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• Einte Holwerda (88)
• Alberta van Deudekom (86)
• Cornelia Vos (84), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Ben Brands (57)
• Anna-Catharina-Martha Schenck (96), Brasschaat
• Brenda Lillian Potts (81)
• Bernardus Franciscus van Beek (90), Deventer
• Anna Margrietta Boonstra (97)
• Cornelia Vos (84), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Frederic Vanneste (77), Lauwe

• 1985 » Jakob Fuglsang, Danish cyclist
• 1985 » Mayola Biboko, Belgian footballer
• 1986 » David Choi, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1986 » Dexter Fowler, American baseball player
• 1987 » Ike Davis, American baseball player
• 1987 » Jairo Mora Sandoval, Costa Rican environmentalist († 2013)
• 1987 » Liam Doran, British rally cross driver
• 1989 » J. J. Watt, American football player
• 1989 » Ruben Popa, Romanian footballer
• 1989 » Tyler Oakley, American internet celebrity

• 2001 » Robert Fletcher Shaw, Canadian businessman, academic, and civil servant (b. 1910)
• 2001 » Sabiha Gökçen, Turkish soldier and pilot (b. 1913)
• 2001 » Stepas Butautas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (b. 1925)
• 2001 » William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, and voice actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (b. 1910)
• 2002 » Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1917)
• 2003 » Terry Lloyd, English journalist (b. 1952)
• 2004 » Ahmed Yassin, Co-founded Hamas (b. 1937)
• 2004 » Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1943)
• 2004 » V. M. Tarkunde, Indian lawyer and civil rights activist (b. 1909)
• 2005 » Rod Price, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1947)

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

1. Emma
2. Isa
3. Maria
4. Lisa
5. Anna
6. Lieke
7. Anne
8. Laura
9. Nina
10. Catharina-amalia
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.
• January 23 » A very weak signal from Pioneer 10 is detected for the last time, but no usable data can be extracted.
• July 7 » NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket.
• July 30 » In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 22 » England defeats Australia in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final, becoming the first side from the Northern Hemisphere to win the tournament.

The temperature on March 22, 2003 was between -2.2 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (91%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.