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• Joram Bernhard Steenwijk, Zwolle († 2009)
• Iris van Bergen, Spijkenisse († 2004)

• Anna Paulowna Chapel (85), Amsterdam
• Alie Nieboer (75), Groningen, NL-GR
• Arie Cornelius Zevenbergen (94), Sheldon, Obrien, Iowa, United States of America
• van Baal (56), Breda, Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Stuurman (66), Bergambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Tenhage (80), Roodeschool
• Cornelia Johanna Gomes (90), Bergen op Zoom
• Abraham van Wijk (58), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• August Verheyen (74), Turnhout, Antwerpen, België
• Afie Aaltien Brinks (76)

• 1987 » Gert Jõeäär, Estonian cyclist
• 1987 » Rebecca Sugar, American animator, composer, and screenwriter
• 1988 » Raul Rusescu, Romanian footballer
• 1990 » Earl Bamber, New Zealand race car driver
• 1990 » Fábio, Brazilian footballer
• 1990 » Rafael, Brazilian footballer
• 1991 » Mitchel Musso, American actor and singer
• 1993 » DeAndre Yedlin, American footballer
• 1993 » Mitch Larkin, Australian swimmer
• 1999 » Claire Corlett, American voice actress

• 1999 » Robert de Cotret, Canadian politician, 56th Secretary of State for Canada (b. 1944)
• 2000 » Doug Fisher, English actor (b. 1941)
• 2002 » Mayo Kaan, American bodybuilder (b. 1914)
• 2002 » Rod Steiger, American actor (b. 1925)
• 2004 » Isabel Sanford, American actress (b. 1917)
• 2004 » Paul Klebnikov, American journalist and historian (b. 1963)
• 2005 » Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914)
• 2005 » Chuck Cadman, Canadian engineer and politician (b. 1948)
• 2005 » Yevgeny Grishin, Russian speed skater (b. 1931)
• 2006 » Milan Williams, American keyboard player and producer (b. 1948)

• 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.
• April 2 » Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians had retreated.
• June 14 » Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
• 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 30 » Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823 crashes on approach to Rio Branco International Airport, killing 23 of the 31 people on board.
• October 12 » Terrorists detonate bombs in the Sari Club in Bali, killing 202 and wounding over 300.
• November 13 » During the Prestige oil spill a storm burst a tank of the oil tanker MV Prestige which was not allowed to dock and sank on November 19, 2002 off the coast of Galicia, spilling 63,000 metric tons of heavy fuel oil, more than the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill.

The temperature on July 9, 2002 was between 14.3 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 13.4 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.