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| − | '''2003''' '''(MMIII)''' is a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. It was designated the:
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| − | * ''International Year of [[Fresh water|Freshwater]]'' | + | |
| − | * ''European [[Disability]] Year''
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| − | * ''[[Blog]] Year''
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| − | See also [[Current_events#Past_events_by_month|Wikipedia's almanac]] of events for this year.
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| − | ===[[January 2003|January]]===
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| − | * [[January 01]] - [[LuÃz Inácio Lula Da Silva]] becomes the 37th President of [[Brazil]].
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| − | * [[January 01]] - [[Pascal Couchepin]] becomes [[President of the Confederation (Switzerland)|President of the Confederation]] in [[Switzerland]].
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| − | * [[January 08]] - [[US Airways]] flight 5481 crashes at [[Charlotte-Douglas International Airport]] in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]] killing all 21 people aboard.
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| − | * [[January 15]] - The [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] hands down its decision in [[Eldred v. Ashcroft]] allowing the extension of copyright terms in the U.S.
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| − | * [[January 24]] - The new [[United States Department of Homeland Security]] officially begins operation.
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| − | * [[January 25]] - Central Line train crashes into the tunnel wall at [[Chancery Lane]]<!--confirmed here--> station in London, injuring 34 people.
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| − | * [[January 25]] - An [[Human_shield_action_to_Iraq|international group of volunteers]] left London and headed for [[Baghdad]] to act as voluntary [[human shields]], hoping to avert a U.S. invasion.
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| − | * [[January 30]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: The leaders of [[United Kingdom|Britain]], [[Spain]], [[Italy]], [[Portugal]], [[Hungary]], [[Poland]], [[Denmark]], and the [[Czech Republic]] release a statement, [[the letter of the eight]], demonstrating support for the [[United States]]' plans for an [[2003 invasion of Iraq|invasion of Iraq]].
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| − | ===[[February 2003|February]]===
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| − | [[Image:Amsterdam.jpg|thumb|200px|Anti-war protestors gather in [[Amsterdam]], during world-wide protests against war in Iraq.]]
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| − | * [[February 01]] - The [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates]] over [[Texas]] upon reentry, killing all seven [[astronaut]]s onboard.
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| − | * [[February 01]] - In [[Northern Ireland]], The [[Protestant]] [[UDA]] Belfast leader [[John Gregg]] is killed by a loyalist faction.
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| − | *[[February 03]] - The worldwide movie premiere of [[Shanghai Knights]] was held at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood.
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| − | * [[February 05]] - Iraq disarmament crisis: U.S. Secretary of State [[Colin Powell]] addresses the [[UN Security Council]] on Iraq.{{noMention}}
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| − | * [[February 09]] - [[Cricket]] World Cup begins in [[South Africa]].{{noMention}}
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| − | * [[February 15]] - Global [[Protests against the Iraq war|protests against Iraq war]] - more than ten million people protest in over 600 cities worldwide, the largest war protest to take place before the war occurred.
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| − | * [[February 17]] - [[Antwerp Diamond Center]] in [[Belgium]] opens its vaults after weekend and discovers that unknown burglars had stolen [[diamond]]s worth $100 million - largest diamond theft so far.{{noMention}}
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| − | * [[February 26]] - An American businessman is admitted to the Vietnam France Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam. [[World Health Organization|WHO]] doctor [[Carlo Urbani]] reports the unusual highly contagious disease to WHO. Both the businessman and Carlo Urbani die of [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome|SARS]] in March.{{noMention}}
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| − | ===[[March 2003|March]]===
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| − | * [[March 01]] - Iraq disarmament crisis: The [[United Arab Emirates]] calls for Iraqi president Saddam Hussein to step down to avoid war. The sentiment is later echoed by [[Bahrain]] and [[Kuwait]]
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| − | * [[March 01]] - The Turkish parliment vetos the access of the U.S troops to airbases in Turkey in order to attack Iraq from the north. The Bush administration starts working on the ''B Plan'', namely attacking Iraq from the south, through the Persian Gulf.
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| − | * [[March 01]] - The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, the [[United States Customs Service]], and the [[United States Secret Service]] moves to the [[United States Department of Homeland Security]]
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| − | * [[March 01]] - Boxer [[Roy Jones Jr.]] beats [[John Ruiz]] to become [[World Boxing Association|WBA]] champion
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| − | * [[March 01]] - [[War on Terrorism]]: Authorities in [[Pakistan]] capture [[Khalid Shaikh Mohammed]], the suspected mastermind of the [[September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack]]s along with money man [[Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi]].<!-- date either 1. or 2. -->
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| − | * [[March 01]] - [[Ohio]] celebrates its [[1803|bicentennial]] statehood.
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| − | * [[March 05]] - The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] by a 5-4 margin upholds California's "[[Three strikes law|three strikes and you're out]]" law.
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| − | * [[March 11]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: Iraqi fighters threaten two U.S. [[Lockheed U-2|U-2 surveillance planes]], flying missions for U.N. weapons inspectors, forcing them to abort their mission and return to base.
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| − | * [[March 12]] - [[Serbia|Serbian]] Prime Minister [[Zoran ÄinÄ‘ić]] assassinated in Belgrade
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| − | * [[March 12]] - [[WHO]] issues a global alert on [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome|SARS]].
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| − | * [[March 12]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: British prime minister [[Tony Blair]] proposes an amendment to the possible 18th U.N. resolution, which would call for Iraq to meet certain benchmarks to prove that it was disarming. The amendment is immediately rejected by France, who promises to [[veto]] any new resolution.
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| − | * [[March 13]] - [[Human evolution]]: The journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' reports that 350,000-year-old upright-walking [[human]] footprints had been found in [[Italy]]
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| − | * [[March 15]] - [[Hu Jintao]] becomes [[president of the People's Republic of China]], replacing [[Jiang Zemin]].
