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• Olivia Lee Ann Visscher, Holland, MI
• Jasper Paulus Antonius Beks, Veghel

• Adriana Cornelia van Gool (95), Waipukurau, Hawke's Bay, Nieuw Zeeland
• Anna Ryffranck (77), Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen
• Aart Jacob JONGKOEN (53), Goudswaard
• Adriana Clasina Messemaker (82), Katwijk
• Adriana Jacobs (91), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis de Vries (78), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Amy Ann Butt (79), Falls Church City, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Anje Medema (76), Siddeburen, Groningen, Nederland
• Argo Vestal Peek (87), Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
• Akke Heerkens (90), Den Helder

• 1988 » Jencarlos Canela, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1988 » Pedro Mosquera, Spanish footballer
• 1988 » Ricky Berens, American swimmer
• 1989 » Carlos Muñoz, Chilean footballer
• 1989 » Tatyana McFadden, Russian-American sprinter and skier
• 1990 » Aleksandar Prijović, Swiss-born Serbian footballer
• 1992 » Isco, Spanish footballer
• 1992 » Joc Pederson, American baseball player
• 1992 » Rene Santos, Brazilian footballer
• 1994 » Mitchell Weiser, German footballer

• 1998 » Jean-François Lyotard, French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1924)
• 1999 » Buddy Rogers, American actor (b. 1904)
• 2003 » Nina Simone, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and activist (b. 1933)
• 2004 » Mary McGrory, American journalist (b. 1918)
• 2005 » Gerry Marshall, English race car driver and journalist (b. 1941)
• 2006 » Johnny Checketts, New Zealand commander and pilot (b. 1912)
• 2006 » T. K. Ramakrishnan, Indian politician (b. 1922)
• 2006 » Telê Santana, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1931)
• 2007 » Lobby Loyde, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1941)
• 2009 » Vivian Maier, American photographer (b. 1926)

• 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.
• March 5 » In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed in the Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing.
• May 12 » The Riyadh compound bombings, carried out by al-Qaeda, kill 26 people.
• September 27 » The SMART-1 satellite is launched.
• November 14 » Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz discover 90377 Sedna, a Trans-Neptunian object.
• 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.
• December 14 » Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.

The temperature on April 21, 2003 was between 5.5 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.