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March 4, 2003Born on Wednesday March 5, 2003
- Luca Veerbeek, Dedemsvaart, Netherlands († 2003)
Died on Wednesday March 5, 2003
- Cornelia Roovers (91)
- Christianus Cornelis Wiericx (66), Oud-Beijerland
- Cornelis Cornelisz ten Bruggencate (80), IJmuiden
- AnnettaT Rewerts (83), Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa
- Antoine Braet (72), Gent
- Cornelia Mechtelina van Munster (89), Noordwijkerhout
- Cornelis Gerardus van Blokland (74), Blaricum
- Antonie Sies (90), Zierikzee
- Bernard F. Barker (89)
- Betsy HALBERSTADT (94), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Born on March 5
- 1993 » El Hadji Ba, French footballer
- 1993 » Joshua Coyne, American violinist and composer
- 1994 » Daria Gavrilova, Russian-Australian tennis player
- 1994 » Kyle Schwarber, American baseball player
- 1996 » Emmanuel Mudiay, Congolese basketball player
- 1996 » Taylor Hill, American model
- 1997 » Milena Venega, Cuban rower
- 1998 » Bo Bichette, American baseball player
- 1999 » Madison Beer, American singer, songwriter and producer.
- 2007 » Roman Griffin Davis, British actor, second youngest Golden Globe recipient.
Died on March 5
- 1995 » Vivian Stanshall, English singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1943)
- 1996 » Whit Bissell, American character actor (b. 1909)
- 1997 » Jean Dréville, French director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
- 1997 » Samm Sinclair Baker, American writer (b. 1909)
- 1999 » Richard Kiley, American actor and singer (b. 1922)
- 2000 » Lolo Ferrari, French dancer, actress and singer (b. 1963)
- 2005 » David Sheppard, English cricketer and bishop (b. 1929)
- 2008 » Joseph Weizenbaum, German computer scientist and author (b. 1923)
- 2010 » Charles B. Pierce, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
- 2010 » Richard Stapley, British actor and writer (b. 1923)
Names that were popular for boys in 2003
Names that were popular for girls in 2003
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.
- January 23 » A very weak signal from Pioneer 10 is detected for the last time, but no usable data can be extracted.
- February 10 » France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq.
- August 22 » Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.
- August 29 » Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.
- September 25 » The 8.3 Mw Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.
- December 26 » The 6.6 Mw Bam earthquake shakes southeastern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving more than 26,000 dead and 30,000 injured.
Weather March 5, 2003
The temperature on March 5, 2003 was between 8.4 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.