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• Johanna Martine Goossens
• Xandor Tygo Bryen (Xandor) Sportel, Zkh. Bethesda, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

• Antonius Vlaminckx (74), Leende
• Betty Caldwell (79), Amarillo, Texas
• Christiaan Sebastiaan Hekker (80), Breda
• Antonia Catharina Jochems (88), Breda
• Bastiaan Livestroo (65), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bouke H. Bennema
• Bets Boel (77), Terneuzen,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Annie Lodewijkx (58)
• Antonia Catharina Jochems (88), Breda (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Anthonia Cornelia van Nimwegen (89)

• 1991 » Milan Milanović, Serbian footballer
• 1992 » Adam Zampa, Australian cricketer
• 1992 » Stijn de Looijer, Dutch footballer
• 1993 » Mikael Ishak, Swedish footballer
• 1994 » Mads Würtz Schmidt, Danish road cyclist
• 1994 » Samira Asghari, Afghan member of the International Olympic Committee
• 1994 » Tyler Wright, Australian surfer
• 1995 » Fiona Brown, footballer
• 1998 » Jakob Chychrun, American-born Canadian ice hockey player
• 1999 » Japhet Tanganga, English footballer

• 2001 » Clifford Shull, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
• 2001 » David Rocastle, English footballer (b. 1967)
• 2002 » Barry Took, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 2002 » Moturu Udayam, Indian activist and politician (b. 1924)
• 2003 » Anne Gwynne, American actress (b. 1918)
• 2003 » Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, English-Canadian mathematician and academic (b. 1907)
• 2003 » Tommy Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1949)
• 2004 » Scott Helvenston, American soldier (b. 1965)
• 2005 » Justiniano Montano, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
• 2005 » Stanley J. Korsmeyer, American oncologist and academic (b. 1951)

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

1. Emma
2. Isa
3. Lisa
4. Maria
5. Anna
6. Anne
7. Lieke
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.
• January 23 » A very weak signal from Pioneer 10 is detected for the last time, but no usable data can be extracted.
• March 1 » Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
• September 12 » Iraq War: In Fallujah, U.S. forces mistakenly shoot and kill eight Iraqi police officers.
• October 14 » The Steve Bartman Incident takes place at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois.
• December 7 » The Conservative Party of Canada is officially registered, following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
• 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 average temperature on March 31, 2003 was 6.3 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.