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Born on Wednesday January 15, 2003
Died on Wednesday January 15, 2003
- Augusto Antonio Deschamps (75), Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brasil
- Cornelia Dane (89), Hilversum
- Floyd Wallace Baum (97), Provo, Utah, UT, US
- Anthonius Zuidervaart (84), Assendelft
- Cora Sybil Scharenguivel (88)
- Elizabeth Allen (366)
- Anna Maria Wilhelmina van den Berg (77), Houten
- Anne Allen (383)
- Bernardus Hermanus Kleissen (89), Nijmegen
- Antoon Kleverwal (71)
Born on January 15
- 1990 » Fernando Forestieri, Italian footballer
- 1990 » Paul Blake, English sprinter
- 1991 » Darya Klishina, Russian long jumper
- 1991 » James Mitchell, Australian basketball player
- 1991 » Marc Bartra, Spanish footballer
- 1991 » Nicolai Jørgensen, Danish footballer
- 1992 » Joël Veltman, Dutch footballer
- 1994 » Eric Dier, English footballer
- 1998 » Alexandra Eade, Australian artistic gymnast
- 2004 » Grace VanderWaal, American singer-songwriter
Died on January 15
- 2000 » Georges-Henri Lévesque, Canadian-Dominican priest and sociologist (b. 1903)
- 2001 » Leo Marks, English cryptographer, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
- 2002 » Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (b. 1913)
- 2002 » Michael Anthony Bilandic, American politician, 49th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1923)
- 2003 » Doris Fisher, American singer-songwriter (b. 1915)
- 2004 » Olivia Goldsmith, American author (b. 1949)
- 2005 » Elizabeth Janeway, American author and critic (b. 1913)
- 2005 » Ruth Warrick, American actress (b. 1916)
- 2005 » Victoria de los Ángeles, Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1923)
- 2005 » Walter Ernsting, German author (b. 1920)
Names that were popular for boys in 2003
- Thomas
- Daan
- Lucas
- Max
- Ruben
- Sem
- Lars
- Mike
- Jesse
- Jan
- Sam
- Remco
- Martijn
- Bram
- Tom
- Niels
Names that were popular for girls in 2003
- Emma
- Isa
- Lisa
- Maria
- Anna
- Lieke
- Anne
- Laura
- Nina
- Catharina-amalia
- Femke
- Julia
- Iris
- Sanne
- Lotte
- Noa
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 16 » The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.
- February 10 » France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq.
- July 1 » Over 500,000 people protest against efforts to pass anti-sedition legislation in Hong Kong.
- December 17 » SpaceShipOne, piloted by Brian Binnie, makes its first powered and first supersonic flight.
- 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 25 » The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express spacecraft on December 19, stops transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing.
Weather January 15, 2003
The temperature on January 15, 2003 was between 4.8 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.