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April 21, 2002Born on Monday April 22, 2002
- Ajaila Iliana Kittrell [Af-Am?] († 2002)
- Collin Bouwmeester, Deventer († 2002)
Died on Monday April 22, 2002
- Alice Arleen Dowling (78)
- Adriana Maria Heerkens (87), Udenhout
- E Clifford Harger (75)
- Eleanor June EVERSE (77), Grand Rapids, Verenigde Staten
- Corine Fox (63), Colorado, Verenigde Staten
- Dale Sprout [sRws] (92), Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon
- Elisabeth Hendrika Vlaanderen (85), Westerbork, Nederland
- Egberdina Nienhuis (100), Buitenpost, "Haersmahiem", Groningen, Nederland
- Cornelia Stolk (95), Velsen-Noord, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Adrianus Johannes Veraart (77), bergen op zoom
Born on April 22
- 1989 » DeJuan Blair, American basketball player
- 1990 » Óscar González, Mexican boxer († 2014)
- 1990 » Machine Gun Kelly, American rapper and actor
- 1991 » Braydon Smith, Australian boxer († 2015)
- 1991 » Jordi Murphy, Irish international rugby player
- 1992 » Joonas Vaino, Estonian basketball player
- 1992 » Kenny Stills, American football player
- 1993 » Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti, Australian footballer
- 1993 » Marcel Ritzmaier, Austrian footballer
- 1993 » Ngani Laumape, New Zealand rugby player
Died on April 22
- 1999 » Chan Canasta, Polish-English magician (b. 1920)
- 1999 » Munir Ahmad Khan, Pakistani nuclear engineer (b. 1926)
- 2002 » Linda Lovelace, American porn actress and activist (b. 1949)
- 2003 » Felice Bryant, American songwriter (b. 1925)
- 2003 » James H. Critchfield, American CIA officer (b. 1917)
- 2003 » Martha Griffiths, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 58th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (b. 1912)
- 2003 » Mike Larrabee, American runner (b. 1933)
- 2004 » Jason Dunham, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1981)
- 2004 » Pat Tillman, American football player and soldier (b. 1976)
- 2005 » Erika Fuchs, German translator (b. 1906)
Names that were popular for boys in 2002
- Thomas
- Lucas
- Daan
- Lars
- Ruben
- Tim
- David
- Thijs
- Jan
- Jens
- Tom
- Niels
- Robin
- Luuk
- Rens
- Sam
Names that were popular for girls in 2002
- Amber
- Femke
- Lisa
- Emma
- Anna
- Sanne
- Eloise
- Julia
- Eva
- Laura
- Sarah
- Isabella
- Anne
- Fleur
- Lotte
- Iris
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.
- February 12 » An Iran Airtour Tupolev Tu-154 crashes in the mountains outside Khorramabad, Iran while descending for a landing at Khorramabad Airport, killing 119.
- February 27 » Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair's handling of the evacuation.
- 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 2 » Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians had retreated.
- June 24 » The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.
- September 23 » The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released.
Weather April 22, 2002
The temperature on April 22, 2002 was between 4.2 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (39%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.