About the day » Wednesday August 14, 2002Calender converter

• Hidde Jacob Rein de Jong, Zwolle († 2010)
• Faith Marie FRY, Huntington Cabell County West Virginia U.S.A († 2014)
• Raymond Peter terSteeg, Hutchinson, McLeod County, Minnesota, 55350, VS († 2008)

• Anna Catharina Hoekstra (55), Bolsward, Gem. Bolsward, Fryslân, Nederland
• Daniel Simoens (71), Gent
• Alfons Neyt (93), Wachtebeke
• Alfons Neyt (93), Wachtebeke, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Eunice (Eus) Doppenberg (38)
• Doeke van der Heide (72), Heerenven
• Dalbert Robert Burkhardt (61)
• Friedrich Gert Gustav Willer (81), Wittmund, Oostfriesland, Duitsland
• Curtis Edwin (Curt) Bratager (74), La Crosse, Wisconsin, VS
• Cornelis Pieter van den Heuvel (88), Stolwijk

• 1985 » Christian Gentner, German footballer
• 1985 » Shea Weber, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 » Braian Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer
• 1986 » Cameron Jerome, English footballer
• 1986 » Sam Moa, Tongan-New Zealand rugby league player
• 1987 » Tim Tebow, American football and baseball player, television personality and sportscaster
• 1989 » Ander Herrera, Spanish footballer
• 1989 » Florian Abel, German footballer
• 1989 » Kyle Turris, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1991 » Richard Freitag, German ski jumper

• 1999 » Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1918)
• 2000 » Alain Fournier, French-Canadian computer scientist and academic (b. 1943)
• 2002 » Larry Rivers, American painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
• 2003 » Helmut Rahn, German footballer (b. 1929)
• 2004 » Czesław Miłosz, Polish-born American novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 2004 » Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician (b. 1918)
• 2006 » Adriaan de Groot, Dutch psychologist and chess player (b. 1914)
• 2006 » Bruno Kirby, American actor (b. 1949)
• 2007 » Pinchas Goldstein, Israeli politician (b. 1939)
• 2007 » Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1913)

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.
• January 3 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Israeli forces seize the Palestinian freighter Karine A in the Red Sea, finding 50 tons of weapons.
• February 12 » The trial of Slobodan Milošević, the former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, begins at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands. He dies four years later before its conclusion.
• June 29 » Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.
• July 1 » The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
• 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.
• October 2 » The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.

The temperature on August 14, 2002 was between 12.9 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.