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• Ottolientje Elizabeth Bouman, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)

• David Owen aka Jimmy Lints (55), Wellington, New zealand
• Elisabeth Tromp (81)
• Frank James Sasak (81), Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Edsger Wybe DIJKSTRA (72), Nuenen, 4050, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arthur Walter Herbert de Beer (81), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Eleanor Mickle (88), Lee Hospital, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
• Frederik Christien August van Faassen (80), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Wilhelmina Hakemulder (81), Bleskensgraaf, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfons Nijs (80), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, België
• Edsger Wybe Dijkstra (72), Nuenen, Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1984 » Vedad Ibišević, Bosnian footballer
• 1985 » Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer
• 1985 » Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer
• 1985 » Mickaël Delage, French cyclist
• 1985 » Viktoria Baškite, Estonian chess player
• 1986 » Mehmet Akgün, Turkish footballer
• 1986 » Raphael Pyrasch, German rugby player
• 1987 » Leanne Crichton, Scottish footballer
• 1991 » Jiao Liuyang, Chinese swimmer
• 1992 » Tara Moore, British tennis player

• 2001 » Adhar Kumar Chatterji, Indian Naval officer (b. 1914)
• 2001 » Dorothy Tutin, English actress (b. 1930)
• 2001 » Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist and poet (b. 1912)
• 2001 » Shan Ratnam, Sri Lankan physician and academic (b. 1928)
• 2001 » Wilhelm Mohnke, German general (b. 1911)
• 2002 » Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch physicist, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1930)
• 2003 » Julius Baker, American flute player and educator (b. 1915)
• 2004 » Donald Justice, American poet and academic (b. 1925)
• 2004 » Rick James, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1948)
• 2005 » Robin Cook, Scottish educator and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1946)

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.
• February 22 » Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.
• April 11 » The Ghriba synagogue bombing by al-Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.
• April 26 » Robert Steinhäuser kills 16 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot.
• May 6 » Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated following a radio-interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum.
• May 24 » Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
• October 2 » The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.

The temperature on August 6, 2002 was between 14.2 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain during 6.9 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.