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| − | * [[March 16]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: The leaders of the [[United States]], [[Britain]], [[Portugal]], and [[Spain]] meet at a summit in the [[Azores Islands]]. U.S. President Bush calls Monday, March 17th, the "moment of Truth", meaning that the "[[coalition of the willing]]" would make its final effort to extract a resolution from the [[U.N. Security Council]] that would give Iraq an ultimatum to disarm immediately or to be disarmed by force.
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| − | * [[March 17]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: U.S. President George W. Bush gives an ultimatum: Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and his sons must either leave Iraq, or face military action at a time of the U.S.'s choosing
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| − | * [[March 19]] - First American bombs dropped on [[Baghdad, Iraq]]. President [[Saddam Hussein]] and his sons do not comply with President Bush's 48 hour mandate demanding their exit from [[Iraq]].
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| − | * [[March 20]] - [[2003 invasion of Iraq|2003 Iraq war]]: Land troops from United States, [[United Kingdom]], [[Australia]] and [[Poland]] invade Iraq.
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| − | * [[March 22]] - The United States and the United Kingdom begin their [[shock and awe]] campaign with a massive air strike on military targets in Baghdad.
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| − | * [[March 23]] - [[Cricket]] World Cup ends as [[Australia]] wins over [[India]] in Centurion, [[South Africa]].
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| − | * [[March 29]] - WHO doctor [[Carlo Urbani]], who first identified SARS, dies of the disease.
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| − | * [[March 30]] - [[Mark Calaway|The Undertaker]] defeated [[Paul Wight|the Big Show]] and [[Matthew Bloom|A-Train]] in a handicap match, boosting his Wrestlemania record to 11-0.
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| − | ===[[April 2003|April]]===
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| − | [[Image:Saddamstatue.jpg|thumb|200px|The Statue of [[Saddam Hussein]] is toppled by American forces as they capture [[Baghdad]].]]
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| − | * [[April 03]] - Passenger bus hits remote-controlled land mine in the [[Chechnya|Chechen]] capital, killing at least 8.
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| − | * [[April 09]] - U.S. forces seize control of Baghdad, apparently ending the regime of Saddam Hussein.
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| − | * [[April 14]] - [[Human Genome Project]] successfully completed with 99% of the human [[genome]] sequenced to 99.99% accuracy.
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| − | * [[April 17]] - The [[Stevens Report]] concludes that members of the [[Royal Ulster Constabulary|RUC]] and British Army cooperated with the [[Ulster Defence Association|UDA]] in the killings of Catholics in [[Northern Ireland]]
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| − | * [[April 21]] - Retired U.S. Army General [[Jay Garner]] becomes Interim Civil Administrator of Iraq.
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| − | * [[April 30]] - The last American owned vehicle frame manufacturer,[http://web.archive.org/web/20010623093543/www.immsp.com/index.htm Midland Steel Products] goes [http://www.newsnet5.com/news/2166844/detail.html out of buisness] after almost 110 years in buisness, laying off almost 250 people.
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| − | ===[[May 2003|May]]===
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| − | * [[May 01]] - George W. Bush landed on the aircraft carrier [[USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)|USS ''Abraham Lincoln'']], in a [[Lockheed]] [[S-3 Viking]], where he gave a speech announcing end of major combat in the Iraq war.
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| − | * [[May 02]] - [[Monkeyman superhero hoax]] begins in [[Tunbridge Wells]], [[Kent]], UK
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| − | * [[May 03]] - [[Old Man of the Mountain]], rock formation in [[New Hampshire]], crumbles after heavy rain
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| − | * [[May]] 04-10 - A major severe weather outbreak spawned more tornadoes than any week in U.S. history. 393 tornadoes were reported in 19 states.
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| − | * [[May 11]] - [[Benvenuto Cellini]]'s [[Saliera]] is stolen from the [[Kunsthistorisches Museum]] in [[Vienna]].
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| − | * [[May 12]] - [[Suicide bombing|Suicide truck-bomb]] attack kills at least 60 at a government compound in northern [[Chechnya]].
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| − | * [[May 12]] - In [[Riyadh]], [[Saudi Arabia]], 26 people are killed in the [[Riyadh Compound Bombings]].
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| − | * [[May 14]] - Female [[suicide bomber]] blows up [[explosives]] strapped to her waist in crowd of thousands of [[Muslim]] [[pilgrims]], killing at least 18 people in [[Chechnya]].
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| − | * [[May 16]] - In [[Casablanca]], [[Morocco]], 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the [[Casablanca Attacks|Casablanca terrorist attacks]].
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| − | * [[May 19]] - [[Pen Hadow]] becomes the first man to walk alone, without any outside help, from [[Canada]] to the [[North Pole]]
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| − | * [[May 23]] - The birth of [[Dewey (deer)|Dewey]], the first [[Cloning|cloned]] [[deer]] by scientists at [[Texas A&M University]]
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| − | * [[May 26]] - A draft of the proposed [[European constitution]] is unveiled.
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| − | * [[May 28]] - The birth of [[Prometea]], the first [[Cloning|cloned]] [[horse]] by [[Italy|Italian scientists]].
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| − | * [[May 31]] - [[Eric Rudolph]], the suspected person to have carried out the [[Centennial Olympic Park bombing]] is captured in [[North Carolina]] behind a ''Save-A-Lot'' store.
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| − | * [[June 01]] - The [[People's Republic of China]] begins filling the [[lake|reservoir]] behind the massive [[Three Gorges Dam]], raising the water level near the dam over 100 metres.
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| − | * [[June 04]] - [[Martha Stewart]] and her broker are [[indict]]ed for using privileged investment information and then obstructing a federal investigation. Stewart also resigned as chairperson and chief executive officer of [[Martha Stewart Living]].
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| − | * [[June 05]] - Female [[suicide bomber]] detonates [[bomb]] near a bus carrying soldiers and civilians to a military airfield in [[Mozdok]], a major [[staging area|staging point]] for [[Russia]]n troops in [[Chechnya]], killing at least 16 people.
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| − | * [[June 15]] - 2003 [[NBA]] Finals end. The [[San Antonio Spurs]] defeat the [[New Jersey Nets]], 4 games to 2.
