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• Anna-Catharina-Martha Schenck (96), Brasschaat
• Ben Brands (58)
• Adriana Cornelia Bronmans (79)
• Antonia Betsy Johanna (Wilma) Moed (52), Dordrecht
• Anna Elisabeth Bernemann (97)
• Einte Holwerda (88)
• Brenda Lillian Potts (81)
• Anna Catharina Martha Schenk (96), Brasschaat
• Arnoldus Hubertus Marie Smeets (67), Sittard,, Limburg, Nederland
• Agaath Gazina Koedijk (81), Heemskerk

• 1985 » Jakob Fuglsang, Danish cyclist
• 1985 » Mayola Biboko, Belgian footballer
• 1986 » David Choi, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1986 » Dexter Fowler, American baseball player
• 1987 » Ike Davis, American baseball player
• 1987 » Jairo Mora Sandoval, Costa Rican environmentalist († 2013)
• 1987 » Liam Doran, British rally cross driver
• 1989 » J. J. Watt, American football player
• 1989 » Ruben Popa, Romanian footballer
• 1989 » Tyler Oakley, American internet celebrity

• 2001 » Robert Fletcher Shaw, Canadian businessman, academic, and civil servant (b. 1910)
• 2001 » Sabiha Gökçen, Turkish soldier and pilot (b. 1913)
• 2001 » Stepas Butautas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (b. 1925)
• 2001 » William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, and voice actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (b. 1910)
• 2002 » Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1917)
• 2003 » Terry Lloyd, English journalist (b. 1952)
• 2004 » Ahmed Yassin, Co-founded Hamas (b. 1937)
• 2004 » Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1943)
• 2004 » V. M. Tarkunde, Indian lawyer and civil rights activist (b. 1909)
• 2005 » Rod Price, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1947)

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.
• January 8 » Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte-Douglas Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina, killing all 21 people on board.
• February 15 » Protests against the Iraq war take place in over 600 cities worldwide. It is estimated that between eight million to 30 million people participate, making this the largest peace demonstration in history.
• March 17 » Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Robin Cook, resigns from the British Cabinet in disagreement with government plans for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
• April 9 » Iraq War: Baghdad falls to American forces.
• 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 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.

The temperature on March 22, 2003 was between -2.2 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (91%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.