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• Britt Grevelt († 2002)
• Dylan Thomas van de Walker, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2002)

• Cornelia Magdalena Hoogeveen (88), Noordwijk
• Bernard Woudt (70)
• Adriana Cornelia GOUD (85), Rotterdam
• Christian Struyf (36), Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Cornelia Magdalena (Nelly) Hoogeveen (88), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alex Frank Canter (84), Randolph, North Carolina
• Betsie Cornelia Groen (72), Hoofddorp
• Barbara Schrier (85), Zoetermeer
• Adriana Cornelia Lelieveld (92), Sassenheim, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barbera Wiersema (89)

• 1988 » Robert Lewandowski, Polish footballer
• 1989 » Aleix Vidal, Spanish footballer
• 1989 » Charlison Benschop, Dutch footballer
• 1989 » Hayden Panettiere, American actress
• 1989 » James Davey, English rugby league player
• 1989 » Matteo Gentili, Italian footballer
• 1990 » Bo Burnham, American comedian, musician, actor, filmmaker and poet
• 1991 » Leandro Bacuna, Dutch footballer
• 1992 » Felipe Nasr, Brazilian race car driver
• 2000 » Kate Valdez, Filipina actress and singer

• 2000 » Andrzej Zawada, Polish mountaineer and author (b. 1928)
• 2000 » Daniel Lisulo, Zambian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1930)
• 2000 » Tomata du Plenty, American singer-songwriter and playwright (b. 1948)
• 2001 » Calum MacKay, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927)
• 2003 » John Coplans, British artist (b. 1920)
• 2003 » Kathy Wilkes, English philosopher and academic (b. 1946)
• 2004 » Sachidananda Routray, Indian Oriya-language poet (b. 1916)
• 2005 » Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet and translator (b. 1936)
• 2005 » Martin Dillon, American tenor and educator (b. 1957)
• 2005 » Robert Moog, American businessman, founded Moog Music (b. 1934)

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. Stijn

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. Iris
16. Lotte

• 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 22 » Kmart becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
• March 27 » Passover massacre: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people at a Passover seder in Netanya, Israel.
• May 25 » China Airlines Flight 611 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the Taiwan Strait, with the loss of all 225 people on board.
• August 19 » Khankala Mi-26 crash: A Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.
• November 18 » Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.
• November 22 » In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.

The temperature on August 21, 2002 was between 16.2 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.