2003

2003 ([[Roman numerals|MMIII]] was a common year starting on Wednesday according to the Gregorian calendar It was the 2003rd year of the Common Era or the [[Anno Domini]]designation; the 3rd year of the 3rd millennium and of the 21st century and the 4th of the 2000s (decade) 2003 was designated as: * International Year of Freshwater * European Disability Year.

Events

January

* January 1Pascal Couchepin becomes President of the Confederation (Switzerland) in Switzerland * January 3 – The 108th United States Congress is sworn in, including incoming freshmen Senators Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), John E. Sununu (R-NH), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Norm Coleman (R-MN), and Mark Pryor (D-AR). * January 5 – Police arrest seven suspects in connection with Wood Green ricin plot * January 8US Airways Express Flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina killing all 21 people aboard. * January 15[[Eldred v. Ashcroft]] The Supreme Court of the United States allows the extension of copyright terms in the U.S. * January 16[[STS-107]] Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on what turns out to be its last flight. * January 18 – The Canberra Bushfires in Canberra, Australia kill 4 people. * January 23 – The last signal is received from NASAs Pioneer 10 spacecraft, some 7.5 billion miles from Earth. * January 24 – The new United States Department of Homeland Security begins operation. * January 25 – A Central Line train crashes into the tunnel wall at Chancery Lane tube station in London injuring 34 people. * January 25 – An Human shield action to Iraq leaves London for Baghdad to act as voluntary human shields hoping to avert a U.S. invasion. * January 292003 Phnom Penh riots In Phnom Penh Cambodia the Thai Embassy is burned and commercial properties of Thai businesses are vandalized.

February

* February 1 – At the conclusion of the [[STS-107]]mission, the Space Shuttle [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Columbia]]Space Shuttle Columbia disaster over Texas killing all 7 astronaut onboard. * February 1 – In Northern Ireland Protestant Ulster Defence Association Belfast leader John Gregg is killed by a loyalist faction. File:STS-107 reentry.jpg * February 5Iraq disarmament crisis U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell addresses the UN Security Council on Iraq. * February 7 – An unsuccessful attempt is made to contact Pioneer 10 * February 9 – The Cricket World Cup begins in South Africa * February 9BBC Choice closes for the final time at 12:30 a.m., being replaced with BBC Three at 7 p.m. * February 9War in Darfur begins. * February 15 – Global February 15, 2003 anti-war protest More than 10 million people protest in over 600 cities worldwide, the largest to take place before a war occurs. * February 18 – An arsonist Daegu subway fire in Daegu, South Korea, killing more than 190. * February 20The Station nightclub fire in West Warwick, Rhode Island claims the lives of 100 people. * February 26 – An American businessman is admitted to the Vietnam France Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam with the first identified case of Severe acute respiratory syndrome World Health Organization doctor Carlo Urbani reports the unusual, highly contagious disease to WHO. Both the businessman and doctor later die of the disease.

March

Image:Sars-hospital.jpg * March 12Serbia Prime Minister Zoran Ðindic is assassinated in Belgrade * March 12 – The World Health Organization issues a global alert on Severe acute respiratory syndrome * March 13Human evolution The journal [[Nature (journal)|Nature]]reports that 350,000-year-old upright-walking human footprints had been found in Italy * March 15Hu Jintao becomes President of the People's Republic of China replacing Jiang Zemin * March 19Iraq War begins with the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the U.S. and allied forces. * March 23 – The 2003 Cricket World Cup ends as Australian cricket team beats Indian cricket team by 125 runs in Johannesburg South Africa

April

* April 3 – A passenger bus hits a remote-controlled land mine in the Chechnya capital, killing at least 8. * April 3 – U.S. forces seize control of Saddam International Airport, changing the airports name to Baghdad International Airport * April 7 Syracuse wins the college basketball National Championship. * April 9 – U.S. forces seize control of Baghdad, ending the regime of Saddam Hussein. * April 14 – The Human Genome Project is completed, with 99% of the human genome sequenced to 99.99% accuracy. * April 17 – The Stevens Report concludes that members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and British Army cooperated with the Ulster Defence Association in the killings of Catholics in Northern Ireland * April 29 – The United States announces the withdrawal of troops stationed in Saudi Arabia and the redeployment of some at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar

