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• Mathijs Kievit, Leiden

• Caroline Porter Tuttle (74), Jacksonville, Flevoland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Cornelis Johannes Hultermans (93), Tilburg
• Bertha Cornelia Josephina van Steenoven (92), Raamsdonksveer
• Alicia Maria Vanhee (83), Woumen
• Deborah Jean Grice (52)
• Anna van der Ham (83)
• Anna Catharina Margaretha Frouwiena KAIJZER (96)
• "Maria Anna" Sybilla Margaretha von Humboldt-Dachroeden (87), Hamburg, Allemagne
• Alfons Beerten (83), Heusden-Zolder
• * Aaltje de Koster (79), Arkel

• 1985 » Eleanor Catton, Canadian-New Zealand author
• 1985 » Eric Adjetey Anang, Ghanaian sculptor and carpenter
• 1987 » Gürhan Gürsoy, Turkish footballer
• 1987 » Matthew Connolly, English footballer
• 1988 » Karl Alzner, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Pia Wurtzbach, Filipina actress, model, and Miss Universe 2015 titleholder
• 1991 » Maximiliano Uggè, Italian footballer
• 1991 » Oriol Romeu, Spanish footballer
• 1993 » Ben Platt, American actor
• 1997 » Tosin Adarabioyo, English Footballer

• 1998 » Jeff Moss, American composer and screenwriter (b. 1942)
• 2002 » Mike Webster, American football player (b. 1952)
• 2002 » Youssouf Togoïmi, Chadian politician (b. 1953)
• 2003 » Lyle Bettger, American actor (b. 1915)
• 2003 » Rosalie Allen, American singer and radio host (b. 1924)
• 2004 » Françoise Sagan, French author and screenwriter (b. 1935)
• 2006 » Michael Ferguson, PIRA volunteer, lawyer, and politician (b. 1953)
• 2006 » Phil Latulippe, Canadian soldier and runner (b. 1909)
• 2008 » Irene Dailey, American actress (b. 1920)
• 2008 » Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author (b. 1917)

1. Thomas
2. Daan
3. Lucas
4. Max
5. Ruben
6. Sem
7. Lars
8. Mike
9. Jesse
10. Jan
11. Sam
12. Remco
13. Martijn
14. Bram
15. Tom
16. Niels

1. Emma
2. Isa
3. Lisa
4. Maria
5. Anna
6. Lieke
7. Anne
8. Laura
9. Nina
10. Catharina-amalia
11. Femke
12. Julia
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 11 » Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois's death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
• 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.
• February 18 » Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu subway fire in South Korea.
• August 29 » Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.
• October 17 » Taipei 101, a 101-floor skyscraper in Taipei, becomes the world's tallest highrise.
• December 13 » Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.

The temperature on September 24, 2003 was between 3.6 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.