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• Martijn Herman Arie (Martijn) Schook, Nijmegen, Nederland († 2002)
• Elliott John Stob, Grand Rapids

• Adrianus Clemens (83), Dongen
• Antonius Hector (75), Bergen op Zoom
• Anna Johanna Martens (83), Nieuw Ginneken
• Christianus Vaassen (76), Sittard, Limburg, Netherlands
• Agnes van Houten (78), Vianen
• Anna Helena Frischknecht (86), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andreas Mingelers (85)
• Anthonij Korteweg (64), Oude Tonge
• Antonetta Geertruida Jaspers (89), Balgoij, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Bastiaan Maat (79)

• 1995 » Sei Muroya, Japanese footballer
• 1995 » Viliame Kikau, Fijian rugby league player
• 1996 » Nicolas Beer, Danish race car driver
• 1996 » Raouf Benguit, Algerian footballer
• 1997 » Borja Mayoral, Spanish footballer
• 1998 » Jeremy Olson
• 1999 » Andrea Buwalda
• 2000 » Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Indian actor
• 2001 » Thylane Blondeau, French model and actress
• 2002 » Elian Kerrniqi, Amore HEKSIII

• 1999 » Giulio Einaudi, Italian book publisher (b. 1912)
• 2000 » Heinrich Müller, Austrian footballer (b. 1909)
• 2000 » Lee Petty, American race car driver (b. 1914)
• 2001 » Aldo Olivieri, Italian footballer (b. 1910)
• 2002 » Kim Won-gyun, North Korean composer and politician (b. 1917)
• 2002 » Layne Staley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1967)
• 2003 » Keizo Morishita, Japanese painter (b. 1944)
• 2004 » Fernand Goyvaerts, Belgian footballer (b. 1938)
• 2004 » Heiner Zieschang, German mathematician and academic (b. 1936)
• 2004 » Sławomir Rawicz, Polish lieutenant (b. 1915)

• 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 29 » In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
• March 1 » U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.
• May 25 » China Airlines Flight 611 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the Taiwan Strait, with the loss of all 225 people on board.
• October 7 » The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-112 to continue assembly of the International Space Station.
• 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.
• December 18 » California gubernatorial recall: Then Governor of California Gray Davis announces that the state would face a record budget deficit of $35 billion, roughly double the figure reported during his reelection campaign one month earlier.

The temperature on April 5, 2002 was between 4.6 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (94%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.