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| − | * [[June 22]] - The largest [[hailstone]] ever recorded falls in [[Aurora, Nebraska]], [[USA]].
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| − | * [[June 23]] - [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] upholds [[affirmative action]] in university admissions in ''[[Grutter v. Bollinger]]''
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| − | * [[June 26]] - U.S. Supreme Court rules [[sodomy law]]s unconstitutional in ''[[Lawrence v. Texas]]''
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| − | ===[[July 2003|July]]===
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| − | * [[July 01]] - 500,000 Hong Kong people march to protest [[Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23]], which redefined [[treason]] controversially.
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| − | * [[July 02]] - [[International Olympic Committee]] session in [[Prague]]. [[Vancouver]] ,[[Canada]] is declared the Host City for the [[2010 Winter Olympics|XXI Olympic Winter Games]] in [[2010]].
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| − | * [[July 05]] - SARS is declared to be contained by WHO.
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| − | * [[July 05]] - Double [[suicide bombing]] at a [[Moscow]] [[concert|rock concert]] kills the female attackers and 15 other people.
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| − | * [[July 06]] - Residents of [[Corsica]] reject a referendum for increased autonomy for the region from [[France]] by a very narrow margin.
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| − | * [[July 07]] - Canon [[Jeffrey John]], first would-be gay bishop in the Church of England, withdraws his acceptance of the post of The [[Bishop]] of [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] after discussions with the church leaders
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| − | * [[July 10]] - Russian security agent dies in [[Moscow]] while trying to defuse a bomb a woman had tried to carry into a cafe on central [[Moscow|Moscow's]] [[main street]].
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| − | * [[July 14]] - U.S. columnist [[Robert Novak]] publishes the name of [[Valerie Plame]], blowing her cover as a [[CIA]] operative. [[CIA leak scandal]] begins.
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| − | * [[July 18]] - [[Convention on the Future of Europe]] finishes its work and proposes the first European constitution
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| − | * [[July 18]] - The body of [[David Kelly|Dr. David Kelly]], a scientist at the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]], is found a few miles from his home, leading to the [[Hutton inquiry]]
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| − | * [[July 23]] - [[Operation Warrior Sweep]] is the first major military deployment of the [[Afghan National Army]]
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| − | * [[July 24]] - The Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands, [[Operation Helpem Fren]], led by [[Australia]], begins in the [[Solomon Islands]]
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| − | * [[July 30]] - The last old-style [[Volkswagen Beetle]] rolls off its production line in [[Puebla, Puebla]], [[Mexico]].
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| − | * [[August 01]] - [[Suicide bomber]] rams truck filled with [[explosives]] into a military hospital near [[Chechnya]], killing 50 people, including [[Russia]]n troops wounded in [[Chechnya]].
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| − | * [[August 02]] - The [[United Nations]] authorizes an international [[UN peacekeeping|peacekeeping]] force for [[Liberia]].
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| − | * [[August 10]] - The highest temperature ever recorded in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] - 38.1[[celsius|°C]] (100.6[[fahrenheit|°F]]) at [[Gravesend, Kent|Gravesend]] in [[Kent]] and [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|Kew Botanic Gardens]], [[London]]. It is the first time the [[United Kingdom|UK]] has recorded a temperature over 100 degrees [[Fahrenheit]].
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| − | * [[August 11]] - [[NATO]] takes over command of the [[International Security Assistance Force|peacekeeping force]] in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
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| − | * [[August 11]] - [[Jemaah Islamiah]] leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as [[Hambali]], is arrested in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]].
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| − | * [[August 14]] - [[2003 North America blackout|Widespread power outage]] affects northeast United States and Canada.
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| − | * [[August 14]] - 6.4 [[Richter scale]] [[earthquake]] near the Greek [[Ionian Islands|Ionian island]] of [[Lefkada]] - 24 injured
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| − | * [[August 22]] - [[Brazilian rocket explosion|21 killed]] at the [[Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara|Brazilian rocket complex]] in [[Alcântara]] due to a premature ignition of a [[solid rocket booster]].
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| − | * [[August 25]] - 52 killed in [[1993 Mumbai bombings|two bomb blasts]] in [[Mumbai]], [[India]].
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| − | * [[August 27]] - [[Perigee]] of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]
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| − | * [[September 05]] - [[Roller coaster]] accident at [[Disneyland]] injures 10 and kills one.
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| − | * [[September 10]] - [[Sweden|Swedish]] foreign minister [[Anna Lindh]] is stabbed in a [[Stockholm]] department store and dies the next day.
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| − | * [[September 14]] - Sweden rejects adopting the [[Euro]] in a referendum. ([[Elections in Sweden|Results]].)
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| − | * [[September 14]] - [[Estonia]] approves joining the European Union in a referendum.
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| − | * [[September 15]] - [[National Liberation Army (Colombia)|ELN]] kidnaps 8 foreign tourists in the [[Ciudad Perdida]] - they demand a human rights investigation and release last of the hostages three months later
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| − | * [[September 16]] - Two [[suicide bombers]] drive a truck laden with explosives into a government security services building near [[Chechnya]], killing three people and injuring 25.
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| − | * [[September 27]] - [[Smart 1]] is launched.
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| − | * [[September 27]] - The [[Uniterran Church]] was founded in Victor, NY
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| − | * [[September 28]] - a power failure affected all of Italy except Sardinia, cutting service to more than 56 million people.
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| − | * [[September 29]] - Hurricane Juan makes landfall at [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]] as a category 2 storm. Two were killed directly and 5 indirectly.
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| − | ===[[October 2003|October]]===
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| − | * [[October 07]] - [[2003 California recall]]: Voters recall Governor [[Gray Davis]] from office and elect [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] to succeed him.
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| − | * [[October 10]] - Facing an investigation surrounding allegations of illegal drug use, [[United States|American]] [[Right Wing]] radio host [[Rush Limbaugh]] publically admits that he is [[Addiction|addicted]] to prescription [[OxyContin|pain killers]] and will seek treatment.
