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• Marèll Louise Veendorp, Almelo

• Antje Ripzaad (66), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Claude Henry HOLYOAKE (95), Palmerston North, New Zealand
• Cor Witteman (85)
• Adriana Johanna Klarenbeek (95), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Cornelis Petrus Adrianus van der Arend (79), Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis (Cees) Vreugdenhil (56), De Lier, Nederland
• Adriana School (94), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje BOND (72)
• Albert Willem Uenk (96), Vorden
• Cornelis Petrus Adrianus van der Arend (79), Monster

• 1985 » Jakob Fuglsang, Danish cyclist
• 1985 » Mayola Biboko, Belgian footballer
• 1986 » David Choi, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1986 » Dexter Fowler, American baseball player
• 1987 » Ike Davis, American baseball player
• 1987 » Jairo Mora Sandoval, Costa Rican environmentalist († 2013)
• 1987 » Liam Doran, British rally cross driver
• 1989 » J. J. Watt, American football player
• 1989 » Ruben Popa, Romanian footballer
• 1989 » Tyler Oakley, American internet celebrity

• 2000 » Carlo Parola, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1921)
• 2001 » Robert Fletcher Shaw, Canadian businessman, academic, and civil servant (b. 1910)
• 2001 » Sabiha Gökçen, Turkish soldier and pilot (b. 1913)
• 2001 » Stepas Butautas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (b. 1925)
• 2001 » William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, and voice actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (b. 1910)
• 2002 » Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1917)
• 2003 » Terry Lloyd, English journalist (b. 1952)
• 2004 » Ahmed Yassin, Co-founded Hamas (b. 1937)
• 2004 » Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1943)
• 2004 » V. M. Tarkunde, Indian lawyer and civil rights activist (b. 1909)

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. Stijn

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. Iris
16. Lotte

• 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.
• 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.
• April 11 » Over two hundred thousand people march in Caracas towards the Presidential palace to demand the resignation of president Hugo Chávez. Nineteen protesters are killed.
• April 26 » Robert Steinhäuser kills 16 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot.
• June 29 » Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.
• October 11 » A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Finland kills seven.
• December 27 » Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.

The temperature on March 22, 2002 was between 1.6 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.