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• Thomas Bos, Leiden († 2003)
• Floor(Floor Monique Maria) Van Der Knaap († 2023)

• Elisabeth Poort (80), Loosdrecht
• Albert Jans de Vries (71), Heerenveen, Gem. Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Aagje Meijer (94), Loosduinen
• Anna Cecilia Driessen (85)
• Abbe Zwolle (50)
• Arie Duijn (80), Kamerik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Danner (79)
• Aartje Wansleeben (71), Lelystad
• Alain Gilbert Christophe (57), Geneva, Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
• Agnes Johanna van Dijk (80), Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1986 » Ibrahim Afellay, Dutch footballer
• 1987 » Marc Pugh, English footballer
• 1987 » Pablo Aguilar, Paraguayan footballer
• 1988 » Jesse Plemons, American actor
• 1990 » Miralem Pjanić, Bosnian footballer
• 1990 » Yevgeniya Kanayeva, Russian gymnast
• 1991 » Quavo, American rapper
• 1993 » Keshorn Walcott, Trinidadian javelin thrower
• 1997 » Abdelhak Nouri, Dutch footballer
• 1997 » Dillon Bassett, American race car driver

• 1998 » Rob Pilatus, American-German singer-songwriter (b. 1965)
• 2001 » Charles Daudelin, Canadian sculptor and painter (b. 1920)
• 2002 » John R. Pierce, American engineer and author (b. 1910)
• 2002 » Levi Celerio, Filipino composer and songwriter (b. 1910)
• 2003 » Edwin Starr, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
• 2004 » John Argyris, Greek computer scientist, engineer, and academic (b. 1913)
• 2005 » Lillian O'Donnell, American crime novelist (b. 1926)
• 2005 » Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)
• 2006 » Lloyd Searwar, Guyanese anthologist and diplomat (b. 1925)
• 2007 » Henry L. Giclas, American astronomer and academic (b. 1910)

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. Tom
14. Martijn
15. Bram
16. Johannes

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

• 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 1 » The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
• March 20 » Invasion of Iraq: In the early hours of the morning, the United States and three other countries (the UK, Australia and Poland) begin military operations in Iraq.
• April 7 » U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later.
• October 17 » Taipei 101, a 101-floor skyscraper in Taipei, becomes the world's tallest highrise.
• November 14 » Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz discover 90377 Sedna, a Trans-Neptunian object.
• November 15 » The first day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings, in which two car bombs, targeting two synagogues, explode, killing 25 people and wounding about 300.

The temperature on April 2, 2003 was between 3.5 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.