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Born on Monday September 22, 2003
Died on Monday September 22, 2003



Born on September 22

Died on September 22
  • 1999 » George C. Scott, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1927)
  • 2000 » Saburō Sakai, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (b. 1916)
  • 2001 » Isaac Stern, Polish-Ukrainian violinist and conductor (b. 1920)
  • 2002 » Jan de Hartog, Dutch-American author and playwright (b. 1914)
  • 2003 » Gordon Jump, American actor (b. 1932)
  • 2003 » Hugo Young, English journalist and author (b. 1938)
  • 2004 » Ray Traylor Jr., American professional wrestler better-known as the Big Boss Man (b. 1963)
  • 2004 » Pete Schoening, American mountaineer (b. 1927)
  • 2006 » Carla Benschop, Dutch basketball player and educator (b. 1950)
  • 2006 » Edward Albert, American actor (b. 1951)

Names that were popular for boys in 2003
  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. Bram
  16. Johannes
Names that were popular for girls in 2003
  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

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.
  • March 13 » An article in Nature identifies the Ciampate del Diavolo as 350,000-year-old hominid footprints.
  • April 14 » The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
  • May 21 » The 6.8 Mw  Boumerdès earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). More than 2,200 people were killed and a moderate tsunami sank boats at the Balearic Islands.
  • August 11 » Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
  • October 19 » Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
  • November 23 » Rose Revolution: Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.
Weather September 22, 2003

The temperature on September 22, 2003 was between 11.0 °C and 26.1 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 14.5 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.

Source: KNMI