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Born on Friday January 17, 2003
Died on Friday January 17, 2003
- Aagje Roozing (88), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Cornelia Johanna van der Muuren (93), Breda
- Cornelis Haasnoot (78), Katwijk
- Aukje 'Alice' Malda (94), Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, United States
- Wilhelmina Cornelia Maria Perquin (84), Amsterdam
- Cornelus Wilhelm Corveleijn (84), Rotterdam (overschie) (Zuid Holland)
- Anna Maria Catharina van Hurne (75), Hilversum
- Berthe WENDLING (90), Thann, 68800, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
- Albert Christiaan Schotsborg (94), Curaçao
- Arendje van Ast (86), Melissant, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Born on January 17
- 1990 » Santiago Tréllez, Colombian footballer
- 1991 » Alise Post, American BMX rider
- 1991 » Esapekka Lappi, Finnish Rally Driver
- 1991 » Slade Griffin, Australian rugby league player
- 1991 » Trevor Bauer, American baseball player
- 1993 » Frankie Cocozza, British singer
- 1994 » Mark Steketee, Australian cricketer
- 1998 » Jeff Reine-Adelaide, French footballer
- 1998 » Sophie Molineux, Australian cricketer
- 2000 » Devlin DeFrancesco, Canadian race car driver
Died on January 17
- 2002 » Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
- 2002 » Roman Personov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1932)
- 2003 » Richard Crenna, American actor and director (b. 1926)
- 2004 » Harry Brecheen, American baseball player and coach (b. 1914)
- 2004 » Noble Willingham, American actor (b. 1931)
- 2004 » Ray Stark, American film producer (b. 1915)
- 2004 » Raymond Bonham Carter, English banker (b. 1929)
- 2005 » Albert Schatz, American microbiologist and academic (b. 1920)
- 2005 » Charlie Bell, Australian businessman (b. 1960)
- 2005 » Virginia Mayo, American actress, singer, and dancer (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 8 » Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte-Douglas Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina, killing all 21 people on board.
- January 8 » Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashes near Diyarbakır Airport, Turkey, killing the entire crew and 70 of the 75 passengers.
- January 21 » A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes the Mexican state of Colima, killing 29 and leaving approximately 10,000 people homeless.
- February 19 » An Ilyushin Il-76 military aircraft crashes near Kerman, Iran, killing 275.
- August 27 » Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005km) distant.
- November 14 » Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz discover 90377 Sedna, a Trans-Neptunian object.
Weather January 17, 2003
The temperature on January 17, 2003 was between 1.4 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.