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• Femke Hendrika Hermina Schoneveld, Laren, Gelderland, Nederland († 2006)

• Adelaïde Algoet (82), Sint-Augustinusziekenhuis, Veurne, West-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen
• Anna Wetering (89), Hellendoorn, Overijssel, Nederland
• Clifford Asa Strous (97), Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio
• Adriana Maria VERSCHUUR (90), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Armand de Vasselot de Régné (83)
• Alberta Maria van Deursen (73), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Koene (82), 's Gravenzande
• Anna Marie Kull (63), Monroe, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia Petronella Voogt (76), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Adrianus van der Voorden (78), Rotterdam, Provincie Zuid-Holland

• 1953 » Sinan Çetin, Turkish actor, director, and producer
• 1954 » Catherine Bach, American actress
• 1954 » Ron Howard, American actor, director, and producer
• 1956 » Dalia Grybauskaitė, Lithuanian politician, 6th President of Lithuania
• 1956 » Tim Daly, American actor, director, and producer
• 1958 » Nik Kershaw, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1959 » Nick Griffin, English politician
• 1961 » Mike Rozier, American football player
• 1966 » Zack Snyder, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1994 » Justin Bieber, Canadian singer-songwriter

• 1995 » César Rodríguez Álvarez, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1920)
• 1995 » Georges J. F. Köhler, German biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1946)
• 1998 » Archie Goodwin, American author and illustrator (b. 1937)
• 2004 » Mian Ghulam Jilani, Pakistani general (b. 1914)
• 2006 » Jack Wild, English actor (b.1952)
• 2006 » Peter Osgood, English footballer (b. 1947)
• 2010 » Kristian Digby, English television host and director (b. 1977)
• 2012 » Andrew Breitbart, American journalist and publisher (b. 1969)
• 2012 » Germano Mosconi, Italian journalist (b. 1932)
• 2013 » Bonnie Franklin, American actress, dancer, and singer (b. 1944)

• 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 » The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
• 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.
• June 2 » Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
• October 19 » Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
• November 12 » Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311mph)) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.
• December 25 » The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express spacecraft on December 19, stops transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing.

The temperature on March 1, 2003 was between 6.7 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.