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• Ilse Fenna Reitsma, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland

• Catharina Wilhelmina Elisa van Gastel (79), Tilburg
• Alfons Dewitte (95), Moorslede,8890,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Anna Maria Hellings (90), Beringen (B)
• Cornelis Koper (76), Haarlem
• Anton Herder (75), Leusden, Netherlands
• Aaltje Hermina Wouters Hulsebos (80)
• Antonia Crompvoets (83), Maastricht
• augustinus hubertus (guus) knoops (71), venlo
• Cornelis van WEELDEN (85), Bilthoven
• Aleida Bernardina Kemink (86), Lutten, Overijssel, Netherlands

• 1991 » Marco Puntoriere, Italian footballer
• 1991 » Piotr Malarczyk, Polish footballer
• 1992 » Austin Rivers, American basketball player
• 1992 » Mrunal Thakur, Indian actress
• 1993 » Álex Abrines, Spanish basketball player
• 1993 » Leon Thomas III, American actor and singer
• 1994 » Ayaka Wada, Japanese singer
• 1994 » Sergeal Petersen, South African rugby player
• 1996 » Katie Boulter, English tennis player
• 2001 » Park Si-eun, South Korean actress

• 1998 » Eva Bartok, Hungarian-British actress (b. 1927)
• 2001 » Korey Stringer, American football player (b. 1974)
• 2003 » Guy Thys, Belgian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1922)
• 2003 » Marie Trintignant, French actress and screenwriter (b. 1962)
• 2004 » Philip Abelson, American physicist and author (b. 1913)
• 2005 » Al Aronowitz, American journalist (b. 1928)
• 2005 » Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter and sculptor (b. 1920)
• 2005 » Fahd of Saudi Arabia (b. 1923)
• 2005 » Wim Boost, Dutch cartoonist and educator (b. 1918)
• 2006 » Bob Thaves, American illustrator (b. 1924)

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. Lisa
3. Femke
4. Anna
5. Emma
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.
• February 22 » Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.
• 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.
• May 24 » Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
• 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.
• September 23 » The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released.

The temperature on August 1, 2002 was between 11.3 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.