May

* May 1 – U. S. president George W. Bush lands on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) where he gives a speech announcing the end of major combat in the 2003 Invasion of Iraq A banner behind him declares "2003 Mission Accomplished Speech . * May 2 – The Monkeyman superhero hoax begins in Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent UK. * May 3 – The Old Man of the Mountain a rock formation in New Hampshire crumbles after heavy rain. * May 4 May 10 – A major severe weather outbreak spawns more tornadoes than any week in U.S. history; 393 tornadoes are reported in 19 states. * May 4Top Thrill Dragster opens in Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio as the worlds tallest, fastest roller coaster. * May 11Benvenuto Cellini s [[Saliera]]is stolen from the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna * May 12 – A suicide truck-bomb attack kills at least 60 at a government compound in northern Chechnya * May 12 – In Riyadh Saudi Arabia 26 people are killed in the Riyadh Compound Bombings * May 14 – A female suicide bomber blows up explosives strapped to her waist in a crowd of thousands of Muslim pilgrims, killing at least 18 people in Chechnya * May 15 – The date predicted by Pana Wave a Japan se cult on which a close encounter with an unknown planet would result in the Doomsday event * May 16 – In Casablanca Morocco 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 injured in the 2003 Casablanca bombings * May 17Arsenal F.C. beats Southampton F.C. 1–0 to win the FA Cup * May 19Pen Hadow becomes the first person to walk alone, without any outside help, from Canada to the North Pole * May 19 – The Indonesian military begins an 2003-2004 Indonesian offensive in Aceh * May 21F.C. Porto defeats Celtic F.C. 3–2 (AET) in the UEFA Cup Final in Seville Spain * May 21 – An earthquake in the Boumerdès region of northern Algeria kills 2,200. * May 22 – The Sheffield Winter Gardens are officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom * May 23Dewey (deer) the first deer cloned by scientists at Texas A&M University is born. * May 24Sertab Erener wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 for Turkey with the song [[Every Way That I Can]] in Riga Latvia * May 25 – After docking in Miami at 05:00, the [[SS Norway]](old [[SS France]] is severely damaged by a boiler explosion at 06:30, that kills 7, and injures 17 crew members. A few weeks later it is announced by NCL that she will never sail again as a commercial ocean liner * May 26 – A draft of the proposed European Constitution is unveiled. * May 28Prometea the first horse cloned by Italian scientists, is born. * May 28AC Milan defeats fellow Italian rival Juventus 3–2 on penalties after a scoreless tie to win the UEFA Champions League their sixth European title. * May 31Eric Rudolph suspected in the Centennial Olympic Park bombing in 1996, is captured in Murphy, North Carolina

June

* June 1 – The 29th G8 summit opens in Évian-les-Bains France to tight security and tens of thousands of protesters. * June 1 – The People's Republic of China begins filling the lake behind the massive Three Gorges Dam raising the water level near the dam over 100 metres. * June 4Martha Stewart and her broker are indictment for using privileged investment information and then obstructing a federal investigation. Stewart also resigns as chairperson and chief executive officer of [[Martha Stewart Living]] * June 5 – A female suicide bomber detonates a bomb near a bus carrying soldiers and civilians to a military airfield in Mozdok, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania a major staging area for Russia troops in Chechnya killing at least 16. * June 22 – The largest hailstone ever recorded falls in Aurora, Nebraska * June 23[[Grutter v. Bollinger]] The Supreme Court of the United States upholds affirmative action in university admissions. * June 26[[Lawrence v. Texas]] The U.S. Supreme Court declares sodomy law unconstitutional. * June 292003 Chicago balcony collapse in Chicago kills 13. * June 30 – In Irvine, California Joseph Hunter Parker kills 2 New Albertsons, Inc. employees with a sword before being shot to death by the police

