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• Anna Hendrika (Annie) Brugman (93), Amsterdam
• Albertine (Tine) Doze (85), Zuidlaren
• Anna van der Veen (76), Sliedrecht
• Adrianus Dekker (55), Maasdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clasina Cornelia Ouwejan (87), Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Joannes Antonius Claassens (94), Goirle, Gemeente Goirle
• Antoon Jacob Koren (82), Lelystad, Nederland
• Catharina Cornelia Wilhelmina Leenaars (68), Tilburg
• Bruce W Sheridan Sr (76)
• Alfred Rodrigues (70), Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1987 » Alex Russell, Australian actor
• 1987 » Clifton Geathers, American football player
• 1988 » Tim Southee, New Zealand cricketer
• 1990 » Derrick Nix, American basketball player
• 1992 » Dalton Pompey, Canadian baseball player
• 1992 » Tiffany Alvord, American singer-songwriter
• 1993 » Yalitza Aparicio, Mexican actress
• 1995 » Abbi Grant, Scottish footballer
• 1996 » Hailee Steinfeld, American actress, singer and songwriter
• 2000 » Emily Whitehead, artistic gymnast

• 1997 » Eddie Chapman, English spy (b. 1914)
• 1997 » Simon Jeffes, English guitarist and composer (b. 1949)
• 1998 » André Lichnerowicz, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1915)
• 1998 » Lynn Strait, American singer-songwriter (b. 1968)
• 2000 » David Lewis, American actor (b. 1916)
• 2000 » Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician and diplomat (b. 1915)
• 2001 » Mainza Chona, Zambian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1930)
• 2003 » Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian author and playwright (b. 1927)
• 2004 » Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner and coach (b. 1917)
• 2004 » José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (b. 1962)

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.
• March 2 » U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on March 19 after killing 500 Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities).
• 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.
• May 12 » Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.
• July 10 » At a Sotheby's auction, Peter Paul Rubens's painting The Massacre of the Innocents is sold for £49.5million (US$76.2million) to Lord Thomson.
• November 10 » Veteran's Day Weekend Tornado Outbreak: A tornado outbreak stretching from Northern Ohio to the Gulf Coast, one of the largest outbreaks recorded in November. The strongest tornado, an F4, hits Van Wert, Ohio, during the early to mid afternoon and destroys a movie theater, which had been evacuated.
• December 13 » European Union enlargement: The EU announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members on May 1, 2004.

The temperature on December 11, 2002 was between -8.2 °C and -2.5 °C and averaged -5.9 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (80%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.