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• Abram Bartholomeus Venneker, Monster
• Frouke Maria Jooren († 2003)

• Edith Anna Elly Meschter (93), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Auke van der Wal (89)
• Cheryl Ann Todd (51), Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje SIER (98)
• Elisabeth Wilhelmina Maria (Lies) Coenen (89), roermond
• Catharina Cornelia Glorie (88), Castricum
• Elisabeth Jacoba Wilhelmina Koelman (85), Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk Mus (75)
• Catharina Antonia van den Hoven (75), Hoogland, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertus Verheyden (85), Bornem

• 1990 » Zach Bogosian, American ice hockey player
• 1991 » Danilo, Brazilian footballer
• 1991 » Derrick Favors, American basketball player
• 1991 » Evgeny Tishchenko, Russian boxer
• 1992 » Hokutōfuji Daiki, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1992 » Tobias Harris, American basketball player
• 1992 » Wayde van Niekerk, South African sprinter
• 1993 » Håvard Nielsen, Norwegian footballer
• 1993 » Harrison Rhodes, American racing driver
• 1998 » Noah Gragson, American racing driver

• 1997 » Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer, founded Versace (b. 1946)
• 1997 » Justinas Lagunavičius, Lithuanian basketball player (b. 1924)
• 1998 » S. Shanmuganathan, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1960)
• 2000 » Louis Quilico, Canadian opera singer and educator (b. 1925)
• 2001 » C. Balasingham, Sri Lankan lawyer and civil servant (b. 1917)
• 2003 » Elisabeth Welch, American actress and singer (b. 1904)
• 2003 » Roberto Bolaño, Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet, and essayist (b. 1953)
• 2006 » Alireza Shapour Shahbazi, Iranian archaeologist and academic (b. 1942)
• 2006 » Robert H. Brooks, American businessman, founder of Hooters and Naturally Fresh, Inc. (b. 1937)
• 2008 » György Kolonics, Hungarian canoe racer (b. 1972)

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.
• January 21 » A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes the Mexican state of Colima, killing 29 and leaving approximately 10,000 people homeless.
• March 1 » The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
• April 9 » Iraq War: Baghdad falls to American forces.
• July 15 » AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.
• 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.

The temperature on July 15, 2003 was between 16.1 °C and 31.2 °C and averaged 24.9 °C. There was 14.8 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.