July

* July 1Hong Kong 1 July marches#2003 protest to protest Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23 which controversially redefines treason * July 2 – At the International Olympic Committee session in Prague Vancouver British Columbia is declared the host city for the XXI Olympic Winter Games in 2010 * July 5SARS is declared to be contained by WHO * July 5 – A double suicide bombing at a Moscow rock concert kills the attackers and 15 other people. * July 6 – The 70-meter Eupatoria Planetary Radar sends a Message to Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence message Cosmic Call 2 to 5 stars: Hip 4872 HD 245409 55 Cancri HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris that will arrive at these stars in 2036 2040 2044 2044 and 2049 respectively * July 7Corsica voters reject a referendum for increased autonomy from France by a very narrow margin. * July 7 – Canon Jeffrey John the first would-be gay bishop in the Church of England, withdraws his acceptance of the post of The Bishop of Reading, Berkshire after discussions with church leaders. * July 8Sudan Airways Flight 39 with 117 people on board, crashes in Sudan the only survivor is a 2-year-old child. * July 10 – A Russian security agent dies in Moscow while trying to defuse a bomb a woman had tried to carry into a cafe on central Moscow s main street * July 14CIA leak scandal [[Washington Post]]columnist Robert Novak publishes the name of Valerie Plame blowing her cover as a CIA operative. * July 18 – The Convention on the Future of Europe finishes its work and proposes the first European Constitution. * July 18 – The body of David Kelly (weapons expert) a scientist at the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) is found a few miles from his home, leading to the Hutton inquiry * July 21 – Eleven Support towers on Kinzua Bridge collapse after being hit by an F-1 tornado. * July 22Uday Hussein and Qusay Hussein sons of Saddam Hussein are killed by the U.S. military in Iraq after being tipped off by an informant. * July 23Operation Warrior Sweep is the first major military deployment of the Afghan National Army * July 24 – The Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands Operation Helpem Fren led by Australia begins. * July 26 – The electorate of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma approves a new constitution redesignating the tribe "Cherokee Nation" without "of Oklahoma" and specifically disenfranchising the Cherokee Freedmen. * July 30 – The last Volkswagen Beetle rolls off its production line in Puebla, Puebla Mexico

August

* August 1 – A suicide bomber rams a truck filled with explosives into a military hospital near Chechnya killing 50 people, including Russia troops wounded in Chechnya * August 2 – The United Nations authorizes an international peacekeeping force for Liberia * August 10 – The highest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom 38.5celsius (101.3fahrenheit at Brogdale near Faversham in Kent http://www.metoffice.com/climate/uk/2003/ Met Office: 2003 Monthly weather summary]. * August 11NATO takes over command of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history. * August 11Jemaah Islamiah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali is arrested in Bangkok Thailand * August 11 – A European Heat Wave of 2003 in Paris causes temperatures up to 44celsius (112fahrenheit . * August 14 – A widespread Northeast Blackout of 2003 affects the northeastern United States and South-Central Canada. * August 14 – A 6.4 Richter magnitude scale earthquake occurs near the Greek Ionian Islands of Lefkada 24 are injured. * August 15Oil price increases since 2003 Global oil production begins a 4-year plateau (Peak oil in the face of rising demand, causing new price increases. * August 16 – The 2003 Okanagan Mountain Park Fire spreads quickly on the outskirts of Kelowna, British Columbia threatening to engulf the largest town in B.C.s interior. * August 22 – A rocket explosion kills 21 at the Alcântara Launch Center in Alcântara, Maranhão Brazil due to the premature ignition of a solid rocket booster * August 25 – Two bomb blasts in Mumbai India kill 52. * August 25 – The Spitzer Space Telescope was launched from Cape Canaveral Florida during Delta II * August 27 – Perihelic Opposition (planets) Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in over 50,000 years. * August 28 – Bank robber Brian Douglas Wells is killed when a time bomb around his neck explodes, allegedly in an act of betrayal by his co-conspirators. * August 28 – An 2003 London blackout cuts off power to around 500,000 people living in southeast England and brings 60% of Londons underground rail network to a halt.

