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• Twan de Deugd, Gorinchem († 2002)
• Twan de Deugd, Gorinchem († 2002)

• Anna Maria (Anna) Sweldens (86), Brasschaat, België
• Frank Otway BAULCH (90)
• Antoon Beekman (71), Hapert, Bladel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Huizer (82), Beverwijk
• Cornelia Carolina Maria van Kaam (85), Bergen op Zoom
• Anton Christiaan Nelissen (82)
• Christina Kampen van (79), Apeldoorn, Gld, Nederland
• Foppe Klijn (88), Terschelling
• Anna Schütte (89), Boemendaal
• Adrianus van Dorp (80), Hillegom

• 1989 » Ken Baumann, American actor and author
• 1990 » Aleksandra Szwed, Polish actress and singer
• 1990 » Kane Williamson, New Zealand cricket captain
• 1990 » Parker Kligerman, American race car driver
• 1990 » Vladimír Darida, Czech footballer
• 1991 » Nélson Oliveira, Portuguese footballer
• 1991 » Tyrone Peachey, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 » Josip Drmić, Swiss footballer
• 1998 » Shawn Mendes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 2000 » Félix Auger-Aliassime, Canadian tennis player

• 2003 » Dirk Hoogendam, Dutch-German SS officer (b. 1922)
• 2003 » Falaba Issa Traoré, Malian director and playwright (b. 1930)
• 2004 » Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress (b. 1907)
• 2004 » Leon Golub, American painter and academic (b. 1922)
• 2005 » Ahmed Deedat, South African missionary and author (b. 1918)
• 2005 » Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (b. 1922)
• 2005 » Dean Rockwell, American commander, wrestler, and coach (b. 1912)
• 2005 » Gene Mauch, American baseball player and manager (b. 1925)
• 2005 » John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company (b. 1918)
• 2005 » Monica Sjöö, Swedish-English painter (b. 1938)

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 3 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Israeli forces seize the Palestinian freighter Karine A in the Red Sea, finding 50 tons of weapons.
• January 18 » The Sierra Leone Civil War is declared over.
• January 23 » U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered.
• May 9 » The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem comes to an end when the Palestinians inside agree to have 13 suspected terrorists among them deported to several different countries.
• July 1 » Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, a Tupolev Tu-154, and DHL Flight 611, a Boeing 757, collide in mid-air over Überlingen, southern Germany, killing all 71 on board both planes.
• October 2 » The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.

The temperature on August 8, 2002 was between 14.1 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.