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• Elisabeth KAPITEIJN (69)
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• Everarda Maria van Groenestein (90)
• Fokje Maria Schoonderwoerd (73), Oosterhout, Nederland
• Bobby Joe Gregory (72)
• Gerbrig Hendriks Bakker (94), Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Fryslân, Nederland
• Antje BRUINING (84)
• Emile Johannes Borm
• Cornelius Brand (82), Kalamazoo (Michigan, USA)
• Anna Maria Petronella Baeten (88), Lanaken, Provincie Limburg, België

• 1995 » Sei Muroya, Japanese footballer
• 1995 » Viliame Kikau, Fijian rugby league player
• 1996 » Nicolas Beer, Danish race car driver
• 1996 » Raouf Benguit, Algerian footballer
• 1997 » Borja Mayoral, Spanish footballer
• 1998 » Jeremy Olson
• 1999 » Andrea Buwalda
• 2000 » Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Indian actor
• 2001 » Thylane Blondeau, French model and actress
• 2002 » Elian Kerrniqi, Amore HEKSIII

• 2001 » Aldo Olivieri, Italian footballer (b. 1910)
• 2002 » Kim Won-gyun, North Korean composer and politician (b. 1917)
• 2002 » Layne Staley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1967)
• 2003 » Keizo Morishita, Japanese painter (b. 1944)
• 2004 » Fernand Goyvaerts, Belgian footballer (b. 1938)
• 2004 » Heiner Zieschang, German mathematician and academic (b. 1936)
• 2004 » Sławomir Rawicz, Polish lieutenant (b. 1915)
• 2005 » Chung Nam-sik, South Korean footballer (b. 1917)
• 2005 » Robert Borg, American military officer and equestrian (b. 1913)
• 2005 » Saul Bellow, Canadian-American novelist, essayist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)

• 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 10 » France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq.
• March 23 » Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the invasion of Iraq.
• May 28 » Peter Hollingworth resigns as Governor-General of Australia following criticism of his handling of child sexual abuse allegations during his tenure as Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane.
• October 18 » Bolivian gas conflict: Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
• October 19 » Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
• November 23 » Rose Revolution: Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.

The temperature on April 5, 2003 was between 5.2 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (40%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.