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• Ceder Cedric Lafertin, Terneuzen († 2003)
• Ceder Cederic Lafertin, Terneuzen Nederland († 2003)

• Birger Bækkelien (86), Brumunddal, Ringsaker, Hedmark
• Alice WAALKENS (85), Sumas, Whatcom County, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Gerdes (90), Emmen
• Anna ter Maaten (90), Hilversum, Hilversum, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Danilo Guimarães Itagiba (74), Ubá, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Alida Margaretha Maria KONING (82), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alberta van der PLAS (90), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Adriana Clasina Verdam (95), Woerden
• Ducilla Lewis (86), Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa
• Edward Chanter (81), London

• 1989 » Blake Griffin, American basketball player
• 1989 » Jung So-min, South Korean actress
• 1990 » Andre Young, American basketball player
• 1991 » Reggie Bullock, American basketball player
• 1991 » Wolfgang Van Halen, American bassist
• 1993 » George Ford, English rugby union player
• 1993 » Marine Lorphelin, Miss France
• 1994 » Joel Embiid, Cameroonian basketball player
• 1995 » Inga Janulevičiūtė, Lithuanian figure skater
• 1997 » Florian Neuhaus, German football player

• 2000 » Michael Starr, Canadian judge and politician, 16th Canadian Minister of Labour (b. 1910)
• 2000 » Pavel Prudnikau, Belarusian poet and author (b. 1911)
• 2000 » Thomas Ferebee, American colonel and pilot (b. 1918)
• 2001 » Bob Wollek, French race car driver (b. 1943)
• 2003 » Rachel Corrie, American activist (b. 1979)
• 2003 » Ronald Ferguson, English captain, polo player, and manager (b. 1931)
• 2004 » Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1910)
• 2005 » Dick Radatz, American baseball player (b. 1937)
• 2005 » Ralph Erskine, English architect, designed The London Ark (b. 1914)
• 2005 » Todd Bell, American football player (b. 1958)

1. Thomas
2. Daan
3. Lucas
4. Max
5. Ruben
6. Lars
7. Sem
8. Mike
9. Jesse
10. Jan
11. Sam
12. Remco
13. Tom
14. Martijn
15. Johannes
16. Niels

1. Emma
2. Isa
3. Maria
4. Lisa
5. Anna
6. Lieke
7. Anne
8. Laura
9. Catharina-amalia
10. Nina
11. Julia
12. Femke
13. Iris
14. Sanne
15. Lotte
16. Amber

• 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.
• March 24 » The Arab League votes 21-1 in favor of a resolution demanding the immediate and unconditional removal of U.S. and British soldiers from Iraq.
• June 5 » A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F) in the region.
• July 6 » The 70-metre Yevpatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to five stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044, and 2049, respectively.
• August 11 » Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
• November 20 » After the November 15 bombings, a second day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings occurs in Istanbul, Turkey, destroying the Turkish head office of HSBC Bank AS and the British consulate.

The temperature on March 16, 2003 was between -2.0 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (92%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.