About the day » Saturday August 2, 2003Calender converter

• Jordi Claes, Sint-Niklaas (B)
• Leon Francis Frits Davis, Baulkham Hills NSW
• Matthew Edward Smits, Harvey, IL

• August BOENDERS (80), Westmalle, Malle, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Dorothea Gertrud Maria (Dola) Meijers (52), Villa Joiosa (Spanje)
• Aaltje JAGER (49), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Arend Keijzer (83)
• Dorothy Margaret Carson (89)
• Cornelis Petrus Antonius Vekemans (88), Eindhoven
• Delores Joyce Erickson (69), Home in Brookings, SD
• Catalyna Alida Verburg (90), Baarn
• Elisabeth Maria Pater (74), Hoorn
• Arnold TERPSTRA (73), Grand Rapids Kent County Michigan U.S.A

• 1986 » Mathieu Razanakolona, Canadian skier
• 1988 » Rob Kwiet, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Nacer Chadli, Belgian footballer
• 1990 » Ima Bohush, Belarusian tennis player
• 1994 » Laremy Tunsil, American football player
• 1994 » Laura Pigossi, Brazilian tennis player
• 1995 » Kristaps Porziņģis, Latvian basketball player
• 1996 » Keston Hiura, American baseball player
• 1996 » Simone Manuel, American swimmer
• 1999 » Mark Lee, Korean-Canadian singer

• 1997 » William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1914)
• 1998 » Shari Lewis, American television host and puppeteer (b. 1933)
• 1999 » Willie Morris, American writer (b. 1934)
• 2003 » Peter Safar, Austrian-American physician and academic (b. 1924)
• 2004 » Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1929)
• 2004 » François Craenhals, Belgian illustrator (b. 1926)
• 2004 » Heinrich Mark, Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1911)
• 2005 » Steven Vincent, American journalist and author (b. 1955)
• 2007 » Chauncey Bailey, American journalist (b. 1950)
• 2008 » Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese illustrator (b. 1935)

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. Bram

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.
• 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 16 » The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting ten new member states to the European Union.
• July 1 » Over 500,000 people protest against efforts to pass anti-sedition legislation in Hong Kong.
• July 22 » Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year-old son, and a bodyguard.
• August 11 » NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
• November 23 » Rose Revolution: Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.

The temperature on August 2, 2003 was between 14.8 °C and 26.7 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.