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• Caroline Liselotte de Vries (26)
• adrianus johannes leonardus (aad) van adrichem (90), pijnacker
• Aaltje VEENSTRA (78)
• Elisabeth Jacoba Schuurman (72)
• Bartholomeus Lubertus Adrianus Puijk (62), Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ali Annes de Haan (94), Drachten, Smallingerland, Fryslân, Nederland
• Elizabeth Livina Willems (92), Rock Island,, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Elisabeth, Jacoba Schuurman (72)
• Derk Willems Rozema (89), Emmeloord
• Daniel Lenox Gore

• 1987 » Blake Lively, American model and actress
• 1987 » Stacey Farber, Canadian actress
• 1987 » Velimir Jovanović, Serbian footballer
• 1988 » Angela Park, Brazilian-American golfer
• 1989 » Hiram Mier, Mexican footballer
• 1990 » Max Muncy, American baseball player
• 1992 » Miyabi Natsuyaki, Japanese singer and actress
• 1992 » Ricardo Rodriguez, Swiss footballer
• 1994 » Edmunds Augstkalns, Latvian ice hockey player
• 1998 » China Anne McClain, American actress and singer

• 2000 » Allen Woody, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1955)
• 2000 » Carl Barks, American author and illustrator (b. 1901)
• 2000 » Frederick C. Bock, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
• 2000 » Jack Nitzsche, American pianist, composer, and producer (b. 1937)
• 2001 » Üzeyir Garih, Turkish engineer and businessman, co-founded Alarko Holding (b. 1929)
• 2001 » Aaliyah, American singer and actress (b. 1979)
• 2001 » Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
• 2001 » Ken Tyrrell, English race car driver and businessman, founded Tyrrell Racing (b. 1924)
• 2002 » Dorothy Hewett, Australian author and poet (b. 1923)
• 2003 » Tom Feelings, American author and illustrator (b. 1933)

• 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 2 » Wedding of Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, and Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti
• February 27 » Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair's handling of the evacuation.
• March 27 » Passover massacre: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people at a Passover seder in Netanya, Israel.
• July 1 » The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
• October 31 » A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.
• November 10 » Veteran's Day Weekend Tornado Outbreak: A tornado outbreak stretching from Northern Ohio to the Gulf Coast, one of the largest outbreaks recorded in November. The strongest tornado, an F4, hits Van Wert, Ohio, during the early to mid afternoon and destroys a movie theater, which had been evacuated.

The temperature on August 25, 2002 was between 13.0 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.