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• Adriana Cornelia Wilhelmina Severijns (74), Tilburg
• * Wilhelmina Wouthera (Mientje) van Engelen (80), Schaik
• Clement De Cauwer (87), Antwerpen
• Berend ZIJLSTRA (84)
• Dane Richard Nobbe (48), Texas
• Cornelia LANDMAN (91), Opperdoes
• Douwe Jarig de Jong (73), Meppel
• Constance Jean Albert (38), Madison, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Henrica Maria Mutsaerts (75), Tilburg, NB Netherlands
• Arnold Woltjer (58), Groningen

• 1986 » Brian Orakpo, American football player
• 1986 » Evgeni Malkin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1987 » Michael Bradley, American soccer player
• 1988 » Alex Glenn, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1989 » Victoria Azarenka, Belorussian tennis player
• 1991 » Réka Luca Jani, Hungarian tennis player
• 1992 » José Fernández, Cuban baseball player († 2016)
• 1992 » Kyle Larson, American race car driver
• 1992 » Ryan Johansen, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1994 » Lil Uzi Vert, American hip hop artist

• 2000 » William Keepers Maxwell Jr., American editor, novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1908)
• 2001 » Francisco da Costa Gomes, Portuguese general and politician, 15th President of Portugal (b. 1914)
• 2001 » Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1910)
• 2003 » Guido Crepax, Italian author and illustrator (b. 1933)
• 2004 » Virginia Grey, American actress (b. 1917)
• 2005 » Wim Duisenberg, Dutch economist and politician, 1st President of the European Central Bank (b. 1935)
• 2009 » Bobby Robson, English footballer and manager (b. 1933)
• 2009 » Harry Alan Towers, English-Canadian screenwriter and producer (b. 1920)
• 2012 » Alfredo Ramos, Brazilian footballer and coach (b. 1924)
• 2012 » Mollie Hunter, Scottish author and playwright (b. 1922)

• 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 8 » Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte-Douglas Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina, killing all 21 people on board.
• February 20 » During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the Station nightclub ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 200 others.
• April 16 » The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting ten new member states to the European Union.
• October 26 » The Cedar Fire, the third-largest fire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000km), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.
• November 12 » Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311mph)) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.
• December 7 » The Conservative Party of Canada is officially registered, following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.

The temperature on July 31, 2003 was between 10.3 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (78%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.