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Died on Tuesday February 4, 2003
- Dieuwke Annes Finnema (89), Workum, Friesland, Nederland
- Dieuwke Annes Finnema (89), Workum, Gem. Workum, Friesland, Nederland
- Donnie Thompston (72)
- Anna Catharina Mak (77), Amsterdam
- Catharina Maria Alida Roeleveld (78), Ouder Amstel,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Edgar Sjouke Hylkema (76), Wassenaar
- Della ZANDT (83)
- Dorothy May Cockson (65), Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
- *Anna Elisabeth ( Annie) Rouw (79), Goes
- Anna Elisabeth Rouw (79), Goes
Born on February 4
- 1983 » Lee Stempniak, American ice hockey player
- 1984 » Mauricio Pinilla, Chilean footballer
- 1984 » Sandeep Acharya, Indian singer († 2013)
- 1986 » Mahmudullah Riyad, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1986 » Maximilian Götz, German race car driver
- 1987 » Darren O'Dea, Irish footballer
- 1987 » Lucie Šafářová, Czech tennis player
- 1988 » Carly Patterson, American gymnast and singer
- 1993 » Bae Noo-ri, South Korean actress
- 1998 » Maximilian Wöber, Austrian footballer
Died on February 4
- 2000 » Carl Albert, American lawyer and politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1908)
- 2002 » Count Sigvard Bernadotte of Wisborg (b. 1907)
- 2003 » Benyoucef Benkhedda, Algerian pharmacist and politician (b. 1920)
- 2005 » Ossie Davis, American actor, director, and playwright (b. 1917)
- 2006 » Betty Friedan, American author and activist (b. 1921)
- 2007 » Barbara McNair, American singer and actress (b. 1934)
- 2007 » Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian-English poet and translator (b. 1959)
- 2007 » José Carlos Bauer, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1925)
- 2007 » Jules Olitski, Ukrainian-American painter and sculptor (b. 1922)
- 2008 » Augusta Dabney, American actress (b. 1918)
Names that were popular for boys in 2003
- Jan
- Johannes
- Pieter
- Thomas
- Lucas
- Willem
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Daan
- Ruben
- David
- Jesse
- Maria
- Lars
- Jacob
- Max
Names that were popular for girls in 2003
- Maria
- Anna
- Emma
- Johanna
- Elisabeth
- Anne
- Louise
- Marie
- Victoria
- Carmen
- Lisa
- Laura
- Isa
- Sophie
- Beatrix
- Elizabeth
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2003
- 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 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.
- July 8 » Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashes near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board.
- July 15 » AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.
- August 10 » The Okinawa Urban Monorail is opened in Naha, Okinawa.
- August 29 » Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.
- September 21 » The Galileo spacecraft is terminated by sending it into Jupiter's atmosphere.
The weather on Tuesday February 4, 2003
The temperature on February 4, 2003 was between -0.8 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI