About the day » Saturday October 4, 2003Calender converter

• Dudley Eugene RUISCH (76), East Troy, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States of America
• Adriaan Louis Woerdenbagch (75), Maasland
• Cornelis HINKE (75), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Donald Hugh Williams (69), Waldron Arkansas-U.S.A
• Bertha Maria den Besten (85)
• van Bijsteren (98), Harderwijk, The Netherlands
• Antje Hertog (82), Heemstede (Noord-Holland)
• Boyce Taylor Belt (94), Orange, Orange, California, United States of America
• Anna Lamberta Maria de Reeper (85), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Areke Cornelia Meijer (89), Albrandswaard, Zuid Holland, Nederland

• 1988 » Caner Erkin, Turkish footballer
• 1988 » Derrick Rose, American basketball player
• 1988 » Evgeni Krasnopolski, Israeli figure skater
• 1988 » Melissa Benoist, American actress and singer
• 1989 » Dakota Johnson, American model and actress
• 1990 » Sergey Shubenkov, Russian hurdler
• 1990 » Signy Aarna, Estonian footballer
• 1993 » Mitchell Swepson, Australian cricketer
• 1995 » Mikolas Josef, Czech Republic singer and songwriter
• 1997 » Rishabh Pant, Indian Cricketer

• 1999 » Erik Brødreskift, Norwegian drummer (b. 1969)
• 2000 » Michael Smith, English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932)
• 2000 » Yu Kuo-hwa, Chinese politician, 32nd Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1914)
• 2001 » Ahron Soloveichik, Russian rabbi and scholar (b. 1917)
• 2001 » Blaise Alexander, American race car driver (b. 1976)
• 2001 » John Collins, American guitarist (b. 1913)
• 2002 » André Delvaux, Belgian-Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 2003 » Sid McMath, American lawyer and politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1912)
• 2004 » Gordon Cooper, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
• 2005 » Stanley K. Hathaway, American lawyer and politician, 40th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1924)

1. Thomas
2. Daan
3. Lucas
4. Max
5. Ruben
6. Sem
7. Lars
8. Jesse
9. Mike
10. Jan
11. Sam
12. Remco
13. Martijn
14. Niels
15. Tom
16. Robin

1. Emma
2. Isa
3. Lisa
4. Maria
5. Anna
6. Lieke
7. Anne
8. Laura
9. Catharina-amalia
10. Nina
11. Femke
12. Julia
13. Iris
14. Sanne
15. Lotte
16. Amber

• 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 23 » A very weak signal from Pioneer 10 is detected for the last time, but no usable data can be extracted.
• February 15 » Protests against the Iraq war take place in over 600 cities worldwide. It is estimated that between eight million to 30 million people participate, making this the largest peace demonstration in history.
• August 27 » Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005km) distant.
• September 14 » In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
• October 26 » The Cedar Fire, the third-largest fire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000km), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.
• 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.

The temperature on October 4, 2003 was between 7.2 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.