About the day » Saturday July 5, 2003Calender converter

• Nick Bruinsma († 2003)
• Louisa Maria Heryka van Rooij, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Alden Marvin Bartel (75), Montana, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Johannes Niesing (74), Gouda
• Adriana Simon (90), Breda
• Cornelis Franciscus Hoogenboom (79), Blaricum NH NL
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Bours (91), Geleen (Sittard-Geleen) Limburg, Nederland
• Edward Nelson CRAM (89), Northfield, Washington, Vermont, United States of America
• Antonius Hendricus Maria Schoutens (75), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland
• Antonia Johanna (Toos) Wormgoor (89), Oosterbeek
• Albert Charles Sidney Yates (86), Lancing, West Sussex, England
• Antonius Henricus Maria Schoutens (75), Steenbergen, N-Br, NL

• 1988 » Martin Liivamägi, Estonian swimmer
• 1989 » Charlie Austin, English footballer
• 1989 » Dwight King, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Georgios Efrem, Cypriot footballer
• 1990 » Abeba Aregawi, Ethiopian-Swedish runner
• 1992 » Alberto Moreno, Spanish footballer
• 1992 » Chiara Scholl, American tennis player
• 1993 » Yaroslav Kosov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1994 » Diana Harkusha, Ukrainian lawyer, dancer, model and beauty queen
• 1994 » Shohei Ohtani, Japanese baseball player

• 2002 » Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (b. 1924)
• 2002 » Ted Williams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1918)
• 2004 » Hugh Shearer, Jamaican journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1923)
• 2004 » Rodger Ward, American race car driver and sportscaster (b. 1921)
• 2005 » James Stockdale, American admiral (b. 1923)
• 2006 » Amzie Strickland, American actress (b. 1919)
• 2006 » Gert Fredriksson, Swedish canoe racer (b. 1919)
• 2006 » Kenneth Lay, American businessman (b. 1942)
• 2006 » Thirunalloor Karunakaran, Indian poet and scholar (b. 1924)
• 2007 » Régine Crespin, French soprano (b. 1927)

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.
• January 23 » A very weak signal from Pioneer 10 is detected for the last time, but no usable data can be extracted.
• February 4 » The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adopts a new constitution, becoming a loose confederacy between Montenegro and Serbia.
• April 16 » The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting ten new member states to the European Union.
• July 8 » Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashes near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board.
• August 10 » European heat wave: The then-highest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom, 38.5°C (101.3°F) in Kent, England. This record was later surpassed in July 2019.
• August 11 » NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.

The temperature on July 5, 2003 was between 13.5 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.