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• Beatrice Mary Madsen (77), Forest Lake, Washington, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Wouterina Hoevenaars (60), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Cornelis Cees Elsinga (72), Emmen, Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Eleanor Frances Terry (64), Troy OH
• Bruce Douglas Lauer (43), Grand Blanc, Genesee, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Elisabeth Hermana Maris Dijkzeul (94), Amstelveen, Gemeente Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Elizabeth Angela Marguerite "Queen Mother" Bowes-Lyon Windsor (101), Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England
• Arie Matton (45), Uitgeest
• Cornelia Zuijderduijn (91), Rijnsburg
• Ad van Zeelst (78)

• 1992 » Joshua Ledet, American singer
• 1994 » Joey Pollari, American actor
• 1995 » Demi Vermeulen, Dutch Paralympic equestrian
• 1995 » Domagoj Bošnjak, Croatian basketball player
• 1995 » Robert Bauer, German-Kazakhstani footballer
• 1996 » Giovani Lo Celso, Argentinian international footballer, midfielder
• 1996 » Jayden Brailey, Australian rugby league player
• 1998 » Elle Fanning, American actress
• 1999 » Montero Lamar Hill, American rapper
• 2000 » Jackie Evancho, American singer

• 1997 » Helene Hanff, American author and screenwriter (b. 1916)
• 1997 » Mae Boren Axton, American singer-songwriter (b. 1914)
• 1998 » Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (b. 1953)
• 1999 » Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Nigerien general and politician, President of Niger (b. 1949)
• 2001 » Willie Stargell, American baseball player and coach (b. 1940)
• 2002 » Leopold Vietoris, Austrian soldier, mathematician, and academic (b. 1891)
• 2002 » Pat Flaherty, American race car driver (b. 1926)
• 2003 » Jerry Bittle, American cartoonist (b. 1949)
• 2006 » Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, manager (b. 1916)
• 2006 » Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish director and screenwriter (b. 1924)

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.
• January 3 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Israeli forces seize the Palestinian freighter Karine A in the Red Sea, finding 50 tons of weapons.
• May 7 » An EgyptAir Boeing 737-500 crashes on approach to Tunis–Carthage International Airport, killing 14 people.
• May 26 » The tugboat Robert Y. Love collides with a support pier of Interstate 40 on the Arkansas River near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, resulting in 14 deaths and 11 others injured.
• June 11 » Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.
• August 19 » Khankala Mi-26 crash: A Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.
• December 23 » A U.S. MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25 in the first combat engagement between a drone and conventional aircraft.

The temperature on April 9, 2002 was between -0.9 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.