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Born on Thursday August 14, 2003
- Allison Sarah Elizabeth Bauer, Alaska († 2003)
Died on Thursday August 14, 2003
- Arian Koelewijn (74), Bunschoten
- Billy Opperman (63), Rhenen,, Utrecht, Nederland
- Adrian VAN LUIJK, British Columbia
- Billy Opperman (63), Rhenen
- Cornelis Versloot (89), Nieuwkoop, Nederland
- Adrianus Petrus Wilhelmus van Gog (71), Nijmegen
- Bud Lee JOHNSON (68), Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho, United States of America
- Bertus Verkerk (64)
- Cornelis HOEKSTRA (68)
- Anna Cornelia Beentjes (92), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Born on August 14
- 1985 » Christian Gentner, German footballer
- 1985 » Shea Weber, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986 » Braian Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer
- 1986 » Cameron Jerome, English footballer
- 1986 » Sam Moa, Tongan-New Zealand rugby league player
- 1987 » Tim Tebow, American football and baseball player, television personality and sportscaster
- 1989 » Ander Herrera, Spanish footballer
- 1989 » Florian Abel, German footballer
- 1989 » Kyle Turris, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1991 » Richard Freitag, German ski jumper
Died on August 14
- 1999 » Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1918)
- 2000 » Alain Fournier, French-Canadian computer scientist and academic (b. 1943)
- 2002 » Larry Rivers, American painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
- 2003 » Helmut Rahn, German footballer (b. 1929)
- 2004 » Czesław Miłosz, Polish-born American novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
- 2004 » Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician (b. 1918)
- 2006 » Adriaan de Groot, Dutch psychologist and chess player (b. 1914)
- 2006 » Bruno Kirby, American actor (b. 1949)
- 2007 » Pinchas Goldstein, Israeli politician (b. 1939)
- 2007 » Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1913)
Names that were popular for boys in 2003
- Thomas
- Daan
- Lucas
- Max
- Ruben
- Sem
- Lars
- Mike
- Jesse
- Jan
- Sam
- Remco
- Martijn
- Tom
- Johannes
- Niels
Names that were popular for girls in 2003
- Emma
- Isa
- Maria
- Lisa
- Anna
- Lieke
- Anne
- Laura
- Nina
- Catharina-amalia
- Julia
- Femke
- Iris
- Sanne
- Lotte
- Amber
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.
- February 19 » An Ilyushin Il-76 military aircraft crashes near Kerman, Iran, killing 275.
- 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.
- March 1 » Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
- March 17 » Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Robin Cook, resigns from the British Cabinet in disagreement with government plans for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
- April 9 » Iraq War: Baghdad falls to American forces.
- August 14 » A widescale power blackout affects the northeast United States and Canada.
Weather August 14, 2003
The temperature on August 14, 2003 was between 12.7 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.