About the day » Tuesday February 12, 2002Calender converter

• Lois Voogt

• Catharina Gerarda Peters (79), Wijchen
• Bernard Lambertus Stockmann (85), Utrecht
• Bernard Lambertus Joseph Stockmann (85)
• Adriana Elisabeth van Loon (67), Fijnaart,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernard Lambertus Joseph Stockmann- (85), Utrecht, Nederland
• Cor Teunis van Arkelen (80)
• Adrianus Cornelius Antonius de Rooij (79), Tilburg
• Anna Maria Post (88), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arend Eshuis (89)
• Bertus Opschoor (87), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1984 » Andrei Sidorenkov, Estonian footballer
• 1984 » Brad Keselowski, American race car driver
• 1988 » DeMarco Murray, American football player
• 1988 » Mike Posner, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1988 » Nicolás Otamendi, Argentine footballer
• 1990 » Robert Griffin III, American football player
• 1991 » Patrick Herrmann, German footballer
• 1994 » Arman Hall, American sprinter
• 1999 » Maggie Coles-Lyster, Canadian cyclist
• 2000 » Kim Ji-min, South Korean actress

• 1995 » Philip Taylor Kramer, American bass player (b. 1952)
• 1998 » Gardner Ackley, American economist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (b. 1915)
• 2000 » Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist, created Peanuts (b. 1922)
• 2000 » Tom Landry, American football player and coach (b. 1924)
• 2001 » Kristina Söderbaum, Swedish-German actress and producer (b. 1912)
• 2002 » John Eriksen, Danish footballer (b. 1957)
• 2005 » Dorothy Stang, American-Brazilian nun and missionary (b. 1931)
• 2007 » Ann Barzel, American writer and dance critic (b. 1905)
• 2007 » Peggy Gilbert, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1905)
• 2008 » David Groh, American actor (b. 1939)

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.
• February 22 » Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.
• March 1 » The Envisat environmental satellite successfully launches aboard an Ariane 5 rocket to reach an orbit of 800km (500mi) above the Earth, which was the then-largest payload at 10.5 m long and with a diameter of 4.57 m.
• September 9 » The Rafiganj train wreck happened in Bihar, India.
• November 6 » Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
• November 8 » Iraq disarmament crisis: UN Security Council Resolution 1441: The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves a resolution on Iraq, forcing Saddam Hussein to disarm or face "serious consequences".
• November 13 » During the Prestige oil spill a storm burst a tank of the oil tanker MV Prestige which was not allowed to dock and sank on November 19, 2002 off the coast of Galicia, spilling 63,000 metric tons of heavy fuel oil, more than the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill.

The temperature on February 12, 2002 was between 9.5 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (40%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.