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Born on Wednesday January 29, 2003
- Annemein Jette Jona van den Heuvel, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Died on Wednesday January 29, 2003
- David van Weel (92), Wassenaar
- Antonius Graauwmans (85), Breda
- Antonius Henricus de Bruijn (86), Breda
- Christina Johanna Verhoeven (82), Maarheeze
- Alice COLLIE (85), Menen,8930,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie,Belgie
- Aaltje Rijnvis (90), Hoogezand
- Cornelis Jacobus Bril (77)
- Cornelia van Paasschen (62)
- Anna Wilhelmina Maria Posthuma (63)
- Carien van Ark (51), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
Born on January 29
- 1982 » Adam Lambert, American singer, songwriter and actor
- 1984 » Natalie du Toit, South African swimmer
- 1984 » Nuno Morais, Portuguese footballer
- 1985 » Marc Gasol, Spanish basketball player
- 1987 » José Abreu, Cuban baseball player
- 1988 » Aydın Yılmaz, Turkish footballer
- 1988 » Shay Logan, English footballer
- 1988 » Tatyana Chernova, Russian heptathlete
- 1989 » Kevin Shattenkirk, American ice hockey player
- 1993 » Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese singer
Died on January 29
- 1999 » Lili St. Cyr, American model and dancer (b. 1918)
- 2002 » Harold Russell, Canadian-American soldier and actor (b. 1914)
- 2003 » Frank Moss, American lawyer and politician (b. 1911)
- 2004 » Janet Frame, New Zealand author and poet (b. 1924)
- 2005 » Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, screenwriter, and director (b. 1924)
- 2006 » Nam June Paik, South Korean-American artist, (b. 1932)
- 2008 » Bengt Lindström, Swedish painter and sculptor (b. 1925)
- 2008 » Margaret Truman, American singer and author (b. 1924)
- 2009 » Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (b. 1913)
- 2011 » Milton Babbitt, American composer, educator, and theorist (b. 1916)
Names that were popular for boys in 2003
- Thomas
- Daan
- Lucas
- Max
- Ruben
- Lars
- Sem
- Mike
- Jesse
- Jan
- Sam
- Remco
- Tom
- Martijn
- Johannes
- Niels
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 11 » Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois's death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
- January 18 » A bushfire kills four people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia.
- August 18 » One-year-old Zachary Turner is murdered in Newfoundland by his mother, who was awarded custody despite facing trial for the murder of Zachary's father. The case was documented in the film Dear Zachary and led to reform of Canada's bail laws.
- August 19 » A suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem, Israel, planned by Hamas, kills 23 Israelis, seven of them children, in the Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing.
- October 19 » Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
- December 9 » A blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more.
Weather January 29, 2003
The temperature on January 29, 2003 was between 1.0 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 6.8 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (28%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.