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Died on Wednesday December 10, 2003



Born on December 10

Died on December 10
  • 2000 » Marie Windsor, American actress (b. 1919)
  • 2001 » Ashok Kumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer (b. 1911)
  • 2002 » Andres Küng, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1945)
  • 2002 » Ian MacNaughton, Scottish actor, director, and producer (b. 1925)
  • 2003 » Sean McClory, Irish actor and director (b. 1924)
  • 2004 » Gary Webb, American journalist and author (b. 1955)
  • 2005 » Eugene McCarthy, American poet, academic, and politician (b. 1916)
  • 2005 » Mary Jackson, American actress (b. 1910)
  • 2005 » Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)
  • 2006 » Olivia Coolidge, English-American author and educator (b. 1908)

Names that were popular for boys in 2003
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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 16 » American activist Rachel Corrie is killed in Rafah trying to obstruct the demolition of a home by being run over by a bulldozer.
  • March 23 » Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the invasion of Iraq.
  • May 12 » The Riyadh compound bombings, carried out by al-Qaeda, kill 26 people.
  • July 15 » AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.
  • December 17 » SpaceShipOne, piloted by Brian Binnie, makes its first powered and first supersonic flight.
  • 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 December 10, 2003

The temperature on December 10, 2003 was between -7.3 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged -2.0 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (87%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.

Source: KNMI