About the day » Tuesday June 3, 2003Calender converter

• Frank Daniël Krabbendam, Assen
• Sina Wendels, Meppen

• Arend Akse (76)
• Aaltje Folkerts (89)
• Aad van Leeuwen (60)
• Claude Wilson Davis (90), Old Hickory, Davidson, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Schilperoord
• Cyriel van Schelvergem (75), Erpe (Aalst), OVld, Be
• "Michaël" Yves Eugène Joseph de Prunelé (85), Paris
• Catrina Kleinveld (62)
• Aleida Antonette da Roos (86), Renkum,, Gelderland, Nederland
• E M H Deutz (99)

• 1986 » Adrián Vallés, Spanish race car driver
• 1986 » Al Horford, Dominican basketball player
• 1986 » Micah Kogo, Kenyan runner
• 1986 » Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player
• 1987 » Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress
• 1989 » Katie Hoff, American swimmer
• 1991 » Lukasz Teodorczyk, Polish footballer
• 1991 » Sami Vatanen, Finnish ice hockey defenceman
• 1991 » Yordano Ventura, Dominican baseball player († 2017)
• 1992 » Mario Götze, German footballer

• 1997 » Dennis James, American actor and game show host (b. 1917)
• 2001 » Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor and producer (b. 1915)
• 2002 » Lew Wasserman, American talent agent and manager (b. 1913)
• 2003 » Felix de Weldon, Austrian-American sculptor, designed the Marine Corps War Memorial (b. 1907)
• 2005 » Harold Cardinal, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1945)
• 2009 » David Carradine, American actor (b. 1936)
• 2009 » Koko Taylor, American singer (b. 1928)
• 2010 » John Hedgecoe, English photographer and author (b. 1932)
• 2010 » Rue McClanahan, American actress (b. 1934)
• 2011 » James Arness, American actor and producer (b. 1923)

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

1. Emma
2. Isa
3. Maria
4. Lisa
5. Anna
6. Lieke
7. Anne
8. Laura
9. Catharina-amalia
10. Nina
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 27 » The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress.
• February 1 » Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during the reentry of mission STS-107 into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
• June 10 » The Spirit rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.
• 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 17 » The Soham murder trial ends at the Old Bailey in London, with Ian Huntley found guilty of two counts of murder. His girlfriend, Maxine Carr, is found guilty of perverting the course of justice.
• December 29 » The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.

The temperature on June 3, 2003 was between 11.0 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.