About the day » Tuesday February 4, 2003Calender converter

• Catharina Maria Rikers (90), Maastricht
• Catharina Maria Alida (Catrien) Roeleveld (78), Ouder-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis De Bruine (65)
• Christ Neefs (71), Berlaar, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Alice June SPEAKMAN (73), Utah County Utah U.S.A
• Antonius Van Oudheusden (70)
• Aafke Lycklama à Nijheholt (94), Workum
• Armand Snabilié (69)
• Anna Maria Lansbergen (87), Schipluiden
• Ann James (81), Trumbull, Trumbull, Ohio, Verenigde Staten

• 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

• 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)

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

1. Emma
2. Isa
3. Maria
4. Lisa
5. Anna
6. Lieke
7. Anne
8. Laura
9. Nina
10. Catharina-amalia
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.
• 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.
• July 13 » French DGSE personnel abort an operation to rescue Íngrid Betancourt from FARC rebels in Colombia, causing a political scandal when details are leaked to the press.
• August 5 » A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150.
• November 22 » Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident: Shortly after takeoff, a DHL Express cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile and forced to land.
• November 22 » England defeats Australia in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final, becoming the first side from the Northern Hemisphere to win the tournament.
• December 26 » The 6.6 M_w  Bam earthquake shakes southeastern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving more than 26,000 dead and 30,000 injured.

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.