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• engelina petronella helena (julia) verhoeven, helmond

• Edith D Deelstra (69)
• Elmer Lee Younker (81), Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa
• Catharina Elisbth Ros (96), Zoetermeer
• Edwin William Smolt (81), Clarkston, Asotin, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Connie Jackson (71), Mason City, Iowa
• Christiaan Hubert Marie Heijen (86), Sittard (Sittard-Geleen), Limburg, Nederland
• Corry Voskuil
• Femmetje Middelkoop (62), amsterdam, Nederland
• Adriana Hendrika de Koning (90), Hoek van Holland
• Abraham Schrier (76), Goes, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1988 » Winston Reid, New Zealand-Danish footballer
• 1989 » Elle King, American singer, songwriter, and actress
• 1989 » Mitchell Dodds, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 » Bobby Hopkinson, English footballer
• 1990 » Lucas Mendes, Brazilian footballer
• 1990 » Nathan Gardner, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Alison Howie, Scottish field hockey player
• 1991 » Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russian tennis player
• 1992 » Will Smith, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 » Ben Winchell, American actor

• 1999 » Manoj Kumar Pandey,Param Vir ChakraIndian army personnel
• 1999 » Mark Sandman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1952)
• 1999 » Pelageya Polubarinova-Kochina, Russian mathematician (b. 1899)
• 2001 » Johnny Russell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
• 2001 » Mordecai Richler, Canadian author and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 2004 » Andriyan Nikolayev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1929)
• 2005 » Alberto Lattuada, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
• 2005 » Gaylord Nelson, American lawyer and politician, 35th Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1916)
• 2006 » Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist, developed the OBJ programming language (b. 1941)
• 2007 » Boots Randolph, American saxophonist (b. 1927)

• 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.
• May 21 » The 6.8 M_w  Boumerdès earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). More than 2,200 people were killed and a moderate tsunami sank boats at the Balearic Islands.
• July 8 » Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashes near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board.
• July 13 » French DGSE personnel abort an operation to rescue Íngrid Betancourt from FARC rebels in Colombia, causing a political scandal when details are leaked to the press.
• August 11 » Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
• 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.
• September 21 » The Galileo spacecraft is terminated by sending it into Jupiter's atmosphere.

The temperature on July 3, 2003 was between 12.5 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.