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

• Curtis Harry Crezee (84), Big Bear City,San Bernardino,CA
• Antonio Ligabó (59), Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil
• Daniël - Daantje Langes (80)
• Abe van Diepeningen (86), Arnemuiden
• Coosje Klaziena Rawée (66)
• Anna Johanna Broeke (88), Maarssen, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertus Gering (85), Enschede (Glanerbrug)
• Adrianus Jongepier (78)
• Abra Maria de Korte (92), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• * Helena Mallan (88), Gouda

• 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. 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.
• April 11 » The Ghriba synagogue bombing by al-Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.
• April 14 » Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.
• May 26 » The tugboat Robert Y. Love collides with a support pier of Interstate 40 on the Arkansas River near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, resulting in 14 deaths and 11 others injured.
• June 13 » The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
• October 12 » Terrorists detonate bombs in the Sari Club in Bali, killing 202 and wounding over 300.
• 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.

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.