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Died on Tuesday February 18, 2003
- Antje Geertruida Damhuis (88), Gundowring (Victoria)
- Bernardus Jacobus (Ben) Spigt (91)
- Emeline Gezel (87)
- Dorothy Agusta Klerk (89), Firth, Lancaster County, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten
- Columba Klasina Maria Jak (90), Bovenkarspel
- Erma Irene Parker (73), Roaring Branch, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Alberta Claire Neltner (85), Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
- Frank Umbach Post (87), Florida, Verenigde Staten
- * Jan Copier (75), Ede
- Cornelia Heemskerk (91), Alphen aan den Rijn
Born on February 18
- 1986 » Marc Torrejón, Spanish footballer
- 1986 » Robert DeLong, American singer-songwriter
- 1987 » Cristian Tănase, Romanian footballer
- 1988 » Changmin, South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
- 1990 » Cody Hodgson, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1990 » Didi Gregorius, Dutch baseball player
- 1991 » Henry Surtees, English race car driver († 2009)
- 1991 » Sebastian Neumann, German footballer
- 1994 » J-Hope, South Korean rapper, dancer, singer-songwriter
- 1994 » Jake Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player
Died on February 18
- 1997 » Emily Hahn, American journalist and author (b. 1905)
- 1998 » Harry Caray, American sportscaster (b. 1914)
- 2001 » Balthus, Polish-Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1908)
- 2001 » Dale Earnhardt, American stock car racer and team owner (b. 1951)
- 2001 » Eddie Mathews, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1931)
- 2003 » Isser Harel, Belarusian-Israeli intelligence officer (b. 1912)
- 2006 » Bill Cowsill, American singer and guitarist (b. 1948)
- 2008 » Alain Robbe-Grillet, French director, screenwriter, and novelist (b. 1922)
- 2009 » Miika Tenkula, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1974)
- 2009 » Tayeb Salih, Sudanese journalist and author (b. 1929)
Names that were popular for boys in 2003
- Thomas
- Daan
- Lucas
- Max
- Ruben
- Sem
- Lars
- Jesse
- Mike
- Jan
- Sam
- Remco
- Martijn
- Niels
- Tom
- Bram
Names that were popular for girls in 2003
- Emma
- Isa
- Lisa
- Maria
- Anna
- Anne
- Lieke
- Laura
- Catharina-amalia
- Nina
- Femke
- Julia
- Iris
- Sanne
- Lotte
- Amber
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.
- January 8 » Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte-Douglas Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina, killing all 21 people on board.
- March 12 » The World Health Organization officially release a global warning of outbreaks of Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
- April 14 » U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the MSAchille Lauro in 1985.
- August 19 » A suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem, Israel, planned by Hamas, kills 23 Israelis, seven of them children, in the Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing.
- September 6 » Mahmoud Abbas resigns from his position of Palestinian Prime Minister.
- December 29 » The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.
Weather February 18, 2003
The temperature on February 18, 2003 was between -7.1 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged -2.1 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (89%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.