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Died on Monday August 12, 2002
- Ceel Vlastuin (90)
- Buddy Wayne Bower (71)
- Aaltje Heldring (94), Hoogeveen,Gemeente Hoogeveen,Drente
- Augusta MELLEMANS (86), Lummen, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
- Bartha Kuiper (90)
- Anna Cornelia Oostvogels (85), Breda
- Bartha Kuiper (90), Meppel
- Cornelis Visser (67)
- Annette Maasdorp (76), Beaufort Vrybueg Zuid Afrika
- Edna Mae Sandry (91), Arlington, Snohomish, Washington, United States of America
Born on August 12
- 1992 » Cara Delevingne, English model and actress
- 1992 » Isabella Escobar, Guatemalan tennis player
- 1992 » Jacob Loko, Australian rugby player
- 1992 » Teo Gheorghiu, Swiss pianist and actor
- 1993 » Ewa Farna, Czech singer-songwriter
- 1993 » Luna, South Korean singer, actress and presenter
- 1996 » Julio Urías, Mexican baseball player
- 1998 » Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greek tennis player
- 1999 » Matthijs de Ligt, Dutch footballer
- 2000 » Tristan Charpentier, French racing driver
Died on August 12
- 1997 » Jack Delano, American photographer and composer (b. 1914)
- 1999 » Jean Drapeau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1916)
- 2000 » Gennady Lyachin, Russian captain (b. 1955)
- 2000 » Loretta Young, American actress (b. 1913)
- 2002 » Enos Slaughter, American baseball player and manager (b. 1916)
- 2004 » Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
- 2005 » John Loder, English sound engineer and producer, founded Southern Studios (b. 1946)
- 2006 » Victoria Gray Adams, American civil rights activist (b. 1926)
- 2007 » Merv Griffin, American actor, singer, and producer, created Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune (b. 1925)
- 2007 » Mike Wieringo, American author and illustrator (b. 1963)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2002
- 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.
- March 19 » Zimbabwe is suspended from the Commonwealth on charges of human rights abuses and of electoral fraud, following a turbulent presidential election.
- April 11 » The Ghriba synagogue bombing by al-Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.
- June 11 » Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.
- July 15 » "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and to possession of explosives during the commission of a felony.
- August 30 » Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823 crashes on approach to Rio Branco International Airport, killing 23 of the 31 people on board.
- October 2 » The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
Weather August 12, 2002
The temperature on August 12, 2002 was between 14.2 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.