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

• David Herman Janssen (64), Hibbing, St Louis County, Minnesota
• Alice VAN DUYN (87), Edgerton, Pipestone, Minnesota, United States of America
• Elisabeth H.M. de Roos (74), Bussum
• cornelia francisca van de mosselaar (61), geertruidenberg
• Antonius Hubertus Coenjaerts (92)
• Catharina Adriana Kools (93), Kaatsheuvel
• Addie Roozendaal (53), Amsterdam
• Akke Kalsbeek (78), Enschede
• Berend Start (56), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Bente GREVENKOP-CASTENSKIOLD (76), Ängerholm Sweden

• 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)

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.
• January 11 » Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois's death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
• April 7 » U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later.
• May 12 » The Riyadh compound bombings, carried out by al-Qaeda, kill 26 people.
• July 22 » Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year-old son, and a bodyguard.
• 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 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.