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Died on Monday February 3, 2003
- Andeas Josephus Maria Kustermans (82), Parkhill, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten
- Aaltina Roelfina van der Laan (89)
- Andreas Josephus Maria Kustermans (82), Parkhill, Canada
- Alberta van Klaveren (70)
- Anna Augusta RUTS (88), Westerlo Belgie
- Albert Vossema (79), -
- Annigje (Annie) Boertien (75), Kerkrade
- Arthur H Popkes (73), Tyler Health Care Center, Tyler, Lincoln County, Minnesota
- Antonius Joannes Smits (73), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Adriaan Joost van Vollenhoven (71), Rotterdam, Nederland
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
- Jan
- Johannes
- Pieter
- Thomas
- Lucas
- Willem
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Daan
- Ruben
- David
- Jesse
- Maria
- Lars
- Jacob
- Max
Names that were popular for girls in 2003
- Maria
- Anna
- Emma
- Johanna
- Elisabeth
- Anne
- Louise
- Marie
- Victoria
- Carmen
- Lisa
- Laura
- Isa
- Sophie
- Beatrix
- Elizabeth
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.
- January 18 » A bushfire kills four people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia.
- May 30 » Depayin massacre: At least 70 people associated with the National League for Democracy are killed by government-sponsored mob in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi flees the scene, but is arrested soon afterwards.
- August 11 » Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
- August 14 » A widescale power blackout affects the northeast United States and Canada.
- 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.
- August 22 » Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.
The weather on Monday 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.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI