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• Eloise Sophie Beatrix Laurence van Oranje Nassau
• Eloise Sophie Beatrix Laurence van Oranje-Nassau van Amsberg, Den Haag, Bronovo Ziekenhuis, den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Abraham van Egmond (68), Rijnsburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham LPsz van Egmond│Vermae (68), unbekannt
• Carlos Benjamin Perez (63), Lakewood, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• Clara Friedricke Linnemann (94), St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Willem Langejans (85), Almelo
• Anje Toonstra (82), -
• Celina van Roosbroeck (80), Heist op den Berg, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Adolphus BOSSAERTS (82)
• Cecilia Van De Velde (90), Blankenberge, Fabiolaziekenhuis, West-Vlaanderen, Belgie
• Arthur William Prospére VAN DER WOUDEN (82), 's-Hertogenbosch

• 1965 » Kevin Farley, American screenwriter
• 1967 » Russell E. Morris, Professor of Materials Chemistry at the University of St Andrews
• 1971 » Mark Feuerstein, American actor, director, and producer
• 1977 » Kanye West, American rapper, producer, director, and fashion designer
• 1981 » Rachel Held Evans, American Christian author
• 1982 » Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player
• 1983 » Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player; winner of six Grand Slam tournament titles.
• 1984 » Javier Mascherano, Argentinian footballer
• 1989 » Timea Bacsinszky, Swiss tennis player
• 1997 » Jelena Ostapenko, Latvian tennis player

• 1997 » George Turner, Australian author and critic (b. 1916)
• 1998 » Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (b. 1903)
• 1998 » Sani Abacha, Nigerian general and politician, 10th President of Nigeria (b. 1943)
• 2000 » Frédéric Dard, French author and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2000 » Jeff MacNelly, American cartoonist (b. 1948)
• 2001 » Alex de Renzy, American director and producer (b. 1935)
• 2004 » Charles Hyder, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1930)
• 2004 » Mack Jones, American baseball player (b. 1938)
• 2006 » Jaxon, American illustrator and publisher, co-founded Rip Off Press (b. 1941)
• 2006 » Matta El Meskeen, Egyptian monk, theologian, and author (b. 1919)

• 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.
• February 2 » Wedding of Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, and Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti
• May 6 » Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated following a radio-interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum.
• July 27 » Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 77 and injuring more than 500 others, making it the deadliest air show disaster in history.
• November 4 » Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing a pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress.
• December 17 » Second Congo War: The Congolese parties of the Inter Congolese Dialogue sign a peace accord which makes provision for transitional governance and legislative and presidential elections within two years.

The temperature on June 8, 2002 was between 10.0 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.