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July 22, 2003Died on Wednesday July 23, 2003
- Anna Catharina Wilhelmina Bais (81), den Helder
- Bertha Hoornaert (83), Woumen,West-Vlaanderen,België
- Alice Welch (86), Wisconsin, VS
- Charles Lydie Henri De Somere (63), Gent
- Cesar Theophiel Huyben (90), Sint-Niklaas
- Daniel de Mooij (88), Rijnsburg
- Badtje de Koning (78), 's Gravenzande (ZH-NLD)
- Adriana van de Goorbergh (86)
- Adriaan Slager (93), Zierikzee
- Cor van Rootselaar (91), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Born on July 23
- 1987 » Alessio Cerci, Italian footballer
- 1987 » Felipe Dylon, Brazilian singer
- 1987 » Serdar Kurtuluş, Turkish footballer
- 1989 » Daniel Radcliffe, English actor
- 1989 » Donald Young, American tennis player
- 1990 » Kevin Reynolds, Canadian figure skater
- 1991 » Jarrod Wallace, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1991 » Lauren Mitchell, Australian gymnast
- 1992 » Danny Ings, English footballer
- 1996 » Alexandra Andresen, Norwegian heiress and equestrian
Died on July 23
- 2001 » Eudora Welty, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1909)
- 2002 » Chaim Potok, American novelist and rabbi (b. 1929)
- 2002 » Clark Gesner, American author and composer (b. 1938)
- 2002 » Leo McKern, Australian-English actor (b. 1920)
- 2002 » William Luther Pierce, American activist and author (b. 1933)
- 2003 » James E. Davis, American police officer and politician (b. 1962)
- 2004 » Carlos Paredes, Portuguese guitarist and composer (b. 1925)
- 2004 » Mehmood Ali, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1932)
- 2004 » Piero Piccioni, Italian pianist, conductor, and composer (b. 1921)
- 2005 » Ted Greene, American guitarist and journalist (b. 1946)
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Names that were popular for girls in 2003
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2003
- 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 18 » A bushfire kills four people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia.
- March 13 » An article in Nature identifies the Ciampate del Diavolo as 350,000-year-old hominid footprints.
- 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.
- 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 17 » Taipei 101, a 101-floor skyscraper in Taipei, becomes the world's tallest highrise.
- November 22 » Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident: Shortly after takeoff, a DHL Express cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile and forced to land.
Weather July 23, 2003
The temperature on July 23, 2003 was between 11.5 °C and 26.3 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.