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• Bart van Broekhoven

• Aloisius Adrianus Laro (77), Etten Leur
• Adriaan Schoormans (83)
• Adriaan van der Elst (80)
• Adriaan Schoormans (83)
• Ans B. van Iddekinge (83), Delden
• Berend Hendrik Veldhuis (88), Holten, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelia Elisabeth de Zoete (90), Zaltbommel(GE)
• Charlotte Sue Robinson (62), Modesto, Stanislaus County, California
• Joanne Elnora Slottje (64), Bradford PA
• Beulah Dena Hinders (86), Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa

• 1990 » Ihar Yasinski, Belarusian footballer
• 1990 » Jake Gardiner, American ice hockey player
• 1990 » Naoki Yamada, Japanese footballer
• 1990 » Richard Mpong, Ghanaian footballer
• 1992 » Ángel Romero, Paraguayan footballer
• 1992 » Óscar Romero, Paraguayan footballer
• 1993 » Tom Barkhuizen, English footballer
• 1995 » Post Malone, American singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer
• 1999 » Moa Kikuchi, Japanese musician
• 2003 » Polina Bogusevich, Russian singer

• 1999 » Leo Garel, American illustrator and educator (b. 1917)
• 2000 » Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Polish journalist and author (b. 1919)
• 2002 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American general (b. 1912)
• 2002 » Gerald Bales, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1919)
• 2003 » André Claveau, French singer (b. 1915)
• 2003 » Barry White, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1944)
• 2003 » Larry Burkett, American author and radio host (b. 1939)
• 2004 » Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1920)
• 2005 » Cliff Goupille, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1915)
• 2005 » Hank Stram, American football player and coach (b. 1923)

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. Stijn

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. Iris
16. Lotte

• 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 3 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Israeli forces seize the Palestinian freighter Karine A in the Red Sea, finding 50 tons of weapons.
• January 16 » The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the remaining members of the Taliban.
• May 3 » An Indian Air Force MiG-21 crashes into a bank in Jalandhar, killing eight and injuring 17.
• June 13 » The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
• October 11 » A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Finland kills seven.
• 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 4, 2002 was between 12.3 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.