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• Jairo Seebregts († 2005)
• Caleb Joseph Slate, Fort Campbell, Montgomery County, Tennessee (USA) († 2019)

• Antonia Hendrika Vergoed (89), Verpleeghuis Bloemendaal, Gouda, nEDERLAND
• Floris Verkerk (101), Reeuwijk
• Albertje Koning (82)
• Baukje Zijlstra (81), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Dorothy P. "Mickey" Donnell (66), Douglasville, Douglas, Georgia, United States
• Elisabeth Barzilay (91)
• Else Irene Labonte (72), Wiesbaden
• Clasina Maria Josina Ranke (99), Heijthuijsen, Leudal, Limburg, Nederland
• Elisabeth Aarts (81), Bakel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Emmy Hoffer (74)

• 1986 » Alicia Fox, American wrestler, model, and actress
• 1986 » Fredy Guarín, Colombian footballer
• 1987 » Andrew Hedgman, New Zealand runner
• 1987 » Ryan Cook, American baseball player
• 1988 » Elisa Jordana, American singer-songwriter, radio and TV personality
• 1989 » Asbel Kiprop, Kenyan runner
• 1989 » David Myers, Australian footballer
• 1989 » Steffen Liebig, German rugby player
• 1990 » N, South Korean singer
• 1998 » Tom Davies, English footballer

• 1995 » Gale Gordon, American actor and voice artist (b. 1906)
• 1995 » Georgy Beregovoy, Ukrainian general and astronaut (b. 1921)
• 1996 » Lakis Petropoulos, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1932)
• 2001 » Chet Atkins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1924)
• 2001 » Joe Henderson, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1937)
• 2002 » Chico Xavier, Brazilian medium and author (b. 1910)
• 2003 » Buddy Hackett, American actor and comedian (b. 1924)
• 2003 » Robert McCloskey, American author and illustrator (b. 1915)
• 2004 » Eddie Burns, Australian rugby league player (b. 1916)
• 2007 » Sahib Singh Verma, Indian librarian and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Delhi (b. 1943)

• 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 17 » Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people.
• July 10 » At a Sotheby's auction, Peter Paul Rubens's painting The Massacre of the Innocents is sold for £49.5million (US$76.2million) to Lord Thomson.
• August 30 » Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823 crashes on approach to Rio Branco International Airport, killing 23 of the 31 people on board.
• October 2 » The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
• October 12 » Terrorists detonate bombs in the Sari Club in Bali, killing 202 and wounding over 300.
• November 28 » Suicide bombers blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya; their colleagues fail in their attempt to bring down Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582 with surface-to-air missiles.

The temperature on June 30, 2002 was between 11.2 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.