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• Anna Hermina Bosscher (73), Rheezerveen
• Anna Maria Antonia Schijvens (76), Tilburg
• Antje Struiksma (94)
• Carl Teitler (89), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Cornelia VOLLEBREGT (82), Bleiswijk
• Bowie Zonneveld (5)
• Antonius Jacobus (Toon) Weijers (97), Eindhoven
• Annette M Jensen (105), Allen Memorial Hospital, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa
• Annie de Cock (54), Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Hermina Bosscher (73), Rheezerveen, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland

• 1991 » James Rodríguez, Colombian footballer
• 1991 » Salih Dursun, Turkish footballer
• 1992 » Bartosz Bereszyński, Polish footballer
• 1993 » Kurt Capewell, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 » Kanako Momota, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1995 » Jordyn Wieber, American gymnast
• 1995 » Luke Shaw, English footballer
• 1996 » Jordan Romero, American mountaineer
• 1996 » Moussa Dembélé, French footballer
• 1997 » Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani-English activist, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1998 » Jimmy Driftwood, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (b. 1907)
• 1999 » Rajendra Kumar, Bollywood actor, (b. 1921)
• 2000 » Charles Merritt, Canadian colonel and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1908)
• 2001 » Fred Marcellino, American author and illustrator (b. 1939)
• 2003 » Benny Carter, American trumpet player, saxophonist, and composer (b. 1907)
• 2003 » Mark Lovell, English race car driver (b. 1960)
• 2004 » Betty Oliphant, English-Canadian ballerina, co-founded the National Ballet School of Canada (b. 1918)
• 2005 » John King, Baron King of Wartnaby, English businessman (b. 1917)
• 2007 » Robert Burås, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1975)
• 2007 » Stan Zemanek, Australian radio and television host (b. 1947)

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 25 » Invasion of Iraq: A group of people leave London, England, for Baghdad, Iraq, to serve as human shields, intending to prevent the U.S.-led coalition troops from bombing certain locations.
• March 1 » Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
• 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.
• October 15 » China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.
• December 24 » The Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50kg of explosives at 3:55p.m. inside Madrid's busy Chamartín Station.
• December 25 » UTAGE Flight 141, a Boeing 727-223, crashes at the Cotonou Airport in Benin, killing 141 people.

The temperature on July 12, 2003 was between 9.6 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.