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• Floor(Floor Monique Maria) Van Der Knaap († 2023)
• Thomas Bos, Leiden († 2003)

• Arnoldus Willem van Boeijen (34)
• Cecelia Freel (78)
• Elisabeth Poort (80), Loosdrecht
• Abbe Zwolle (50)
• Emmanuel Frank Kunnanz (79), Springfield, Greene, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Danner (79)
• Arie van Duijn (80), Woerden
• Albert Schrik (84)
• Aldert de Vries (48), Hasselt
• Arie Duijn (80), Kamerik, Utrecht, Nederland

• 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

• 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)

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

1. Emma
2. Isa
3. Maria
4. Lisa
5. Anna
6. Lieke
7. Anne
8. Laura
9. Nina
10. Catharina-amalia
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 18 » A bushfire kills four people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia.
• January 24 » The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
• March 28 » In a friendly fire incident, two American A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing one soldier.
• July 13 » French DGSE personnel abort an operation to rescue Íngrid Betancourt from FARC rebels in Colombia, causing a political scandal when details are leaked to the press.
• August 11 » Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
• September 14 » In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.

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.