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• Anna Margaretha Lengers (89), Den Helder
• Bertha Hendrika Calkhoven (88), Enkhuizen
• Antonius Scholte (65), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
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• Christina Johanna Wilhelmina van Asselt (74)
• Alan Bateman (57), Eden Valley Hospice, Carlisle, Cumbria
• Arie Mettienus SPRONK (65), Nieuwegein
• Boukje Meyer (89), Thunder Bay
• Arend van der Waal (96)
• Audys Alvin BURDICK (94)

• 1989 » Josh Hodgson, English rugby league player
• 1989 » Warren Weir, Jamaican sprinter
• 1990 » JID, American rapper
• 1993 » Mercedes Arn-Horn, Canadian musician (Courage My Love)
• 1993 » Nadine Lustre, Filipino actress and singer
• 1995 » Joana Valle Costa, Portuguese tennis player
• 1997 » Marcus Rashford, English footballer
• 1999 » Léa Serna, French figure skater
• 2000 » Willow Smith, American singer, actress, and dancer
• 2005 » Leonor, Princess of Asturias

• 2000 » Kazuki Watanabe, Japanese songwriter and guitarist (b. 1981)
• 2000 » Ring Lardner, Jr., American journalist and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 2001 » Régine Cavagnoud, French skier (b. 1970)
• 2002 » Lionel Poilâne, French banker and businessman (b. 1945)
• 2002 » Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek jurist and politician, President of Greece (b. 1903)
• 2002 » Raf Vallone, Italian footballer and actor (b. 1916)
• 2003 » Richard Neustadt, American political scientist and historian (b. 1919)
• 2005 » Amrita Pritam, Indian author and poet (b. 1919)
• 2005 » Hal Anger, American biophysicist and engineer (b. 1920)
• 2006 » P. W. Botha, South African soldier and politician, State President of South Africa (b. 1916)

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

1. Emma
2. Isa
3. Lisa
4. Maria
5. Anna
6. Lieke
7. Anne
8. Laura
9. Nina
10. Catharina-amalia
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 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.
• April 13 » A bus near the Vale of Tempe, Greece was involved in a major vehicle accident with a truck and multiple cars, leaving 21 students in the tenth grade of Makrochori, Imathia High School dead and nine injured during their return to their homes from a trip to Athens.
• May 28 » Peter Hollingworth resigns as Governor-General of Australia following criticism of his handling of child sexual abuse allegations during his tenure as Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane.
• July 15 » AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.
• October 9 » Mission: Space opens to the public in Walt Disney World.

The temperature on October 31, 2003 was between 4.7 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.