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Born on September 12

Died on September 12
  • 1997 » Judith Merril, American-Canadian science fiction writer, editor and political activist (b. 1923)
  • 1999 » Bill Quackenbush, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1922)
  • 2000 » Stanley Turrentine, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1934)
  • 2003 » Johnny Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1932)
  • 2005 » Serge Lang, French-American mathematician, author and academic (b. 1927)
  • 2007 » Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1934)
  • 2008 » Bob Quinn, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1915)
  • 2008 » David Foster Wallace, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1962)
  • 2009 » Jack Kramer, American tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1921)
  • 2009 » Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)

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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.
  • January 25 » Invasion of Iraq: A group of people leave London, England, for Baghdad, Iraq, to serve as human shields, intending to prevent the U.S.-led coalition troops from bombing certain locations.
  • March 23 » Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the invasion of Iraq.
  • 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.
  • April 14 » The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
  • June 26 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional.
  • August 10 » The Okinawa Urban Monorail is opened in Naha, Okinawa.
Weather September 12, 2003

The temperature on September 12, 2003 was between 7.7 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.

Source: KNMI