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• Oscar Matthew Long († 2002)

• Cornelis Uithol (76), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cis Francisca Anna Smit (86), Utrecht
• Anton van Ravenzwaaij (79), Baarn
• Anna Jacoba Zwaans (87), Teteringen
• Annie Gerkes Sinnema (66), Stiens, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Gerarda Theresia (Tiny) Balm (76), Tegelen, Nederland
• Cornelis Adrianus Warmenhoven (76), Alkmaar
• Camiel LINCLAU (81), Izegem
• Antonia, Adriana Bulkmans (65), Roosendaal
• Cornelis Marinus Johannes Rietveld (88), Leiderdorp

• 1992 » Gary Sánchez, Dominican baseball player
• 1993 » Haruka Ishida, Japanese singer and actress
• 1993 » Kostas Stafylidis, Greek footballer
• 1994 » Cauley Woodrow, English footballer
• 1994 » Fumika Shimizu, Japanese actress and model
• 1994 » Tomokaze Yūta, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1995 » Inori Minase, Japanese actress, voice actress and singer
• 1995 » Joe Stimson, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 » Uladzislau Hancharou, Belarusian trampolinist
• 1998 » Juice Wrld, American rapper († 2019)

• 1999 » Charlie Byrd, American guitarist (b. 1925)
• 2000 » Gail Fisher, American actress (b. 1935)
• 2002 » Arno Peters, German cartographer and historian (b. 1916)
• 2002 » Ivan Illich, Austrian priest and philosopher (b. 1926)
• 2003 » Alan Davidson, British soldier, historian, and author (b. 1924)
• 2004 » Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer (b. 1910)
• 2004 » Mona Van Duyn, American poet and academic (b. 1921)
• 2005 » Van Tuong Nguyen, Australian convicted drug trafficker (b. 1980)
• 2005 » William P. Lawrence, American admiral and pilot (b. 1930)
• 2006 » Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (b. 1947)

• 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 19 » NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
• February 27 » Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair's handling of the evacuation.
• March 30 » 2002 Lyon car attack takes place.
• July 1 » The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
• October 7 » The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-112 to continue assembly of the International Space Station.
• October 31 » A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.

The temperature on December 2, 2002 was between 4.9 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.