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| − | *[[October 14]] - The [[Florida Marlins]] defeat the [[Chicago Cubs]] in Game 6 of [[Major League Baseball]]'s [[National League Championship Series]]; the game is remembered for Cubs fan [[Steve Bartman]] interfering with a foul ball which could have helped Chicago win the game and the series.
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| − | *[[October 15]] - [[People's Republic of China|China]] launches [[Shenzhou 5]], their first [[manned space mission]].
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| − | *[[October 16]] - The [[Boston Red Sox]] lose to their hated rivals, the [[New York Yankees]] in Game 7 of [[Major League Baseball]]'s [[American League Championship Series]], blowing a three-run, eighth-inning lead.
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| − | * [[October 23]] - [[Luis A. Ferre]], the third Democratically Elected [[Governor of Puerto Rico]], dies at age 99.
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| − | * [[October 24]] - [[Concorde]] makes its last commercial flight, bringing the era of airliner [[supersonic travel]] to a close, at least for the time being.
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| − | * [[October 25]] - The [[Florida Marlins]] defeat the [[New York Yankees]] 4 games to 2 to win the [[2003 World Series]], behind a complete-game shutout by ace pitcher, [[Josh Beckett]].
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| − | * [[October 25]] - [[Cedar Fire]] begins in [[San Diego County]] burning 280,000 acres (1,100 km²), 2,232 homes and killing 14
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| − | * [[October 31]] - [[Mahathir Mohamad]] resigns as Prime Minister of [[Malaysia]] after 22 years in power.
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| − | * [[November 05]] - [[Gary Ridgway]], The "Green River Killer", confesses murders of 48 women
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| − | * [[November 09]] - [[Lunar eclipse]] ([[the Americas]], Europe, [[Africa]], [[Central Asia]])
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| − | * [[November 12]] - [[Occupation of Iraq]]: In [[Nasiriya]], Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 Iraq war are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base.
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| − | * [[November 15]] - Two [[car bomb]]s explode simultaneously in [[Istanbul]], Turkey targeting two synagogues, killing at least 25 people and wounding more than 300; [[Al-Qaida]] claims responsibility.
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| − | * [[November 18]] - [[US]] President [[George W. Bush]] makes a state visit to [[London]] in the midst of massive protests.
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| − | * [[November 18]] - [[Goodridge v. Department of Public Health]] rules anti-[[same-sex marriage]] laws unconstitutional in [[Massachusetts]]
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| − | * [[November 20]] - Several bombs explode in [[Istanbul]], Turkey destroying the Turkish head office of [[HSBC]] Holdings and the [[United Kingdom|British]] consulate.
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| − | * [[November 20]] - [[Michael Jackson]] is arrested by police on charges of child molestation, a charge that can carry an 8 year jail term.
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| − | * [[November 22]] - [[England]] wins the [[Rugby Union World Cup]] defeating Australia 20-17 after extra time.
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| − | * [[November 23]] - [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]n [[Rose Revolution]] ends with overwhelming victory - president [[Eduard Shevardnadze]] resigns following weeks of mass protests over fraudulent elections.
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| − | * [[November 23]] - Total [[solar eclipse]] ([[Antarctica]])
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| − | * [[November 24]] - The High Court in [[Glasgow]] imposes a minimum sentence of 27 years for Al Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of bombing [[Pan Am Flight 103]] over [[Lockerbie]], [[Scotland]].
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| − | * [[December 01]] - The use of hand-held [[cell phone|mobile phone]]s while driving is made illegal in the [[United Kingdom]].
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| − | * [[December 01]] - [[Boeing]] [[chairman]] and [[CEO]] [[Phil Condit]] resigns unexpectedly. He is replaced by [[Lewis Platt]] as non-executive chairman and [[Harry Stonecipher]] as president and CEO.
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| − | * [[December 05]] - [[Suicide bombing]] on commuter train in southern [[Russia ]] kills 44 people. President [[Vladimir Putin]] condemns attack as bid to destabilize the country two days before parliamentary elections.
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| − | * [[December 07]] - [[Russian legislative election, 2003|Parliamentary election]] in [[Russia]].
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| − | * [[December 09]] - Female suicide bomber blows herself up outside [[Moscow|Moscow's]] National Hotel, across from [[the Kremlin]] and [[Red Square]], killing five bystanders.
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| − | * [[December 12]] - [[Paul Martin]] becomes the 21st [[Prime Minister of Canada]]
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| − | * [[December 12]] - [[Olympic Airlines]], [[Greece]]'s new flag carrier is launched.
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| − | * [[December 13]] - [[Saddam Hussein]], former [[President of Iraq]], is captured in [[Tikrit]] by the [[U.S. 4th Infantry Division]].
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| − | * [[December 16]] - The [[United Kingdom]] announces plans to build a new runway at [[London Stansted Airport|Stansted Airport]] in [[Essex]] and a short-haul runway at [[Heathrow Airport]] sparking anger from environmental groups.
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| − | * [[December 17]] - The film ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (film)|The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' released, effectively completing the Lord of the Rings Trilogy directed by [[Peter Jackson]].
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| − | * [[December 18]] - The [[Soham murders|Soham Murder Trial]] ends at the [[Old Bailey]] in [[London]] with [[Ian Huntley]] found guilty of two counts of murder. His girlfriend, Maxine Carr is found guilty of perverting the course of justice.
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| − | * [[December 20]] - [[Libya]] admits that it was building a [[nuclear bomb]].
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| − | * [[December 22]] - An [[earthquake]] shakes up [[California]], killing two people.
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| − | * [[December 22]] - [[Parmalat]] is first accused of falsifying accounts to the tune of USD $5 billion, later admitted by founder Calisto Tanzi; observers call it "Europe's [[Enron]]".
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| − | * [[December 24]] - A [[Bovine spongiform encephalopathy|BSE]] outbreak in [[Washington|Washington State]] is announced. Several countries including [[Brazil]], [[Australia]] and [[Republic of China|Taiwan]] place a ban on the import of beef from the [[United States|United States of America]].
