About the day » Sunday June 1, 2003Calender converter

• Dewi Jordan Jelena Agerbeek, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Charles Simons (87), Antwerpen
• Egbert Jans van der Meer (60), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Lonsain
• Diane Senor (74), Berkeley, Alameda County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Elisabeth Versteegh (54)
• Corry van Hulst (86), Haaksbergen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Edna Rogers (88), Fulton, Whiteside County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Bernardus Johannes Josephus Maria Bruns (66), Nijmegen, Nederland
• Cornelis Exalto (79), Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland
• elisabeth wilhelmina aldegonda (lies) bouten (91), horst

• 1990 » Carlota Ciganda, Spanish golfer
• 1990 » Kennie Chopart, Danish footballer
• 1990 » Martin Pembleton, English footballer
• 1990 » Miller Bolaños, Ecuadoran footballer
• 1991 » Tyrone Roberts, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 » Sam Anas, American ice hockey player
• 1994 » Kagayaki Taishi, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1996 » Edvinas Gertmonas, Lithuanian footballer
• 1996 » Tom Holland, English actor
• 1999 » Dmitri Aliev, Russian figure skater

• 1999 » Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (b. 1910)
• 2000 » Tito Puente, American drummer, composer, and producer (b. 1923)
• 2001 » Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist, created Dennis the Menace (b. 1920)
• 2001 » notable victims of the Nepalese royal massacre
• 2002 » Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (b. 1969)
• 2004 » William Manchester, American historian and author (b. 1922)
• 2005 » George Mikan, American basketball player and coach (b. 1924)
• 2005 » Hilda Crosby Standish, American physician (b. 1902)
• 2006 » Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
• 2007 » Tony Thompson, American singer and songwriter (Hi-Five) (b. 1975)

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

1. Emma
2. Isa
3. Lisa
4. Maria
5. Anna
6. Anne
7. Lieke
8. Laura
9. Catharina-amalia
10. Nina
11. Femke
12. Julia
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.
• February 19 » An Ilyushin Il-76 military aircraft crashes near Kerman, Iran, killing 275.
• February 20 » During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the Station nightclub ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 200 others.
• March 6 » Air Algérie Flight 6289 crashes at the Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport in Tamanrasset, Algeria, killing 102 out of the 103 people on board.
• July 22 » Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year-old son, and a bodyguard.
• December 23 » PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, killing at least 234.
• December 29 » The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.

The temperature on June 1, 2003 was between 11.6 °C and 28.1 °C and averaged 21.4 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.