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• Emiel Baecke, Gent († 2003)

• Antonius Aloysius HEIJMERIKS (60)
• Bernardus Wilhelmus (Bernard) Warmerdam (77), Gemeente Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Zeefat (92), Steenwijk
• Antje van Elst van Elst (81), Meijel
• Auguste Joseph Albert Mathurin GUENERON (83), Dinan,22100,Côtes-D'Armor,Bretagne,FRANCE
• Alberto Hernandez Alvarez Sr (83), El Paso County, Texas, United States of America
• Alberdina van der Noord (61), Deventer
• * Adriana Maria van Hooft (84), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Adrianus Johannes Soeters (89)
• Bertus Burgmeijer (74), Wapenveld (Gem. Heerde)

• 1991 » Amy Bruckner, American actress
• 1991 » Lisa-Maria Moser, Austrian tennis player
• 1991 » Marie-Philip Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1991 » Ondřej Palát, Czech ice hockey player
• 1992 » Lucho Ayala, Filipino actor
• 1992 » Sergi Gómez, Spanish footballer
• 1994 » Jackson Wang, Hong Kong rapper
• 1995 » Jonathan Drouin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1996 » Matt Renshaw, English-Australian cricketer
• 2004 » Anna Shcherbakova, Russian figure skater (two-time Russian National Champion - '19 & '20)

• 1999 » Franco Gasparri, Italian actor (b. 1948)
• 2000 » Anthony Powell, English soldier and author (b. 1905)
• 2001 » Moe Koffman, Canadian flute player, saxophonist, and composer (b. 1928)
• 2004 » Peter Ustinov, English-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2005 » Moura Lympany, English-Monacan pianist (b. 1916)
• 2005 » Robin Spry, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1939)
• 2006 » Caspar Weinberger, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1917)
• 2006 » Charles Schepens, Belgian-American ophthalmologist and author (b. 1912)
• 2006 » Pro Hart, Australian painter (b. 1928)
• 2006 » Vethathiri Maharishi, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1911)

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. Robin

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 12 » The World Health Organization officially release a global warning of outbreaks of Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
• May 12 » The Riyadh compound bombings, carried out by al-Qaeda, kill 26 people.
• May 21 » The 6.8 M_w  Boumerdès earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). More than 2,200 people were killed and a moderate tsunami sank boats at the Balearic Islands.
• July 30 » In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.
• August 27 » The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
• December 25 » UTAGE Flight 141, a Boeing 727-223, crashes at the Cotonou Airport in Benin, killing 141 people.

The temperature on March 28, 2003 was between 2.8 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (81%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.