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• CHRISTIAN JAMES ANJEMA, CANADA,CA († 2002)

• A.J.L.R. Swaak
• Catharina Bernardina Maria van de Rijdt (68), Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• CHRISTIAN JAMES ANJEMA (0), CANADA,CA
• Anna Kuipers (66), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Hjort Andersen (77), M²rkh²jvej 6, 1. tv, Br²nsh²j
• Arnold Tristan Veneman (56), 's Heerenberg
• Bertha Maria Gezina van Olffen (84), Zoetermeer, Nederland
• Abe Dirks Ozinga (75), Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Hendrik Groen (78), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Alain Labhaye (44), Leuven, België

• 1986 » Mathieu Gnanligo, Beninese sprinter
• 1988 » James Tamou, New Zealand-Australian rugby league player
• 1988 » Olly Lancashire, English footballer
• 1988 » Rickie Fowler, American golfer
• 1989 » Ben Ridge, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 » Hellen Onsando Obiri, Kenyan runner
• 1989 » Taylor Swift, American singer-songwriter, record producer and actress
• 1991 » Aaron Telitz, American race car driver
• 1991 » Sénah Mango, Togolese footballer
• 1996 » Gleyber Torres, Venezuelan baseball player

• 1998 » Lew Grade, Ukrainian-born British impresario and media proprietor (b. 1906)
• 1998 » Richard Thomas, Royal Naval Officer (b. 1922)
• 2001 » Chuck Schuldiner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1967)
• 2001 » Michael Bradshaw, British-Canadian actor (b. 1933)
• 2002 » Zal Yanovsky, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
• 2003 » Māris Čaklais, Latvian poet and journalist (b. 1940)
• 2003 » William V. Roth, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1921)
• 2004 » Andre Rodgers, Bahamian baseball player (b. 1934)
• 2004 » David Wheeler, English computer scientist and academic (b. 1927)
• 2005 » Stanley Williams, American gang leader, co-founded the Crips (b. 1953)

• 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.
• January 28 » TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia, killing 94.
• 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 15 » Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan hands down the death sentence to British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and life terms to three others suspected of murdering The Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
• September 10 » Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, becomes a full member of the United Nations.
• November 18 » Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.
• December 17 » Second Congo War: The Congolese parties of the Inter Congolese Dialogue sign a peace accord which makes provision for transitional governance and legislative and presidential elections within two years.

The temperature on December 13, 2002 was between -4.4 °C and 0.6 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.