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• Diederik VAN DAM, Dordrecht († 2002)
• Storm Nicolo de ROO, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2005)

• Aloysius Peter Hubertus van Meijel (68), Nijmegen
• Anthonius Wilhelmus Melief (96), Delft,Delft,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Beulah Mai Kittrell West <KB 2 BdPq>2 fr 3 (89), Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
• Bareld Fictorie (78), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelis Bertus Dortland (70), Spijkenisse, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adrian Johannes Schrauwen (86), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berendina Ekkel (83), Hardenberg
• Annie Maria Philomena Eugenie van der MOLEN (71), Maastricht
• Alphons Vermeire (83), Maastricht
• Cornelia SMEENGE (87)

• 1989 » Cam Atkinson, American ice hockey player
• 1990 » Radko Gudas, Czech ice hockey defenceman
• 1991 » Sören Bertram, German footballer
• 1992 » Emily Seebohm, Australian swimmer
• 1992 » Joazhiño Arroe, Peruvian footballer
• 1993 » Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Samoan-New Zealand rugby league player
• 1995 » Ross Wilson, English table tennis player
• 1995 » Troye Sivan, South African–born Australian singer-songwriter, actor, and YouTuber
• 1997 » Sam Darnold, American football player
• 1998 » Yulia Lipnitskaya, Russian figure skater

• 1998 » Jeanette Nolan, American actress (b. 1911)
• 1999 » Mel Tormé, American singer-songwriter (b. 1925)
• 2000 » Don Liddle, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 2002 » Dee Dee Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1951)
• 2003 » Jürgen Möllemann, German soldier and politician, 10th Vice-Chancellor of Germany (b. 1945)
• 2003 » Manuel Rosenthal, French composer and conductor (b. 1904)
• 2004 » Iona Brown, English violinist and conductor (b. 1941)
• 2004 » Ronald Reagan, American actor and politician, 40th President of the United States (b. 1911)
• 2005 » Adolfo Aguilar Zínser, Mexican scholar and politician (b. 1949)
• 2005 » Wee Chong Jin, Singaporean judge (b. 1917)

• 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 8 » President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
• January 17 » Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people.
• February 27 » Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair's handling of the evacuation.
• May 12 » Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.
• October 2 » The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
• November 21 » NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.

The temperature on June 5, 2002 was between 15.8 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.