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| − | * [[December 24]] - At the request of the US Embassy in Paris, the [[France|French Government]] orders [[Air France]] to cancel several flights between France and the US in response to terrorist concerns.
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| − | * [[December 24]] - The [[Spain|Spanish]] police thwarts an attempt by [[ETA]] to detonate 50 kg of [[explosive]]s at 3:55 PM on [[Christmas Eve]] inside [[Madrid]]'s busy ChamartÃn Station.
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| − | * [[December 25]] - Queen [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]] broadcasts a [[Christmas]] message to the [[British Commonwealth]] paying tribute to British troops in [[Iraq]]. [[Pope John Paul II]]'s Christmas message calls for peace in the [[Middle East]].
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| − | * [[December 25]] - [[Beagle_2|Beagle 2]] is scheduled to land on Mars, but nothing is heard from the lander.
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| − | * [[December 25]] - The President [[Pervez Musharraf]] of [[Pakistan]], escapes the second assassination attempt in two weeks.
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| − | * [[December 26]] - A massive [[earthquake]] devastates southeastern [[Iran]]. Over 40,000 people are reported to have been killed in the city of [[Bam]].
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| − | * [[December 31]] - The world's largest [[Hogmanay]] party in the [[Scotland|Scottish]] capital [[Edinburgh]] is cancelled twenty minutes before midnight due to bad weather.
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| − | ==Births==
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| − | * [[April 29]] - [[Maud Angelica Behn]], daughter of [[Ari Behn]] and [[Princess Märtha Louise of Norway]]
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| − | * [[August 24]] - [[Alexandre Coste]], son of [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco]]
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| − | * [[November 08]] - [[Lady Louise Windsor]], daughter of [[Edward, Earl of Wessex|Earl]] and [[Sophie, Countess of Wessex|Countess of Wessex]]
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| − | * [[December 07]] - [[Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands]], daughter of [[Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands]]
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| − | ==Deaths==
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| − | '''For more deaths, see: [[Deaths in 2003]]'''
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| − | ===January===
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| − | *[[January 03]] - [[Sid Gillman]], American football coach (b. [[1911]])
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| − | *[[January 04]] - [[Conrad Hall]], Tahitian-born cinematographer (b. [[1926]])
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| − | *[[January 04]] - [[Yfrah Neaman]], Lebanese-born violinist (b. [[1923]])
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| − | *[[January 08]] - [[Ron Goodwin]], English composer and conductor (b. [[1925]])
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| − | *[[January 11]] - [[Maurice Pialat]], French actor and director (b. [[1925]])
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| − | *[[January 11]] - [[Richard Simmons (actor)|Richard Simmons]], American actor (b. [[1913]])
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| − | *[[January 12]] - [[Leopoldo Galtieri]], Argentine dictator (b. [[1926]])
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| − | *[[January 12]] - [[Maurice Gibb]], Australian musician ([[Bee Gees]]) (b. [[1949]])
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| − | *[[January 15]] - [[Doris Fisher]], American singer and songwriter (b. [[1915]])
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| − | *[[January 17]] - [[Richard Crenna]], American actor (b. [[1926]])
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| − | *[[January 20]] - [[Al Hirschfeld]], American cartoonist (b. [[1903]])
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| − | *[[January 23]] - [[Nell Carter]], American singer and actress (b. [[1948]])
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| − | *[[January 24]] - [[Gianni Agnelli]], Italian auto executive (b. [[1921]])
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| − | *[[January 26]] - [[Valeriy Brumel]], Russian athlete (b. [[1942]])
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| − | *[[January 26]] - [[Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton]], English historian (b. [[1917]])
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| − | *[[January 29]] - [[Frank Moss]], U.S. Senator from Utah (b. [[1911]])
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| − | ===February===
| + | |
| − | *[[February 01]] - Crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia
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| − | **[[Michael P. Anderson]] (b. [[1959]])
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| − | **[[David M. Brown]] (b. [[1956]])
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| − | **[[Kalpana Chawla]] (b. [[1961]])
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| − | **[[Laurel Clark]] (b. [[1961]])
| + | |
| − | **[[Rick D. Husband|Rick Husband]] (b. [[1957]])
| + | |
| − | **[[William McCool]] (b. [[1961]])
| + | |
| − | **[[Ilan Ramon]] (b. [[1954]])
| + | |
| − | *[[February 02]] - [[Lou Harrison]], American composer (b. [[1917]])
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| − | *[[February 10]] - [[Edgar de Evia]], American photographer (b. [[1910]])
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| − | *[[February 10]] - [[Ron Ziegler]], [[Richard Nixon]]'s White House Press Secretary (b. [[1939]])
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| − | *[[February 19]] - [[Johnny PayCheck]], American singer (b. [[1938]])
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| − | *[[February 20]] - [[Maurice Blanchot]], French philosopher and writer (b. [[1907]])
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| − | *[[February 20]] - [[Orville Freeman]], American politician (b. [[1918]])
