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March 23, 2003Born on Monday March 24, 2003
- Jason Koogje, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Died on Monday March 24, 2003
- Andries Rinze Jan Bulstra (78), ,,, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
- Antoinetta (Religieuse) van Gils (84), Made en Drimmelen
- Christianus Wilhelmus Krijnen (82), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Beatrix van Mourik (69), Arnhem
- Arie Burgerhout (77), Ridderkerk
- Anna Catharina Collas (88), Sint Odiliënberg, Nederland
- Arnoldus Theodorus Janssen (75), Groesbeek
- Catherine Anne Kramer (79), Parsippany, Morris, New Jersey, United States
- Albert Janssens (85), Stekene (B)
- Alleen Sutton (92)
Born on March 24
- 1988 » Aiga Grabuste, Latvian heptathlete
- 1988 » Matías Martínez, Argentinian footballer
- 1988 » Ryan Higgins, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1990 » Aljur Abrenica, Filipino actor
- 1990 » Keisha Castle-Hughes, Australian-New Zealand actress
- 1990 » Lacey Evans, American wrestler
- 1990 » Starlin Castro, American baseball player
- 1991 » Dalila Jakupovic, Slovenian tennis player
- 1991 » Nick Browne, English cricketer
- 1995 » Enzo Fernandez, French-Spanish footballer
Died on March 24
- 1999 » Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (b. 1912)
- 1999 » Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German politician (b. 1902)
- 2001 » Muriel Young, English television host and producer (b. 1928)
- 2002 » Bob Said, American race car driver and bobsledder (b. 1932)
- 2002 » César Milstein, Argentinian-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)
- 2003 » Hans Hermann Groër, Austrian cardinal (b. 1919)
- 2006 » Rudra Rajasingham, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (b. 1926)
- 2007 » Shripad Narayan Pendse, Indian Marathi novelist (b. 1913)
- 2008 » Chalmers Alford, American guitarist (b. 1955)
- 2008 » Neil Aspinall, Welsh-English record producer and manager (b. 1941)
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.
- March 6 » Air Algérie Flight 6289 crashes at the Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport in Tamanrasset, Algeria, killing 102 out of the 103 people on board.
- March 20 » Invasion of Iraq: In the early hours of the morning, the United States and three other countries (the UK, Australia and Poland) begin military operations in Iraq.
- March 23 » Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the invasion of Iraq.
- October 31 » Mahathir bin Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, marking an end to Mahathir's 22 years in power.
- 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.
- November 15 » The first day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings, in which two car bombs, targeting two synagogues, explode, killing 25 people and wounding about 300.
The weather on Monday March 24, 2003
The temperature on March 24, 2003 was between 0.5 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI