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• Charlene van Rooij, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
• Charlene van Rooij, Bergen

• Bertha Angela Stalpaert (77), Leerbeek, VlmBrab, Be
• Betty Beresford PATON (92)
• Aukje Rienstra (87)
• Adriana Oskam (73)
• Clair Richard Queer Nicholson (53), Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Maria Flaton (82), Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anne de Haan (76), Dronten
• Franciscus Johannes Brekelmans (74)
• Everett Reed Booher (80), Bristol, Independent Cities, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Eric Smits (43), Bocholt (Belgie)

• 1989 » Cristian Pasquato, Italian footballer
• 1989 » Javier Cortés, Mexican footballer
• 1990 » Lars Unnerstall, German footballer
• 1991 » Chiyoshōma Fujio, Mongolian sumo wrestler
• 1991 » Kira Kazantsev, Miss America 2015
• 1991 » Philipp Reiter, German mountaineer and runner
• 1991 » Ryan James, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 » Steven Adams, New Zealand basketball player
• 1995 » Moses Leota, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1996 » Ben Simmons, Australian basketball player

• 1999 » Sandra Gould, American actress (b. 1916)
• 2002 » Michalis Kritikopoulos, Greek footballer (b. 1946)
• 2003 » Nicolas Freeling, English author (b. 1927)
• 2004 » Lala Mara, Fijian politician (b. 1931)
• 2004 » Valdemaras Martinkėnas, Lithuanian footballer and coach (b. 1965)
• 2005 » Finn Gustavsen, Norwegian journalist and politician (b. 1926)
• 2005 » James Doohan, Canadian-American actor (b. 1920)
• 2005 » Kayo Hatta, American director and cinematographer (b. 1958)
• 2006 » Gérard Oury, French actor, director, and producer (b. 1919)
• 2006 » Ted Grant, South African-English theorist and activist (b. 1913)

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. Tom
14. Martijn
15. Johannes
16. Niels

1. Emma
2. Isa
3. Maria
4. Lisa
5. Anna
6. Lieke
7. Anne
8. Laura
9. Catharina-amalia
10. Nina
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.
• April 14 » U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the MSAchille Lauro in 1985.
• May 28 » Peter Hollingworth resigns as Governor-General of Australia following criticism of his handling of child sexual abuse allegations during his tenure as Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane.
• May 30 » Depayin massacre: At least 70 people associated with the National League for Democracy are killed by government-sponsored mob in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi flees the scene, but is arrested soon afterwards.
• July 6 » The 70-metre Yevpatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to five stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044, and 2049, respectively.
• October 4 » The Maxim restaurant suicide bombing Israel kills twenty-one Israelis, both Jews and Arabs.
• November 14 » Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz discover 90377 Sedna, a Trans-Neptunian object.

The temperature on July 20, 2003 was between 13.8 °C and 30.7 °C and averaged 21.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.