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• Trinity Skylar Bowen, Carteret County, North Carolina († 2004)

• Alida Barbara Frederika van der Valk (86), Delft
• Christina Jans Koster (92), Goes, Nederland
• Betty Jean Walker (78), Chino Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Mathilda Boeren (78), Lith
• Adrienne Beaumon (93), Menen, 8930, Kortrijk, West Vlaanderen
• Allegonda Johanna van Dortmont (64), 's-Hertogenbosch, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Benjamin Bird Siedsma (79), New Hartford, Oneida, New York
• Anneke Broers (60), Den Helder
• Adriaan Looijen (85), Heveadorp (GL)
• Ahmad bin Salman Al Saud (43), Riyad, Arabie saoudite

• 1991 » Matty James, English footballer
• 1992 » Anja Aguilar, Filipino actress and singer
• 1992 » Carolin Schnarre, German Paralympic equestrian
• 1992 » Selena Gomez, American singer and actress
• 1993 » Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Kyrgyzstani-American terrorist
• 1994 » Jaz Sinclair, American film and television actress
• 1995 » Armaan Malik, Indian playback singer, composer and songwriter
• 1995 » Ezekiel Elliott, American football player
• 1996 » Skyler Gisondo, American actor
• 2002 » Prince Felix of Denmark

• 1998 » Fritz Buchloh, German footballer and coach (b. 1909)
• 2000 » Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1925)
• 2000 » Claude Sautet, French director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 2000 » Eric Christmas, English-born Canadian actor (b. 1916)
• 2000 » Raymond Lemieux, Canadian chemist and academic (b. 1920)
• 2001 » Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (b. 1909)
• 2004 » Illinois Jacquet, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1922)
• 2004 » Sacha Distel, French singer and guitarist (b. 1933)
• 2005 » Eugene Record, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
• 2006 » Dika Newlin, American composer, singer-songwriter, and pianist († 1923)

• 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.
• February 27 » Godhra train burning: A Muslim mob torches a train returning from Ayodhya, killing 59 Hindu pilgrims.
• February 28 » During the religious violence in Gujarat, the 97 people killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in Gulbarg Society massacre.
• April 4 » The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.
• July 28 » Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9560 crashes after takeoff from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing 14 of the 16 people on board.
• September 10 » Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, becomes a full member of the United Nations.
• September 26 » The overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MVLe Joola, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000.

The temperature on July 22, 2002 was between 12.8 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (41%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.