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| − | *[[February 27]] - [[Fred Rogers]], American television host (b. [[1928]])
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| − | *[[February 28]] - [[Fidel Sánchez Hernández]], [[President of El Salvador]] (heart attack) (b. [[1917]])
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| − | ===March===
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| − | *[[March 02]] - [[Hank Ballard]], American musician (b. [[1927]])
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| − | *[[March 09]] - [[Bernard Dowiyogo]], [[President of Nauru]] (diabetes) (b. [[1946]])
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| − | *[[March 12]] - [[Zoran ÄinÄ‘ić]], [[Prime Minister of Serbia]] (assassinated) (b. [[1952]])
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| − | *[[March 12]] - [[Lynne Thigpen]], American actress (b.[[1948]])
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| − | *[[March 26]] - [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]], U.S. Senator from New York (b. [[1926]])
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| − | *[[March 29]] - [[Carlo Urbani]], Italian physician (SARS) (b. [[1956]])
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| − | ===April===
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| − | *[[April 01]] - [[Leslie Cheung]], Hong Kong singer and actor (b.[[1961]])
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| − | *[[April 07]] - [[Cecile de Brunhoff]], French storyteller (b. [[1903]])
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| − | *[[April 11]] - [[Cecil Howard Green]], British-born geophysicist and businessman (b. [[1900]])
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| − | *[[April 17]] - [[Robert Atkins (nutritionist)|Robert Atkins]], American nutritionist (b. [[1930]])
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| − | *[[April 17]] - [[Paul Getty]], American-born philanthropist (b. [[1932]])
| + | |
| − | *[[April 17]] - [[Earl King]], American musician (b. [[1934]])
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| − | *[[April 20]] - [[Ruth Hale]], American playwright and actress (b. [[1908]])
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| − | *[[April 20]] - [[Bernard Katz]], German-born biophysicist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1911]])
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| − | *[[April 21]] - [[Nina Simone]], American singer (b. [[1933]])
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| − | *[[April 23]] - [[Fernand Fonssagrives]], French photographer (b. [[1910]])
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| − | *[[April 26]] - [[Peter Stone]], American writer (b. [[1930]])
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| − | *[[April 30]] - [[Wim van Est]], Dutch cyclist (b. [[1923]])
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| − | | + | |
| − | ===May===
| + | |
| − | *[[May 03]] - [[Suzy Parker]], American actress (b. [[1932]])
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| − | *[[May 09]] - [[Russell B. Long]], U.S. Senator from Louisiana (b. [[1933]])
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| − | *[[May 12]] - [[Sadruddhin Aga Khan]], French UN High Commissioner for Refugees (b. [[1933]])
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| − | *[[May 14]] - [[Wendy Hiller]], English actress (b. [[1912]])
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| − | *[[May 14]] - [[Robert Stack]], American actor (b. [[1919]])
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| − | *[[May 15]] - [[June Carter Cash]], American singer (b. [[1929]])
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| − | *[[May 15]] - [[Rik Van Steenbergen]], Belgian cyclist (b. [[1924]])
| + | |
| − | *[[May 26]] - [[Kathleen Winsor]], American writer (b. [[1919]])
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| − | *[[May 27]] - [[Luciano Berio]], Italian composer (b. [[1925]])
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| − | *[[May 28]] - [[Ilya Prigogine]], Russian-born physicist and chemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (b. [[1917]])
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| − | *[[May 28]] - [[Martha Scott]], American actress (b. [[1912]])
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| − | ===June===
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| − | *[[June 02]] - [[Burke Marshall]], American lawyer and politician (b. [[1922]])
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| − | *[[June 10]] - [[Donald Regan]], U.S. Treasury Secretary (b. [[1918]])
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| − | *[[June 10]] - [[Bernard Williams]], English philosopher (b. [[1929]])
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| − | *[[June 11]] - [[David Brinkley]], American television reporter (b. [[1920]])
| + | |
| − | *[[June 12]] - [[Gregory Peck]], American actor (b. [[1916]])
| + | |
| − | *[[June 15]] - [[Hume Cronyn]], Canadian actor (b. [[1911]])
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| − | *[[June 18]] - [[Larry Doby]], baseball player (b. [[1923]])
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| − | *[[June 21]] - [[Leon Uris]], American writer (b. [[1924]])
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| − | *[[June 23]] - [[Maynard Jackson]], Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia (b. [[1938]])
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| − | *[[June 25]] - [[Lester Maddox]], Governor of Georgia (b. [[1915]])
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| − | *[[June 26]] - [[Denis Thatcher]], husband of [[Margaret Thatcher]] (b. [[1915]])
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| − | *[[June 26]] - [[Strom Thurmond]], U.S. Senator (b. [[1902]])
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| − | *[[June 29]] - [[Katharine Hepburn]], American actress (b. [[1907]])
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| − | *[[June 30]] - [[Buddy Hackett]], American comedian and actor (b. [[1924]])
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| − | ===July===
| + | |
| − | *[[July 01]] - [[Herbie Mann]], American jazz flutist (b. [[1930]])
