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April 19, 2002Born on Saturday April 20, 2002
Died on Saturday April 20, 2002
- Boudewijn Cornelis Barendrecht (81)
- Adrianus Zwagerman (79), Moe Victoria (Australië)
- Cecil Aaron Milwee Reverend (63), Auburn Hills, Oakland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
- Bernardina Maria van AALTEN (100), Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland
- Arnold Ignatius Offerman (74), Hilversum
- Aaltje de Jong (88), (vermoedelijk) Sliedrecht
- Alphonsius Loyez (83), Eke,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
- Christina Alida de Groot (54), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
- Antje de Graaf (82)
- Berend van Oene (67)
Born on April 20
- 1989 » Cally-Jo, English fine artist and tattoo artist
- 1989 » Nina Davuluri, Miss America 2014
- 1990 » Abby Mavers, English actress
- 1990 » Luhan, Chinese singer and actor
- 1992 » Kristian Álvarez, Mexican footballer
- 1992 » Marko Meerits, Estonian footballer
- 1995 » Damian McKenzie, New Zealand rugby union player
- 1995 » Jean Marie Dongou, Cameroonian footballer
- 1997 » Alexander "Sascha" Zverev, German tennis player
- 1998 » Zachary Claman DeMelo, Canadian racing driver
Died on April 20
- 1999 » Rick Rude, American wrestler (b. 1958)
- 1999 » Casualties of the Columbine High School massacre:
- 2001 » Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1946)
- 2002 » Alan Dale, American singer (b. 1925)
- 2003 » Bernard Katz, German-English biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
- 2003 » Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1976)
- 2004 » Lizzy Mercier Descloux, French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter (b. 1956)
- 2005 » Fumio Niwa, Japanese journalist and author (b. 1904)
- 2007 » Andrew Hill, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1931)
- 2007 » Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (b. 1931)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2002
- 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.
- January 23 » U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered.
- May 1 » OpenOffice.org released version 1.0, the first stable version of the software.
- May 6 » Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated following a radio-interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum.
- 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 28 » Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9560 crashes after takeoff from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing 14 of the 16 people on board.
- August 30 » Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823 crashes on approach to Rio Branco International Airport, killing 23 of the 31 people on board.
Weather April 20, 2002
The temperature on April 20, 2002 was between 0.7 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.