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• Floris Johannes Theodorus Anthonius Kantelberg, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Isaac Lee Atkinson († 2003)
• Jop van Vlaanderen, Alkmaar

• Constance Lydia MACKERNESS (89), Bournemouth, Poole, Dorset
• * Johanna van Ooijen (98), 's Hertogenbosch
• Cornelis Nieuwkoop (80)
• Estella Mary Haynes (90), Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
• Cornelia Wilhelmina Muniaerts (72), Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelius Robert Lomax (70)
• Cornelis Johannes Antonius PREIJDE (76)
• Arthur van den Bosch (77)
• Elisabeth Maria Gresnigt (94)
• Britte KUHLMANN (52)

• 1987 » AnnaLynne McCord, American actress and producer
• 1987 » Mousa Dembélé, Belgian footballer
• 1988 » Sergio Busquets, Spanish footballer
• 1989 » Gareth Bale, Welsh footballer
• 1990 » Bureta Faraimo, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1990 » Johann Zarco, French motorcycle racer
• 1990 » Wizkid, Nigerian singer and songwriter
• 1991 » Andros Townsend, English footballer
• 1991 » Nate Schmidt, American ice hockey player
• 1996 » Daniel Pearson, English actor and presenter

• 1999 » John F. Kennedy Jr., American lawyer and publisher (b. 1960)
• 2001 » Morris, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1923)
• 2002 » John Cocke, American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1925)
• 2003 » Carol Shields, American-Canadian novelist and short story writer (b. 1935)
• 2003 » Celia Cruz, Cuban-American singer and actress (b. 1925)
• 2004 » Charles Sweeney, American general and pilot (b. 1919)
• 2004 » George Busbee, American lawyer and politician, 77th Governor of Georgia (b. 1927)
• 2005 » Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgian singer-songwriter and radio host (b. 1920)
• 2005 » Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (b. 1920)
• 2006 » Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 13th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas (b. 1948)

1. Thomas
2. Daan
3. Lucas
4. Max
5. Ruben
6. Lars
7. Sem
8. Mike
9. Jesse
10. Jan
11. Sam
12. Remco
13. Bram
14. Martijn
15. Niels
16. Tom

1. Emma
2. Isa
3. Lisa
4. Maria
5. Anna
6. Lieke
7. Anne
8. Laura
9. Nina
10. Catharina-amalia
11. Femke
12. Julia
13. Iris
14. Sanne
15. Lotte
16. Noa

• 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 24 » The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
• March 16 » American activist Rachel Corrie is killed in Rafah trying to obstruct the demolition of a home by being run over by a bulldozer.
• March 23 » Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the invasion of Iraq.
• 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.
• September 21 » The Galileo spacecraft is terminated by sending it into Jupiter's atmosphere.
• October 15 » China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.

The temperature on July 16, 2003 was between 18.9 °C and 34.3 °C and averaged 25.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.