About the day » Saturday September 13, 2003Calender converter

• Alfreda (Fritzi) PLUISTER (68), Greensboro North Carolina U.S.A
• Albert Hassink (68), Epe, Nederland
• Carolina Berendina Karsen (85), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Leuntje Ouwehand (60), Katwijk
• Adrianus Martinus Pijnappels (60)
• Anne Charlotte van Laer (86), Doorn
• Aaltje Griek (82), Ede
• Anna Elisabeth Bertha Ruttens (85), Hamont-Achel, België
• "Albert" Georges LAMBINET (87)
• Beert Kamphorst (39), Ermelo

• 1991 » Ksenia Afanasyeva, Russian gymnast
• 1993 » Alice Merton, German-Canadian-English singer and songwriter
• 1993 » Niall Horan, Irish singer
• 1994 » Cameron Munster, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 » Leonor Andrade, Portuguese singer
• 1995 » Jerry Tollbring, Swedish handball player
• 1995 » João Carlos Almeida Leandro, Portuguese footballer
• 1995 » Robbie Kay, English actor
• 1995 » Shubham Khajuria, Indian cricketer
• 1996 » Playboi Carti, American rapper

• 2000 » Betty Jeffrey, Australian nurse and author (b. 1908)
• 2001 » Dorothy McGuire, American actress (b. 1916)
• 2001 » Jaroslav Drobný, Czech-English ice hockey player and tennis player (b. 1921)
• 2001 » Johnny Craig, American sailor and illustrator (b. 1926)
• 2002 » George Stanley, Canadian soldier, historian, and author, designed the Flag of Canada (b. 1907)
• 2003 » Frank O'Bannon, American publisher, lawyer, and politician, 47th Governor of Indiana (b. 1930)
• 2004 » Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist, co-invented the birth-control pill (b. 1925)
• 2005 » Julio César Turbay Ayala, Colombian lawyer and politician, 25th President of Colombia (b. 1916)
• 2005 » Toni Fritsch, Austrian footballer (b. 1945)
• 2006 » Ann Richards, American educator and politician, 45th Governor of Texas (b. 1933)

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.
• 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 13 » A bus near the Vale of Tempe, Greece was involved in a major vehicle accident with a truck and multiple cars, leaving 21 students in the tenth grade of Makrochori, Imathia High School dead and nine injured during their return to their homes from a trip to Athens.
• September 20 » Civil unrest in the Maldives breaks out after a prisoner is killed by guards.
• October 9 » Mission: Space opens to the public in Walt Disney World.
• 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 September 13, 2003 was between 4.5 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (82%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.