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• Demi Maria Berdien Liet, Arnhem († 2010)
• Quinn Lodewijk Franciscus Vahsen, Sittard, Limburg, Nederland
• Ixia Morrien
• Noa van Bentum, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 2002)

• Albert Dennis DAVISON (46), Westland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Corliss James Montana (85), Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York
• Andries Jan de Lange (84), 's-Gravenhage
• Adrianus Dirk Antonie Bleijenberg (90)
• Cornelis van Dijk (64)
• Elias de Winter (81), Vlaardingen
• Elsie Goossens (99), Kontich / Belgie
• Antonia Frederika van den Heuvel (89), Oss, Nederland
• Cornelia Roozendaal (81), Den Helder
• Albert Dambrink (80)

• 1988 » Winston Reid, New Zealand-Danish footballer
• 1989 » Elle King, American singer, songwriter, and actress
• 1989 » Mitchell Dodds, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 » Bobby Hopkinson, English footballer
• 1990 » Lucas Mendes, Brazilian footballer
• 1990 » Nathan Gardner, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Alison Howie, Scottish field hockey player
• 1991 » Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russian tennis player
• 1992 » Will Smith, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 » Ben Winchell, American actor

• 1998 » Danielle Bunten Berry, American game designer and programmer (b. 1949)
• 1999 » Manoj Kumar Pandey,Param Vir ChakraIndian army personnel
• 1999 » Mark Sandman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1952)
• 1999 » Pelageya Polubarinova-Kochina, Russian mathematician (b. 1899)
• 2001 » Johnny Russell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
• 2001 » Mordecai Richler, Canadian author and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 2004 » Andriyan Nikolayev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1929)
• 2005 » Alberto Lattuada, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
• 2005 » Gaylord Nelson, American lawyer and politician, 35th Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1916)
• 2006 » Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist, developed the OBJ programming language (b. 1941)

• 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 18 » The Sierra Leone Civil War is declared over.
• February 27 » Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair's handling of the evacuation.
• July 1 » Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, a Tupolev Tu-154, and DHL Flight 611, a Boeing 757, collide in mid-air over Überlingen, southern Germany, killing all 71 on board both planes.
• July 15 » Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan hands down the death sentence to British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and life terms to three others suspected of murdering The Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
• 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.
• August 20 » A group of Iraqis opposed to the regime of Saddam Hussein take over the Iraqi embassy in Berlin, Germany for five hours before releasing their hostages and surrendering.

The temperature on July 3, 2002 was between 12.1 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 14.4 mm of rain during 16.6 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.