About the day » Saturday June 28, 2003Calender converter

• Anna Bregetta van Straaten (77)
• Cheryl Anne Huggett (43), Dassel, Meeker, Minnesota, United States
• Dorthy Jean Loer (77), Lakewood (Jefferson), Colorado, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Lochner Bosman (93), Sandton, South Africa
• Barbara J. BLOOMQUIST (78)
• Geertje(Gea) van der Van Der Beek (83), Apeldoorn
• Barta Hendrika Steennis (74), Houten (NL)
• Cornelis den Dulk (83), Scheveningen
• claire LALLEMAND (61), Baudour (Belgium)
• Evelyn Sarah Jones (75), of Linton, Emmons, North Dakota, United States

• 1991 » Seohyun, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
• 1992 » Elaine Thompson, Jamaican sprinter
• 1992 » Oscar Hiljemark, Swedish footballer
• 1993 » Bradley Beal, American basketball player
• 1994 » Emily Blue, American singer-songwriter
• 1994 » Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan
• 1996 » Donna Vekić, Croatian tennis player
• 1996 » Larissa Werbicki, Canadian rower
• 1999 » Markéta Vondroušová, Czech tennis player
• 2002 » Marta Kostyuk, Ukrainian tennis player

• 2000 » Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood, Canadian-English publisher and politician (b. 1913)
• 2000 » Nils Poppe, Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 2001 » Mortimer J. Adler, American philosopher and author (b. 1902)
• 2003 » Joan Lowery Nixon, American journalist and author (b. 1927)
• 2004 » Anthony Buckeridge, English author (b. 1912)
• 2005 » Brenda Howard, American activist (b. 1946)
• 2005 » Michael P. Murphy, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1976)
• 2006 » George Unwin, English pilot and commander (b. 1913)
• 2006 » Jim Baen, American publisher, founded Baen Books (b. 1943)
• 2006 » Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1919)

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. Bram
15. Niels
16. Tom

1. Emma
2. Isa
3. Lisa
4. Maria
5. Anna
6. Lieke
7. Anne
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.
• January 11 » Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois's death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
• April 14 » The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
• September 21 » The Galileo spacecraft is terminated by sending it into Jupiter's atmosphere.
• September 25 » The 8.3 M_w  Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.
• September 27 » The SMART-1 satellite is launched.
• 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.

The temperature on June 28, 2003 was between 9.8 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.