About the day » Saturday January 3, 2004Calender converter

• TYAGO CAMILO MAAT, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Alida van der KREEFT (93)
• Bernardete Hoffmann (65)
• Catherina Maria Vrielink (72)
• Catharina Sofia de Boer (60), Den Helder
• Bonnie Marie Glatt (48), Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Alice Marion Hubbard (76), Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Beverly Florence Boerkoel (67), Gladwin, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Aleida Hendrika Wilhelmina Tijsen (96), Noordwijkerhout
• Augusta Goris (95)
• Ava Mary Gregory (90), Winston Salem, Forsyth County, NC, United States

• 1989 » Ben Matulino, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1989 » Kōhei Uchimura, Japanese artistic gymnast
• 1990 » Yoichiro Kakitani, Japanese footballer
• 1991 » Özgür Çek, Turkish footballer
• 1991 » Dane Gagai, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Jerson Cabral, Dutch footballer
• 1991 » Sébastien Faure, French footballer
• 1994 » Isaquias Queiroz, Brazilian sprint canoeist
• 1997 » Kyron McMaster, British Virgin Islands hurdler
• 2003 » Greta Thunberg, Swedish environmental activist

• 2002 » Satish Dhawan, Indian engineer (b. 1920)
• 2003 » Jimmy Stewart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1931)
• 2005 » Egidio Galea, Maltese Roman Catholic priest, missionary, and educator (b. 1918)
• 2005 » Jyotindra Nath Dixit, Indian diplomat, 2nd Indian National Security Adviser (b. 1936)
• 2005 » Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman and diplomat (b. 1917)
• 2006 » Bill Skate, Papua New Guinean politician, 5th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954)
• 2006 » Steve Rogers, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1954)
• 2007 » János Fürst, Hungarian violinist and conductor (b. 1935)
• 2007 » William Verity, Jr., American businessman and politician, 27th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1917)
• 2008 » Choi Yo-sam, South Korean boxer (b. 1972)

• 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 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 16.3 million citizens.
• February 13 » The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe's largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093. Astronomers named this star "Lucy" after The Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
• March 8 » A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council.
• March 27 » HMSScylla, a decommissioned Leander-class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
• May 26 » United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
• September 3 » Beslan school siege results in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children.
• December 27 » Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.

The temperature on January 3, 2004 was between -7.2 °C and -0.9 °C and averaged -3.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.