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• Cheryl Evelyn Kist (92), Evanston, Cook, United States
• Antje Winter (82)
• * Cornelis Henricus Gerardus (Kees) Wagemakers (84), Tilburg
• Adrianus Jozef Maria van Kampen (56), Voorhout
• Blair Mellott (96), Fulton County Medical Center, McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania
• "Claude" Aline Marie Charlotte de Noblet d'Anglure (89), Paris
• Anna Maassen (88)
• Andreas van Son (83), Nieuwkuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carol Krijn Parlevliet (60), Woonzorg 'Noorderhaven' in Julianadorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bertha Johanna Smits (81), Helmond,Noord-Brabant,Nederland

• 1990 » Blake Leary, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 » Lukman Haruna, Nigerian footballer
• 1991 » Reality Winner, American intelligence specialist convicted of espionage
• 1992 » Jean-Claude Iranzi, Rwandan footballer
• 1992 » Kim Seok-Jin, South Korean singer, songwriter and actor
• 1992 » Peta Hiku, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1996 » Diogo Jota, Portuguese professional footballer
• 1996 » Ivan Belikov, Russian footballer
• 1996 » Sebastián Vegas, Chilean footballer
• 1996 » Sheryl Sheinafia, Indonesian singer-songwriter and actress

• 1999 » Rose Bird, American academic and judge, 25th Chief Justice of California (b. 1936)
• 2000 » Henck Arron, Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (b. 1936)
• 2003 » Iggy Katona, American race car driver (b. 1916)
• 2004 » Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano and actress (b. 1943)
• 2005 » Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand soldier and author (b. 1924)
• 2005 » Gregg Hoffman, American film producer (b. 1963)
• 2006 » K. Ganeshalingam, Sri Lankan accountant and politician, Mayor of Colombo (b. 1938)
• 2006 » Ross A. McGinnis, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1987)
• 2007 » Pimp C, American rapper (b. 1973)
• 2009 » Liam Clancy, Irish singer, actor, and guitarist (b. 1935)

• 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 12 » The trial of Slobodan Milošević, the former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, begins at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands. He dies four years later before its conclusion.
• 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).
• April 2 » Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians had retreated.
• May 20 » The independence of East Timor is recognized by Portugal, formally ending 23 years of Indonesian rule and three years of provisional UN administration (Portugal itself is the former colonizer of East Timor until 1976).
• 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.
• November 4 » Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing a pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress.

The temperature on December 4, 2002 was between 0.3 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.