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January 27, 2003 
January 25, 2003
Died on Sunday January 26, 2003
- Anne Clarke (56), Brisbane, State Queensland
- Anna Maria (Annie) Hekkenberg (78), Loosdrecht, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Eelkje Visser (94), -
- Anna Elizabeth Heystek (66), Pretoria, Transvaal, R.S.A.
- Chester S Koops (81), Osborne Co, KS
- Anna Visser (85), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Arie DE KORT (90)
- Catharina Bertha Maria van Dijk (91), Utrecht
- Bernice M Hutchinson (69), Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten
- Christina Lexis (79), Hoogstraten (B)
Born on January 26
- 1990 » Nina Zander, German tennis player
- 1990 » Peter Sagan, Slovak professional cyclist
- 1990 » Sergio Pérez, Mexican race car driver
- 1991 » Tom Meechan, English footballer
- 1992 » Sasha Banks, American professional wrestler
- 1993 » Florian Thauvin, French footballer
- 1993 » Lana Clelland, Scottish footballer
- 1995 » Sione Katoa, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1997 » Gedion Zelalem, German-born American soccer player
- 2001 » Latalia Bevan, Welsh artistic gymnast
Died on January 26
- 2000 » A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (b. 1912)
- 2000 » Don Budge, American tennis player and coach (b. 1915)
- 2000 » Kathleen Hale, English author and illustrator (b. 1898)
- 2001 » Al McGuire, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)
- 2003 » George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, Scottish banker and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (b. 1931)
- 2003 » Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic (b. 1917)
- 2003 » Valeriy Brumel, Russian high jumper (b. 1942)
- 2004 » Fred Haas, American golfer (b. 1916)
- 2006 » Khan Abdul Wali Khan, Pakistani politician (b. 1917)
- 2007 » Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
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
- 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.
- March 12 » Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade.
- June 2 » Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
- August 11 » NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
- September 20 » Civil unrest in the Maldives breaks out after a prisoner is killed by guards.
- November 23 » Rose Revolution: Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.
- December 26 » The 6.6 Mw Bam earthquake shakes southeastern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving more than 26,000 dead and 30,000 injured.
Weather January 26, 2003
The temperature on January 26, 2003 was between 0.7 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 9.0 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.