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| − | *[[July 04]] - [[Barry White]], American singer (b. [[1944]])
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| − | *[[July 05]] - [[Roman Lyashenko]], Russian hockey player (b. [[1979]])
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| − | *[[July 07]] - [[Buddy Ebsen]], American actor (b. [[1908]])
| + | |
| − | *[[July 10]] - [[Winston Graham]], English writer (b. [[1908]])
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| − | *[[July 10]] - [[Hartley Shawcross]], British chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials (b. [[1902]])
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| − | *[[July 12]] - [[Benny Carter]], American musician (b. [[1907]])
| + | |
| − | *[[July 13]] - [[Compay Segundo]], Cuban musician ([[Buena Vista Social Club]]) (b. [[1907]])
| + | |
| − | *[[July 15]] - [[Roberto Bolaño]], Chilean writer (b. [[1953]])
| + | |
| − | *[[July 15]] - [[Tex Schramm]], American football team president and general manager (b. [[1920]])
| + | |
| − | *[[July 16]] - [[Celia Cruz]], Cuban singer (b. [[1924]])
| + | |
| − | *[[July 16]] - [[Carol Shields]], American-born writer (b. [[1935]])
| + | |
| − | *[[July 17]] - [[Rosalyn Tureck]], American pianist and harpsichordist (b. [[1914]])
| + | |
| − | *[[July 25]] - [[Ludwig Bölkow]], German aeronautical engineer (b. [[1912]])
| + | |
| − | *[[July 25]] - [[John Schlesinger]], English film director (b. [[1926]])
| + | |
| − | *[[July 27]] - [[Bob Hope]], English-born comedian (b. [[1902]])
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| − | *[[July 30]] - [[Sam Phillips]], American record producer (b. [[1923]])
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| − | ===August===
| + | |
| − | *[[August 01]] - [[Marie Trintignant]], French actress (b. [[1962]])
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| − | *[[August 04]] - [[Frederick Chapman Robbins]], American pediatrician and virologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1916]])
| + | |
| − | *[[August 09]] - [[Gregory Hines]], American dancer and actor (cancer) (b. [[1946]])
| + | |
| − | *[[August 11]] - [[Armand Borel]], Swiss mathematician (b. [[1923]])
| + | |
| − | *[[August 14]] - [[Helmut Rahn]], German footballer (b. [[1929]])
| + | |
| − | *[[August 16]] - [[Idi Amin]], Ugandan dictator
| + | |
| − | *[[August 19]] - [[Sérgio Vieira de Mello]], Brazilian diplomat (b. [[1948]])
| + | |
| − | *[[August 19]] - [[Carlos Roberto Reina]], [[President of Honduras]] (b. [[1926]])
| + | |
| − | *[[August 23]] - [[Bobby Bonds]], baseball player and manager (b. [[1946]])
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| − | *[[August 30]] - [[Charles Bronson]], American actor (b. [[1921]])
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| − | | + | |
| − | ===September===
| + | |
| − | *[[September 01]] - [[Terry Frost]], English artist (b. [[1915]])
| + | |
| − | *[[September 06]] - [[Harry Goz]], American actor (b. [[1932]])
| + | |
| − | *[[September 08]] - [[Jaclyn Linetsky]], Canadian actress (b. [[1986]])
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| − | *[[September 08]] - [[Leni Riefenstahl]], German film director (b. [[1902]])
| + | |
| − | *[[September 08]] - [[Vadim Schneider]], French actor (automobile accident) (b. [[1986]])
| + | |
| − | *[[September 09]] - [[Larry Hovis]], American actor (b. [[1936]])
| + | |
| − | *[[September 09]] - [[Edward Teller]], Hungarian-born physicist (b. [[1908]])
| + | |
| − | *[[September 11]] - [[Anna Lindh]], Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs (assassinated) (b. [[1957]])
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| − | *[[September 11]] - [[John Ritter]], American actor (b. [[1948]])
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| − | *[[September 12]] - [[Johnny Cash]], American singer and guitarist (b. [[1932]])
| + | |
| − | *[[September 14]] - [[Yetunde Price]], American sister of [[Venus Williams|Venus]] and [[Serena Williams]] (murdered)
| + | |
| − | *[[September 17]] - [[Erich Hallhuber]], German actor (b. [[1951]])
| + | |
| − | *[[September 17]] - [[Sheb Wooley]], American actor and singer (b. [[1921]])
| + | |
| − | *[[September 22]] - [[Gordon Jump]], American actor (b. [[1932]])
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| − | *[[September 24]] - [[Edward Said]], Palestinian-born literary critic (b. [[1935]])
| + | |
| − | *[[September 25]] - [[Franco Modigliani]], Italian-born economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1918]])
| + | |
| − | *[[September 25]] - [[George Plimpton]], American writer and actor (b. [[1927]])
| + | |
| − | *[[September 26]] - [[Robert Palmer (British singer)|Robert Palmer]], English singer (b. [[1949]])
| + | |
| − | *[[September 27]] - [[Donald O'Connor]], American actor, singer, and dancer (b. [[1925]])
| + | |
| − | *[[September 28]] - [[Althea Gibson]], American tennis player (b. [[1927]])
| + | |
| − | *[[September 28]] - [[Elia Kazan]], Hungarian-born director (b. [[1909]])
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| − | | + | |
| − | ===October===
| + | |
| − | *[[October 03]] - [[William Steig]], American cartoonist (b. [[1907]])
| + | |
| − | *[[October 05]] - [[Denis Quilley]], British actor (b. [[1927]])
| + | |
| − | *[[October 05]] - [[Dan Snyder]], Canadian hockey player (b. [[1978]])
| + | |
| − | *[[October 10]] - [[Eugene Istomin]], American pianist (b. [[1925]])
| + | |
| − | *[[October 12]] - [[Jim Cairns]], Australian politician (b. [[1914]])
| + | |
| − | *[[October 12]] - [[Willie Shoemaker]], American jockey (b. [[1931]])
| + | |
| − | *[[October 13]] - [[Bertram Brockhouse]], Canadian physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1918]])
| + | |
| − | *[[October 16]] - [[László Papp]], Hungarian boxer (b. [[1926]])
| + | |
| − | *[[October 19]] - [[Alija Izetbegović]], [[Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (b. [[1925]])
| + | |
| − | *[[October 20]] - [[Jack Elam]], American actor (b. [[1918]])
| + | |
| − | *[[October 21]] - [[Fred Berry]], American actor (b. [[1951]])
| + | |
| − | *[[October 21]] - [[Elliott Smith]], American musician (b. [[1969]])
| + | |
| − | *[[October 23]] - [[Tony Capstick]], English comedian, actor, and musician (b. [[1944]])
| + | |
| − | *[[October 23]] - [[Soong May-ling]], Chinese wife of [[Chiang Kai-shek]] (b. [[1898]])
