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• Vera Wechgelaer, Bredevoort
• Yoshua van Briemen, Amsterdam († 2003)
• Brecht Siemons Boonstra, Tersoal, Boarnsterhim, Fryslân, Nederland († 2003)

• Carl Thomas Belvill Jr. (68), Scott, Pulaski, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten
• Ad de Bok (60), Sint Willebrord,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Edgard Rotty (88), Brugge West-Vlaanderen België
• Clara Creuwels (86), Nuth
• Catharina Theodora Beentjes (52), Alkmaar, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Donald Raymond Sellers (87), Genesee, Michigan, United States
• Adrianus Joannes Bronner (83), Tilburg
• Adriana Koppe (70), Dordrecht
• Enriqueta Aceves Arce (79), San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States of America
• Elton Clare Kerr (75), Bumpass, Louisa, Virginia, Verenigde Staten

• 1988 » Elías Hernández, Mexican footballer
• 1991 » Adam Smith, English footballer
• 1991 » Jung Hye-sung, South Korean actress
• 1992 » Alina Rosenberg, German Paralympic equestrian
• 1992 » Emilio Orozco, American soccer player
• 1994 » Christina Shakovets, German tennis player
• 1995 » Victoria Sinitsina, Russian ice dancer
• 1996 » Katherine Langford, Australian actress
• 1998 » Kimberly Birrell, Australian tennis player
• 2007 » Infanta Sofía of Spain, Spanish princess

• 2000 » Phạm Văn Đồng, Vietnamese lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1906)
• 2001 » Arthur B. C. Walker, Jr., American physicist and academic (b. 1936)
• 2002 » Bob Akin, American race car driver and journalist (b. 1936)
• 2003 » Janko Bobetko, Croatian Army general and Chief of the General Staff (b. 1919)
• 2004 » Sid Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925)
• 2005 » Louis Leithold, American mathematician and academic (b. 1924)
• 2005 » William J. Bell, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1927)
• 2006 » John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to India (b. 1908)
• 2007 » Josh Hancock, American baseball player (b. 1978)
• 2007 » Milt Bocek, American baseball player and soldier (b. 1912)

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. Bram
15. Tom
16. Niels

1. Emma
2. Isa
3. Lisa
4. Maria
5. Anna
6. Lieke
7. Anne
8. Laura
9. Nina
10. Catharina-amalia
11. Femke
12. Julia
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.
• 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.
• February 20 » During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the Station nightclub ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 200 others.
• August 11 » NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
• October 17 » Taipei 101, a 101-floor skyscraper in Taipei, becomes the world's tallest highrise.
• December 17 » The Soham murder trial ends at the Old Bailey in London, with Ian Huntley found guilty of two counts of murder. His girlfriend, Maxine Carr, is found guilty of perverting the course of justice.

The temperature on April 29, 2003 was between 7.7 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.