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• Catharina WELLENS (79)
• Betty R (78), Zeeland Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Picocrie (86)
• Benedita dos Santos (78)
• Achille Rayen (92), Diest
• Barbara D --?-- (73), Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, California, United States
• Anna Josephina Apollonia te Slaa (69)
• Arie den Hengst (89), Amsterdam,Amsterdam,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Carolina Surinx (84), Valkenswaard
• Arie den Hengst, Amsterdam

• 1990 » Reggie Jackson, American basketball player
• 1990 » Tony McQuay, American sprinter
• 1990 » Vangelis Mantzaris, Greek basketball player
• 1991 » Kim Kyung-jung, South Korean footballer
• 1991 » Nolan Arenado, American baseball player
• 1993 » Chance the Rapper, American rapper
• 1993 » Mirai Nagasu, American figure skater
• 1994 » Albert Almora, American baseball player
• 1994 » Will Fuller, American football player
• 2002 » Sadie Sink, American actress

• 1999 » Skip Spence, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)
• 2001 » Alec Stock, English footballer and manager (b. 1917)
• 2001 » Michael Ritchie, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
• 2001 » Robert Osterloh, American actor (b. 1918)
• 2002 » Billy Ayre, English footballer and manager (b. 1952)
• 2002 » Robert Urich, American actor (b. 1946)
• 2002 » Ruth Fertel, American businesswoman, founded Ruth's Chris Steak House (b. 1927)
• 2003 » Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (b. 1930)
• 2003 » Graham Stuart Thomas, English horticulturalist and author (b. 1909)
• 2005 » Kay Walsh, English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)

• 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.
• February 15 » Protests against the Iraq war take place in over 600 cities worldwide. It is estimated that between eight million to 30 million people participate, making this the largest peace demonstration in history.
• March 1 » The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
• 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.
• April 13 » A bus near the Vale of Tempe, Greece was involved in a major vehicle accident with a truck and multiple cars, leaving 21 students in the tenth grade of Makrochori, Imathia High School dead and nine injured during their return to their homes from a trip to Athens.
• April 14 » U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the MSAchille Lauro in 1985.
• December 7 » The Conservative Party of Canada is officially registered, following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.

The temperature on April 16, 2003 was between 8.4 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (87%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.