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Died on Monday February 3, 2003
- Alida Johanna ter Pelkwijk (91), Vorden, Gelderland, Nederland
- Bernard J Bubb (91), Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, Verenigde Staten
- Aleida Wilhelmina Hegh (57), Leersum
- Anna Theodora de Vreede (90)
- Alberta van Klaveren (70)
- Adriana Maria Koopman (89)
- Anna Christina Maria (Maria) Adons (79), Heers, België
- Charles J George **** (78), Marseilles, La Salle, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
- Arend Doornhein (82), Gramsbergen
- Angelo Pietro Radina (69), Arta Terme, 33022, Italia
Born on February 3
- 1985 » Angela Fong, Canadian wrestler and actress
- 1986 » Kanako Yanagihara, Japanese actress
- 1986 » Lucas Duda, American baseball player
- 1986 » Mathieu Giroux, Canadian speed skater
- 1988 » Cho Kyuhyun, South Korean singer
- 1989 » Slobodan Rajković, Serbian footballer
- 1990 » Martin Taupau, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1990 » Sean Kingston, American-Jamaican singer-songwriter
- 1991 » Corey Norman, Australian rugby league player
- 1992 » Olli Aitola, Finnish ice hockey player
Died on February 3
- 1996 » Audrey Meadows, American actress and banker (b. 1922)
- 1999 » Gwen Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1950)
- 2005 » Ernst Mayr, German-American biologist and ornithologist (b. 1904)
- 2005 » Zurab Zhvania, Georgian biologist and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1963)
- 2006 » Al Lewis, American actor and activist (b. 1923)
- 2009 » Sheng-yen, Chinese monk and scholar, founded the Dharma Drum Mountain (b. 1930)
- 2010 » Dick McGuire, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
- 2010 » Frances Reid, American actress (b. 1914)
- 2011 » Maria Schneider, French actress (b. 1952)
- 2012 » Toh Chin Chye, Singaporean academic and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1921)
Names that were popular for boys in 2003
- Thomas
- Daan
- Lucas
- Max
- Ruben
- Lars
- Sem
- Mike
- Jesse
- Jan
- Sam
- Remco
- Bram
- Martijn
- Niels
- Tom
Names that were popular for girls in 2003
- Emma
- Isa
- Lisa
- Maria
- Anna
- Lieke
- Anne
- Laura
- Nina
- Catharina-amalia
- Femke
- Julia
- Iris
- Sanne
- Lotte
- Noa
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 1 » Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
- April 14 » The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
- May 16 » In Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
- July 8 » Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashes near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board.
- August 10 » The Okinawa Urban Monorail is opened in Naha, Okinawa.
- 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.
Weather February 3, 2003
The temperature on February 3, 2003 was between 1.2 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.