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• Marit Hendrika (Marit) Hoek, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• Anna Gerstmayr (86)
• Fennegina Vos (91), Haren (Gn)
• Arabella Carolina Bouvy (89), Bilthoven, Utrecht, Nederland
• David Herman Janssen (64), Hibbing, St Louis County, Minnesota
• Ella de Boer (86), Heereveen Fryslân Nederland
• Antonius Hubertus Coenjaerts (92)
• Arie Gerrit Verhaar (82), Hendrik Ido Ambacht
• Froukje Visser (91), Zaandam
• Frederik Johan Menke (65)
• Adriaan Hendrik Rijkschroeff (81), Cerritos, California 90703, Verenigde Staten

• 1988 » Heida Reed, Icelandic-British actress
• 1989 » Corey Dickerson, American baseball player
• 1990 » Wyatt Roy, Australian politician
• 1991 » Joel Obi, Nigerian footballer
• 1991 » Suho, South Korean singer and actor
• 1992 » Anna Baryshnikov, American actress
• 1994 » Florian Luger, Austrian male model
• 1998 » Samile Bermannelli, Brazilian fashion model
• 1999 » Camren Bicondova, American actress
• 1999 » Femke Huijzer, Dutch model

• 1998 » John Derek, American actor, director, and photographer (b. 1926)
• 1998 » José Enrique Moyal, Israeli physicist and engineer (b. 1910)
• 2000 » Davie Fulton, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1916)
• 2004 » Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (b. 1945)
• 2004 » Richard Biggs, American actor (b. 1960)
• 2005 » Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician (b. 1914)
• 2005 » Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and singer (b. 1914)
• 2006 » Lee Jong-wook, South Korean physician and diplomat (b. 1945)
• 2007 » Pemba Doma Sherpa, Nepalese mountaineer (b. 1970)
• 2008 » Robert Asprin, American soldier and author (b. 1946)

• 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.
• March 1 » The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
• March 5 » In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed in the Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing.
• April 13 » A bus near the Vale of Tempe, Greece was involved in a major vehicle accident with a truck and multiple cars, leaving 21 students in the tenth grade of Makrochori, Imathia High School dead and nine injured during their return to their homes from a trip to Athens.
• June 5 » A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F) in the region.
• October 18 » Bolivian gas conflict: Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.

The temperature on May 22, 2003 was between 10.8 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 7.6 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.