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• britt van rijswijck, helden-beringe

• Betty Ann Holmes (70), Aransas Pass San Patricio Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Cornelia Groot (98), Den Haag, Netherlands
• Cornel Jacoba Wijker (50), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Edouard Strauss (87), Villeloin-Coulangé (Fr (37))
• Alan Benjamin Simmons (73), Allyn, Mason, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Christiaan Davidse (88), Middelburg
• Anna Catharina van Os (81), Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje van Beek (96), Putten
• Doortje Klaver (53), Mijdrecht (U)
• Anthonius Paulus (Ton) Vrakking (79), Bussum

• 1991 » Marcus Foligno, American-Canadian ice hockey player
• 1992 » Chanel Simmonds, South African tennis player
• 1992 » Go Ah-sung, South Korean actress
• 1992 » Oliver Rowland, English race car driver
• 1993 » Andre Drummond, American basketball player
• 1993 » Shin Hye-jeong, South Korean singer
• 1993 » Yuto Nakajima, Japanese actor, dancer, model, singer, and idol
• 1994 » Bernardo Silva, Portuguese footballer
• 1996 » Lauren Tait, Scottish netball player
• 1997 » Kylie Jenner, American television personality and model

• 1997 » Conlon Nancarrow, American-Mexican pianist and composer (b. 1912)
• 1997 » Jean-Claude Lauzon, Canadian director and screenwriter (b. 1953)
• 1999 » Acharya Baldev Upadhyaya, Indian historian, scholar, and critic (b. 1899)
• 1999 » Jennifer Paterson, English chef and television presenter (b. 1928)
• 2000 » Gilbert Parkhouse, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1925)
• 2001 » Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917)
• 2002 » Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist and politician (b. 1926)
• 2002 » Michael Houser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1962)
• 2007 » Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1925)
• 2007 » James E. Faust, American lawyer and religious leader (b. 1920)

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. 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. 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.
• January 3 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Israeli forces seize the Palestinian freighter Karine A in the Red Sea, finding 50 tons of weapons.
• March 2 » U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on March 19 after killing 500 Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities).
• May 12 » Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.
• June 11 » Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.
• September 26 » The overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MVLe Joola, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000.
• December 13 » European Union enlargement: The EU announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members on May 1, 2004.

The temperature on August 10, 2002 was between 14.3 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (21%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.