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Born on Wednesday December 3, 2003
Died on Wednesday December 3, 2003
- Donald Peter Weichers (81), Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa
- Adrianus Stefanus Onstenk (69), 's Gravenhage
- Dorothy W. Blandin (89), Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
- Donald Eugene House (88), Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara, California, United States
- Albertus Dunning (80)
- Bruining Steur (70), Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
- Anna Emma Edelgart GEVERS (81)
- Edward Robert Kuiper (63), Elburg, Gelderland, Netherlands
- Belle Nancy Allen (90), Manor Care Nursing Home, Tacoma, Pierce, WA, United States
- Annigje Vogelenzang de Jong (84), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Born on December 3
- 1987 » Michael Angarano, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1988 » Melissa Aldana, Chilean saxophonist
- 1989 » Alex McCarthy, English footballer
- 1989 » Selçuk Alibaz, Turkish footballer
- 1989 » Tomasz Narkun, Polish mixed martial artist
- 1990 » Christian Benteke, Belgian footballer
- 1990 » Sharon Fichman, Canadian-Israeli tennis player
- 1991 » Ekaterine Gorgodze, Georgian tennis player
- 1992 » Cristian Ceballos, Spanish footballer
- 1994 » Solomone Kata, New Zealand rugby league player
Died on December 3
- 1999 » John Archer, American actor (b. 1915)
- 2000 » Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet and educator (b. 1917)
- 2000 » Hoyt Curtin, American composer and producer (b. 1922)
- 2002 » Adrienne Adams, American illustrator (b. 1906)
- 2002 » Glenn Quinn, Irish-American actor (b. 1970)
- 2003 » David Hemmings, English actor (b. 1941)
- 2003 » Sita Ram Goel, Indian historian, publisher and writer (b. 1921)
- 2004 » Shiing-Shen Chern, Chinese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1911)
- 2005 » Frederick Ashworth, American admiral (b. 1912)
- 2005 » Herb Moford, American baseball player (b. 1928)
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 13 » An article in Nature identifies the Ciampate del Diavolo as 350,000-year-old hominid footprints.
- July 30 » In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.
- September 21 » The Galileo spacecraft is terminated by sending it into Jupiter's atmosphere.
- December 9 » A blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more.
- December 17 » SpaceShipOne, piloted by Brian Binnie, makes its first powered and first supersonic flight.
- December 25 » UTAGE Flight 141, a Boeing 727-223, crashes at the Cotonou Airport in Benin, killing 141 people.
Weather December 3, 2003
The temperature on December 3, 2003 was between 1.1 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.