| + | |
| − | *[[October 29]] - [[Hal Clement]], American writer (b. [[1922]])
| + | |
| − | *[[October 29]] - [[Franco Corelli]], Italian tenor (b. [[1921]])
| + | |
| − | *[[October 31]] - [[Richard Neustadt]], American political historian (b. [[1919]])
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| − | ===November===
| + | |
| − | *[[November 04]] - [[Richard Wollheim]], British philosopher (b. [[1923]])
| + | |
| − | *[[November 05]] - [[Bobby Hatfield]], American singer ([[Righteous Brothers]]) (b. [[1940]])
| + | |
| − | *[[November 06]] - [[Rie Mastenbroek]], Dutch swimmer (b. [[1919]])
| + | |
| − | *[[November 06]] - [[Eduardo Palomo]], Mexican actor (b. [[1962]])
| + | |
| − | *[[November 09]] - [[Art Carney]], American actor (b. [[1918]])
| + | |
| − | *[[November 10]] - [[Canaan Banana]], first [[President of Zimbabwe]] (b. [[1936]])
| + | |
| − | *[[November 10]] - [[Irv Kupcinet]], American columnist and television personality (murdered) (b. [[1912]])
| + | |
| − | *[[November 12]] - [[Jonathan Brandis]], American actor (suicide) (b. [[1976]])
| + | |
| − | *[[November 12]] - [[Penny Singleton]], American actress (b. [[1908]])
| + | |
| − | *[[November 13]] - [[Kellie Waymire]], American actress (b. [[1967]])
| + | |
| − | *[[November 14]] - [[Gene Anthony Ray]], American actor (b. [[1962]])
| + | |
| − | *[[November 15]] - [[Ray Lewis (runner)|Ray Lewis]], Canadian runner (b. [[1910]])
| + | |
| − | *[[November 15]] - [[T. Y. Lin]], Chinese-born civil engineer (b. [[1912]])
| + | |
| − | *[[November 15]] - [[Dorothy Loudon]], American actress (b. [[1933]])
| + | |
| − | *[[November 18]] - [[Michael Kamen]], American composer (b. [[1948]])
| + | |
| − | *[[November 20]] - [[Robert Addie]], British actor (cancer) (b. [[1960]])
| + | |
| − | *[[November 20]] - [[David Dacko]], first [[President of the Central African Republic]] (b. [[1930]])
| + | |
| − | *[[November 20]] - [[Jim Siedow]], American actor (b. [[1920]])
| + | |
| − | *[[November 24]] - [[Hugh Kenner]], Canadian literary critic (b. [[1922]])
| + | |
| − | *[[November 24]] - [[Warren Spahn]], baseball player (b. [[1921]])
| + | |
| − | *[[November 26]] - [[Abed Hamed Mowhoush]], Iraqi general
| + | |
| − | *[[November 26]] - [[Stefan Wul]], French writer (b. [[1922]])
| + | |
| − | *[[November 30]] - [[Gertrude Ederle]], American swimmer (b. [[1906]])
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | ===December===
| + | |
| − | *[[December 03]] - [[David Hemmings]], English actor (b. [[1941]]}
| + | |
| − | *[[December 06]] - [[Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio]], [[President of Guatemala]] (b. [[1918]])
| + | |
| − | *[[December 07]] - [[Carl F. H. Henry]], American theologian and publisher (b. [[1913]])
| + | |
| − | *[[December 07]] - [[Azie Taylor Morton]], U.S. Treasurer (b. [[1936]])
| + | |
| − | *[[December 08]] - [[Rubén González]], Cuban pianist ([[Buena Vista Social Club]]) (b. [[1919]])
| + | |
| − | *[[December 09]] - [[Paul Simon (politician)|Paul Simon]], U.S. Senator from Illinois (b. [[1928]])
| + | |
| − | *[[December 11]] - [[Ahmadou Kourouma]], Ivorian writer (b. [[1927]])
| + | |
| − | *[[December 12]] - [[Geidar Aliev]], [[President of Azerbaijan]]
| + | |
| − | *[[December 13]] - [[William Roth]], U.S. Senator from Delaware (b. [[1921]])
| + | |
| − | *[[December 14]] - [[Jeanne Crain]], American actress (b. [[1925]])
| + | |
| − | *[[December 15]] - [[George Fisher (cartoonist)|George Fisher]], American political cartoonist (b. [[1923]])
| + | |
| − | *[[December 16]] - [[Robert Stanfield]], Premier of Nova Scotia (b. [[1914]])
| + | |
| − | *[[December 16]] - [[Gary Stewart (singer)|Gary Stewart]], American singer (suicide) (b. [[1945]])
| + | |
| − | *[[December 17]] - [[Ed Devereaux]], Australian actor (b. [[1925]])
| + | |
| − | *[[December 17]] - [[Otto Graham]], American football player (b. [[1921]])
| + | |
| − | *[[December 19]] - [[Hope Lange]], American actress (b. [[1941]])
| + | |
| − | *[[December 22]] - [[Dave Dudley]], American singer (b. [[1928]])
| + | |
| − | *[[December 27]] - [[Alan Bates]], English actor (b. [[1934]])
| + | |
| − | *[[December 27]] - [[Ivan Calderon (baseball player)|Ivan Calderon]], Puerto Rican baseball player (murdered) (b. [[1962]])
| + | |
| − | *[[December 29]] - [[Earl Hindman]], American actor (lung cancer) (b. [[1942]])
| + | |
| − | *[[December 29]] - [[Dinsdale Landen]], English actor (cancer) (b. [[1932]])
| + | |
| − | *[[December 29]] - [[Bob Monkhouse]], English comedian and game show host (b. [[1928]])
| + | |
| − | *[[December 30]] - [[David Bale]], South African-born activist (cancer) (b. [[1941]])
| + | |
| − | *[[December 30]] - [[John Gregory Dunne]], American writer (b. [[1932]])
| + | |
| − | *[[December 30]] - [[Anita Mui]], Hong Kong singer (b. [[1963]])
| + | |
| − | *[[December 31]] - [[Arthur R. von Hippel]], German-born physicist (b. [[1898]])
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| − | == Nobel Prizes ==
| + | |
| − | * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Alexei Alexeevich Abrikosov]], [[Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg]], [[Anthony James Leggett]]
| + | |
| − | * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Peter Agre]], [[Roderick MacKinnon]]
| + | |
| − | * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] - [[Paul Lauterbur]], Sir [[Peter Mansfield]]
| + | |
| − | * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[John Maxwell Coetzee]]
| + | |
| − | * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Shirin Ebadi]]
| + | |
| − | *[[Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel]] - [[Robert F. Engle]], [[Clive W. J. Granger]]
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| − | == External links ==
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| − | *[http://www.fimoculous.com/year-review-2003.cfm 2003 Year in Review] - comprehensive listing of 2003 reviews and lists
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| − | *[http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist2003.html 2003 Year-End Google Zeitgeist] - Google's Yearly List of Major Events and Top Searches for 2003
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| − | {{wikipedia|2003}}
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