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• Catharina Hendricks (79), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Be Sloothaak (78)
• Christina Koorn (86), Den Helder
• Berit (Bea) J. Ness (81), Lierne, Norge
• Albertus van den Brink (90)
• Folkert Dirks Hoekstra (78), Donkerbroek, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Berendina (Dini) Erdtsieck
• Agnes Müller (81), Würzburg-Deutschland
• Curtis Lynroy (Butch) BELL (66), Lafayette Tippecanoe County Indiana U.S.A
• Dirk van Leeuwen (70), Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1987 » Fredy Montero, Colombian footballer
• 1987 » Jordie Benn, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 » Panagiotis Kone, Greek footballer
• 1988 » Sayaka Akimoto, Filipino–Japanese actress and singer
• 1988 » Yurie Omi, Japanese female announcer
• 1991 » Tyson Barrie, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1992 » Marika Koroibete, Fijian rugby player
• 1993 » Raymond Faitala-Mariner, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1994 » Ella Leivo, Finnish tennis player
• 1996 » Olivia Breen, British Paralympic athlete

• 1999 » Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (b. 1917)
• 1999 » Walter Jackson Bate, American author and critic (b. 1918)
• 2000 » John Tukey, American mathematician and academic (b. 1915)
• 2001 » Peter von Zahn, German journalist and author (b. 1913)
• 2001 » Rex T. Barber, American colonel and pilot (b. 1917)
• 2004 » William A. Mitchell, American chemist, created Pop Rocks and Cool Whip (b. 1911)
• 2005 » Alexander Golitzen, Russian-born American production designer and art director (b. 1908)
• 2005 » Gilles Marotte, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1945)
• 2005 » Jack Hirshleifer, American economist and academic (b. 1925)
• 2007 » Lars Forssell, Swedish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1928)

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. Bram
15. Tom
16. Niels

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.
• August 29 » Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.
• September 12 » The United Nations lifts sanctions against Libya after that country agreed to accept responsibility and recompense the families of victims in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
• October 17 » Taipei 101, a 101-floor skyscraper in Taipei, becomes the world's tallest highrise.
• November 12 » Iraq War: In Nasiriyah, Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base.
• November 14 » Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz discover 90377 Sedna, a Trans-Neptunian object.
• December 25 » UTAGE Flight 141, a Boeing 727-223, crashes at the Cotonou Airport in Benin, killing 141 people.

The temperature on July 26, 2003 was between 15.6 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.