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April 1, 2003Born on Wednesday April 2, 2003
- Thomas Bos, Leiden († 2003)
- Maike Elisabeth De Droog, Almere
- Floor(Floor Monique Maria) Van Der Knaap († 2023)
- Floor Monique Maria (Floor) van der Knaap († 2023)
Died on Wednesday April 2, 2003
- Arie van Duijn (80), Kamerik,Gemeente Woerden,Utrecht,Netherlands
- Elbertus Franciscus van den Berg (40)
- Alain Gilbert Christophe (57), Geneva, Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
- Adriana Henrica Broeren (66), Den Dungen
- Alisen Grace Cowx (73), Feilding, Manawatu, New Zealand
- Arne Hilding Nilsson (85), Göteborg, Göteborgs och Bohus län, Sverige
- Dreama Eloise Craft (78), New Castle, Craig, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
- Arie Mijdam (78)
- Aartje Wansleeben (71), Lelystad
- Elisabeth Poort (80), Laren, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
Born on April 2
- 1986 » Ibrahim Afellay, Dutch footballer
- 1987 » Marc Pugh, English footballer
- 1987 » Pablo Aguilar, Paraguayan footballer
- 1988 » Jesse Plemons, American actor
- 1990 » Miralem Pjanić, Bosnian footballer
- 1990 » Yevgeniya Kanayeva, Russian gymnast
- 1991 » Quavo, American rapper
- 1993 » Keshorn Walcott, Trinidadian javelin thrower
- 1997 » Abdelhak Nouri, Dutch footballer
- 1997 » Dillon Bassett, American race car driver
Died on April 2
- 1998 » Rob Pilatus, American-German singer-songwriter (b. 1965)
- 2001 » Charles Daudelin, Canadian sculptor and painter (b. 1920)
- 2002 » John R. Pierce, American engineer and author (b. 1910)
- 2002 » Levi Celerio, Filipino composer and songwriter (b. 1910)
- 2003 » Edwin Starr, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
- 2004 » John Argyris, Greek computer scientist, engineer, and academic (b. 1913)
- 2005 » Lillian O'Donnell, American crime novelist (b. 1926)
- 2005 » Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)
- 2006 » Lloyd Searwar, Guyanese anthologist and diplomat (b. 1925)
- 2007 » Henry L. Giclas, American astronomer and academic (b. 1910)
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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 8 » Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashes near Diyarbakır Airport, Turkey, killing the entire crew and 70 of the 75 passengers.
- March 5 » In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed in the Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing.
- March 12 » The World Health Organization officially release a global warning of outbreaks of Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
- March 12 » Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade.
- October 15 » China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.
- 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.
Weather April 2, 2003
The temperature on April 2, 2003 was between 3.5 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.