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• Emma Banis

• Albert Johannes Teulings (68), Gemeente Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis de Boer (74)
• Angele Marie Butel (95), Jersey British Channel Islands
• Elizabeth Elsie Balkenende (79), Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
• Christina Johanna Maria Sanders (95), Amersoort
• Emma Aleida Maria Veldhuis (93), Hoofddorp
• Fioktje Deelstra (91), Roden
• Antonia Johanna van de Crommert (82), Nuenen
• Doyle B Barrett (77), American Fork, Utah, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Florus Maaijen (75), Polsbroek

• 1985 » Gökhan Gönül, Turkish footballer
• 1985 » Kari Aalvik Grimsbø, Norwegian handball player
• 1986 » James Milner, English footballer
• 1986 » Younès Kaboul, French footballer
• 1989 » Graham Rahal, American race car driver
• 1990 » Toni Kroos, German footballer
• 1992 » Kris Bryant, American baseball player
• 1994 » Derrick Henry, American football player
• 1997 » Ante Žižić, Croatian basketball player
• 1998 » Liza Soberano, Filipina actress

• 2000 » Spyros Markezinis, Greek lawyer and politician, 170th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1909)
• 2000 » Tom Fears, Mexican-American football player and coach (b. 1922)
• 2001 » Les Brown, American bandleader and composer (b. 1912)
• 2004 » Brian Gibson, English director and screenwriter (b. 1944)
• 2004 » Joan Aiken, English author (b. 1924)
• 2004 » John Toland, American historian and author (b. 1912)
• 2005 » Bud Poile, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1924)
• 2005 » Frank Harary, American mathematician and academic (b. 1921)
• 2005 » Humphrey Carpenter, English radio host and author (b. 1946)
• 2005 » Robert Heilbroner, American economist and historian (b. 1919)

1. Thomas
2. Daan
3. Lucas
4. Max
5. Ruben
6. Lars
7. Sem
8. Mike
9. Jesse
10. Jan
11. Sam
12. Remco
13. Bram
14. Martijn
15. Niels
16. Tom

1. Emma
2. Isa
3. Lisa
4. Maria
5. Anna
6. Lieke
7. Anne
8. Laura
9. Nina
10. Catharina-amalia
11. Femke
12. Julia
13. Iris
14. Sanne
15. Lotte
16. Noa

• 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, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
• March 12 » Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade.
• April 7 » U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later.
• April 13 » A bus near the Vale of Tempe, Greece was involved in a major vehicle accident with a truck and multiple cars, leaving 21 students in the tenth grade of Makrochori, Imathia High School dead and nine injured during their return to their homes from a trip to Athens.
• November 22 » Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident: Shortly after takeoff, a DHL Express cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile and forced to land.
• December 7 » The Conservative Party of Canada is officially registered, following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
• December 26 » The 6.6 M_w  Bam earthquake shakes southeastern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving more than 26,000 dead and 30,000 injured.

The temperature on January 4, 2003 was between -5.7 °C and 1.0 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.