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• Annemein Jette Jona van den Heuvel, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Christina Johanna Verhoeven (82), Maarheeze
• Antonius Graauwmans (85), Breda
• Adriana Verschoor (91), Rotterdam
• Berend Luchtenberg (83)
• Antonius Henricus de Bruijn (86), Breda
• Anna Clara Florang (89)
• Diederik de Velde Harsenhorst (91), Dalfsen,Dalfsen,Overijssel,Nederland
• Boudewijn Karel Elve (50), Terneuzen
• Cornelis Petrus Constantinus Mol (95), Tilburg, Nederland
• Cornelis Petrus Constantinus Mol (95), Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant)

• 1982 » Adam Lambert, American singer, songwriter and actor
• 1984 » Natalie du Toit, South African swimmer
• 1984 » Nuno Morais, Portuguese footballer
• 1985 » Marc Gasol, Spanish basketball player
• 1987 » José Abreu, Cuban baseball player
• 1988 » Aydın Yılmaz, Turkish footballer
• 1988 » Shay Logan, English footballer
• 1988 » Tatyana Chernova, Russian heptathlete
• 1989 » Kevin Shattenkirk, American ice hockey player
• 1993 » Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese singer

• 1999 » Lili St. Cyr, American model and dancer (b. 1918)
• 2002 » Harold Russell, Canadian-American soldier and actor (b. 1914)
• 2003 » Frank Moss, American lawyer and politician (b. 1911)
• 2004 » Janet Frame, New Zealand author and poet (b. 1924)
• 2005 » Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, screenwriter, and director (b. 1924)
• 2006 » Nam June Paik, South Korean-American artist, (b. 1932)
• 2008 » Bengt Lindström, Swedish painter and sculptor (b. 1925)
• 2008 » Margaret Truman, American singer and author (b. 1924)
• 2009 » Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (b. 1913)
• 2011 » Milton Babbitt, American composer, educator, and theorist (b. 1916)

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. Bram

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.
• March 5 » In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed in the Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing.
• 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.
• July 6 » The 70-metre Yevpatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to five stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044, and 2049, respectively.
• August 14 » A widescale power blackout affects the northeast United States and Canada.
• August 18 » One-year-old Zachary Turner is murdered in Newfoundland by his mother, who was awarded custody despite facing trial for the murder of Zachary's father. The case was documented in the film Dear Zachary and led to reform of Canada's bail laws.
• December 24 » The Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50kg of explosives at 3:55p.m. inside Madrid's busy Chamartín Station.

The temperature on January 29, 2003 was between 1.0 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 6.8 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (28%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.