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• Seth Owen Wall († 2003)
• Roos Philippo, Hazerswoude

• Angela Nicole Booy (23), Battle Creek, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Cornelia Embregts (88), Oud Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Gilliaume Hubert Beckers (70), Brunssum, Limburg, Niederlande
• Aletta Jacoba Francina de Groot (87)
• Aletta Jacobine Francina de Groot (87)
• Anna Willemina van Malssen (83)
• David Lemmen (75)
• Dina Cornelia van Splunter (89), Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Brian Ron Shippy (49), Medford,Oregon
• Catharina, Johanna, Maria Alkemade (81), Maastricht

• 1992 » Aljon Mariano, Filipino basketball player
• 1992 » Diāna Marcinkēviča, Latvian tennis player
• 1992 » Gamze Bulut, Turkish runner
• 1992 » Gesa Felicitas Krause, German runner
• 1993 » Ola Abidogun, English sprinter
• 1993 » Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer
• 1994 » Manaia Cherrington, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1994 » Todd Gurley, American football player
• 1995 » Victoria Kan, Russian tennis player
• 1999 » Yoo Yeon-jung, South Korean singer

• 1999 » Byron Farwell, American historian and author (b. 1921)
• 1999 » Rod Ansell, Australian hunter (b. 1953)
• 2000 » Joann Lõssov, Estonian basketball player and coach (b. 1921)
• 2001 » Christopher Hewett, English actor and director (b. 1922)
• 2003 » Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1954)
• 2004 » Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter (b. 1908)
• 2005 » Françoise d'Eaubonne, French author and poet (b. 1920)
• 2006 » Arthur Lee, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1945)
• 2006 » Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-English soprano and actress (b. 1915)
• 2007 » John Gardner, English author (b. 1926)

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.
• March 28 » In a friendly fire incident, two American A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing one soldier.
• June 5 » A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F) in the region.
• July 7 » NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket.
• August 27 » The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
• November 14 » Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz discover 90377 Sedna, a Trans-Neptunian object.
• November 23 » Rose Revolution: Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.

The temperature on August 3, 2003 was between 12.3 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (74%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.