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Died on Sunday January 12, 2003
- Bart Dielen (79), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Allard-Jan Baukes Teerenstra (25), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
- Cornelia Daaleman (86), Heerde
- Derk Jacob Dik (82)
- Brian William WOOD (31)
- Anna Catharina Goossens (78), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
- Anna Jacoba (Annie) Rook (73), Brunssum
- Dina Serena Jelies (17)
- Aaltje van Maanen (96), Newton, Jasper County, Iowa
- Charles Lewis Flory (76), Grand Rapids (Kent County) (Michigan)
Born on January 12
- 1989 » Thiemo-Jérôme Kialka, German footballer
- 1991 » Matt Srama, Australian rugby league player
- 1991 » Pixie Lott, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
- 1992 » Ishak Belfodil, Algerian footballer
- 1992 » Samuele Longo, Italian footballer
- 1993 » Do Kyungsoo, South Korean singer and member of boy band EXO
- 1993 » Simone Pecorini, Italian footballer
- 1993 » Zayn Malik, English singer-songwriter
- 1995 » Alessio Romagnoli, Italian footballer
- 1995 » Sarah Mehain, Canadian Paralympic swimmer
Died on January 12
- 2001 » Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1922)
- 2001 » William Redington Hewlett, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (b. 1913)
- 2002 » Cyrus Vance, American lawyer and politician, 57th U.S. Secretary of State (b. 1917)
- 2003 » Alan Nunn May, English physicist and spy (b. 1911)
- 2003 » Dean Amadon, American ornithologist and author (b. 1912)
- 2003 » Kinji Fukasaku, Japanese actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
- 2003 » Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine general and politician, 44th President of Argentina (b. 1926)
- 2003 » Maurice Gibb, Manx-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1949)
- 2004 » Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1921)
- 2005 » Amrish Puri, Indian actor (b. 1932)
Names that were popular for boys in 2003
- Thomas
- Daan
- Lucas
- Max
- Ruben
- Lars
- Sem
- Mike
- Jesse
- Jan
- Sam
- Remco
- Tom
- Martijn
- Bram
- Johannes
Names that were popular for girls in 2003
- Emma
- Isa
- Maria
- Lisa
- Anna
- Lieke
- Anne
- Laura
- Catharina-amalia
- Nina
- Julia
- Femke
- Iris
- Sanne
- Lotte
- Amber
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2003
- 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 25 » Invasion of Iraq: A group of people leave London, England, for Baghdad, Iraq, to serve as human shields, intending to prevent the U.S.-led coalition troops from bombing certain locations.
- February 19 » An Ilyushin Il-76 military aircraft crashes near Kerman, Iran, killing 275.
- March 1 » The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
- August 10 » The Okinawa Urban Monorail is opened in Naha, Okinawa.
- November 12 » Iraq War: In Nasiriyah, Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base.
- November 15 » The first day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings, in which two car bombs, targeting two synagogues, explode, killing 25 people and wounding about 300.
Weather January 12, 2003
The temperature on January 12, 2003 was between -7.0 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.