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• Anna Pieternella Visser (86), Papendrecht
• Anna Pieternella Visser (86), Papendrecht
• Anna Maria TAELS (83), Testelt Belgie
• Antonius Johannes Kocken (72)
• Anna Germain (82), Groningen
• Bernardus Joannes van Hoek (66), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carmen de Jesús Molina Bautista (70), Palmira,Valle,Colombia
• Anna Pietronella VISSER (86), Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ageda Vlieland (67), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Hoefnagels (87), Haaren

• 1988 » Ayano Ōmoto, Japanese singer and dancer
• 1988 » Sergei Bobrovsky, Russian ice hockey player
• 1990 » John Tavares, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990 » Phillip Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1991 » Isaac Cofie, Ghanaian footballer
• 1992 » Michał Żyro, Polish footballer
• 1993 » Julian Draxler, German footballer
• 1995 » Laura Dekker, Dutch sailor
• 1995 » Rob Holding, English footballer
• 1996 » Ioana Loredana Roșca, Romanian tennis player

• 2000 » Gherman Titov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1935)
• 2002 » Sergei Bodrov Jr., Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1971)
• 2003 » Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn, Welsh lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1941)
• 2003 » Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwean politician, 1st Vice-President of Zimbabwe (b. 1922)
• 2004 » Brian Clough, English footballer and manager (b. 1935)
• 2004 » Townsend Hoopes, American soldier and historian (b. 1922)
• 2005 » Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian human rights activist, Holocaust survivor (b. 1908)
• 2006 » Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (b. 1932)
• 2006 » John W. Peterson, American pilot and songwriter (b. 1921)
• 2006 » Sven Nykvist, Swedish director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1922)

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.
• January 27 » The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress.
• March 1 » Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
• March 28 » In a friendly fire incident, two American A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing one soldier.
• April 14 » The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
• July 7 » NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket.
• November 12 » Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311mph)) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.

The temperature on September 20, 2003 was between 10.0 °C and 27.4 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.