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• Tom van Rijn, De Lier

• Carl Hafner Kirkpatrick (94), Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina
• Diena Jelies* (82)
• Aart van Wilgenburg (79)
• Cliff Randall ARAN01.CLI01 (75), Clowne, Derbyshire, England
• Anneke Maria Huisman (61)
• # Eystein Glumra Hognasson, Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway
• Barbera Rebekka van den Heuvel (97), Breskens
• Anne Marie Huisman (61), Almere, Flevoland, Nederland
• Adrianus Antonius Mathijsen (85), Heerle
• Anna Catharina Maalman (90), Heemskerk

• 1989 » Cristian Pasquato, Italian footballer
• 1989 » Javier Cortés, Mexican footballer
• 1990 » Lars Unnerstall, German footballer
• 1991 » Chiyoshōma Fujio, Mongolian sumo wrestler
• 1991 » Kira Kazantsev, Miss America 2015
• 1991 » Philipp Reiter, German mountaineer and runner
• 1991 » Ryan James, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 » Steven Adams, New Zealand basketball player
• 1995 » Moses Leota, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1996 » Ben Simmons, Australian basketball player

• 1998 » June Byers, American wrestler (b. 1922)
• 1999 » Sandra Gould, American actress (b. 1916)
• 2002 » Michalis Kritikopoulos, Greek footballer (b. 1946)
• 2003 » Nicolas Freeling, English author (b. 1927)
• 2004 » Lala Mara, Fijian politician (b. 1931)
• 2004 » Valdemaras Martinkėnas, Lithuanian footballer and coach (b. 1965)
• 2005 » Finn Gustavsen, Norwegian journalist and politician (b. 1926)
• 2005 » James Doohan, Canadian-American actor (b. 1920)
• 2005 » Kayo Hatta, American director and cinematographer (b. 1958)
• 2006 » Ted Grant, South African-English theorist and activist (b. 1913)

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. Sam

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. Lotte
16. Iris

• 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.
• May 28 » The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City.
• June 22 » An earthquake measuring 6.5 M_w strikes a region of northwestern Iran killing at least 261 people and injuring 1,300 others and eventually causing widespread public anger due to the slow official response.
• 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.
• November 18 » Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.
• 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.
• 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 July 20, 2002 was between 6.9 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.