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• Sienna Yayden Gerding, Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Adrianus Antonius Kipping (65), Utrecht
• Beverly Irene McWherter (76), Aplington, Butler County, Iowa
• * Johanna Kuijs (83), Venraij
• ARMAND VAN DEN BRANDEN (71), SINT-GILLIS-WAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• ANDRE WINDEY (72), SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• C.W.(toos) Jeursen (82)
• Adrianus Bastiaan Nicolaas van den Hoogenband (64), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andrew Baker Ludwig (78), Milton, Sussex, Delaware, Verenigde Staten
• Arnoldus Jan Enzerink (86), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Margaretha van Boxtel (90)

• 1989 » Mose Masoe, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1989 » Rain Raadik, Estonian basketball player
• 1989 » Tessa Virtue, Canadian ice dancer
• 1990 » Charlie Gubb, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1990 » Fabian Giefer, German footballer
• 1990 » Guido Pella, Argentine tennis player
• 1990 » Katrina Hart, English runner
• 1991 » Abigail Raye, Canadian field hockey player
• 1991 » Adil Omar, Pakistani rapper and music producer
• 1991 » Johanna Konta, Australian-English tennis player

• 2000 » Donald Coggan, English archbishop (b. 1909)
• 2001 » Frank G. Slaughter, American physician and author (b. 1908)
• 2001 » Jacques-Louis Lions, French mathematician (b. 1928)
• 2002 » Aşık Mahzuni Şerif, Turkish poet and composer (b. 1940)
• 2002 » László Kubala, Hungarian-Spanish footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1927)
• 2004 » Ezzedine Salim, Iraqi politician (b. 1943)
• 2004 » Jørgen Nash, Danish poet and painter (b. 1920)
• 2004 » Tony Randall, American actor (b. 1920)
• 2005 » Frank Gorshin, American actor (b. 1934)
• 2006 » Cy Feuer, American director, producer, and composer (b. 1911)

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.
• March 1 » The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
• March 23 » Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the invasion of Iraq.
• May 30 » Depayin massacre: At least 70 people associated with the National League for Democracy are killed by government-sponsored mob in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi flees the scene, but is arrested soon afterwards.
• August 10 » European heat wave: The then-highest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom, 38.5°C (101.3°F) in Kent, England. This record was later surpassed in July 2019.
• August 27 » The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
• October 15 » China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.

The temperature on May 17, 2003 was between 9.7 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (20%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.