-American composer and conductor (b. 1920)
• 1998 » Martin Rodbell, American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
• 2003 » Azie Taylor Morton, American educator and politician, 36th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1933)
• 2003 » Carl F. H. Henry American journalist and theologian (b. 1913)
• 2004 » Frederick Fennell, American conductor and educator (b. 1914)
• 2004 » Jay Van Andel, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Amway (b. 1924)
• 2004 » Jerry Scoggins, American singer and guitarist (b. 1913)
• 2005 » Bud Carson, American football player and coach (b. 1931)
• 2006 » Jeane Kirkpatrick, American academic and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1926)

1. Thomas
2. Lucas
3. Daan
4. Lars
5. Ruben
6. Tim
7. David
8. Thijs
9. Jan
10. Jens
11. Tom
12. Robin
13. Niels
14. Luuk
15. Rens
16. Stijn

1. Amber
2. Femke
3. Lisa
4. Anna
5. Emma
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.
• April 4 » The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.
• June 22 » An earthquake measuring 6.5 M_w strikes a region of northwestern Iran killing at least 261 people and injuring 1,300 others and eventually causing widespread public anger due to the slow official response.
• June 29 » Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.
• August 19 » Khankala Mi-26 crash: A Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.
• November 4 » Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing a pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress.
• 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 December 7, 2002 was between -2.2 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.