September

* September 3 – The Hubble Space Telescope starts Hubble Ultra Deep Field * September 4Europe s busiest shopping centre, the Bullring Shopping Centre in Birmingham is officially opened by Sir Albert Bore. * September 10Sweden foreign minister Anna Lindh is stabbed in a Stockholm department store and dies the next day. * September 10Estonia approves joining the European Union in a referendum. * September 14 – Sweden rejects adopting the Euro in a referendum. * September 15 – The National Liberation Army (Colombia) kidnaps 8 foreign tourists in the Ciudad Perdida in Colombia they demand a human rights investigation and release the last hostages 3 months later. * September 16 – Two suicide bombers drive an explosive-filled truck into a government security services building near Chechnya killing 3 and injuring 25. * September 18Hurricane Isabel (2003) makes landfall as a Category 2 Hurricane on North Carolinas Outer Banks. It directly kills 16 people in the Mid–Atlantic area. * September 27Smart 1 a European Space Agency satellite, is launched from French Guiana * September 28 – A 2003 Italy blackout affects all of Italy except Sardinia, cutting service to more than 56 million people. * September 29 – Hurricane Juan lands at Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia Canada as a category 2 storm, killing 2 directly and 5 indirectly.

October

* October 5Israel warplanes Ain es Saheb airstrike inside Syria territory. * October 72003 California recall Voters recall Governor Gray Davis from office and elect actor Arnold Schwarzenegger to succeed him. * October 10 – Facing an investigation surrounding allegations of illegal drug use, United States right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh publicly admits that he is addicted to prescription Oxycodone and will seek treatment. * October 12Michael Schumacher wins the 2003 FIA Formula One World Championship in Suzuka, Mie Japan beating Kimi Räikkönen to the title. * October 15People's Republic of China launches Shenzhou 5 their first manned space mission * October 15 – The 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash kills 11 after one of its ferries slams into a pier. * October 24 – The Concorde makes its last commercial flight, bringing the era of airliner supersonic travel to a close, at least for the time being. * October 25 – The Cedar Fire begins in San Diego County burning 280,000 acres (1,100 km²), 2,232 homes and killing 14. * October 25 – The Florida Marlins defeat the New York Yankees to win their second World Series title. * October 31Mahathir Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia after 22 years in power.

November

* November 5Gary Ridgway The "Green River Killer", confesses to murdering 48 women. * November 9 – A lunar eclipse is seen in the Americas Europe, Africa and Central Asia * November 12Occupation 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. * November 15 – Two car bomb explode simultaneously in Istanbul Turkey, targeting 2 synagogues, killing at least 25 people and wounding more than 300; Al-Qaida claims responsibility. * November 18 – U.S. President George W. Bush makes a state visit to London in the midst of massive protests. * November 18 – The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health rules anti-same-sex marriage laws unconstitutional in Massachusetts * November 19 – At the end of a long public inquiry, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, John Prescott gives planning approval to London Bridge Tower set to become the tallest building in Europe. * November 20 – Several bombs explode in Istanbul Turkey, destroying the Turkish head office of HSBC Bank (Turkey) and the United Kingdom consulate. * November 222003 Rugby World Cup England defeats Australia 20–17 after extra time. * November 23 – The Georgia (country) Rose Revolution ends in overwhelming victory; president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over fraudulent elections. * November 23 – A total solar eclipse is seen over Antarctica * 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 * November 28Kalev Ots succeeds to the presidency of the pre-WW II Republic of Estonia in exile, after the death of Mihkel Mathiesen

December

* December 1 – The use of hand-held cell phone while driving is made illegal in the United Kingdom * December 1Boeing chairman and CEO Phil Condit resigns unexpectedly. He is replaced by Lewis Platt as non-executive chairman and Harry Stonecipher as president and CEO. * December 5 – A suicide bombing on a commuter train in southern Russia kills 44 people. President Vladimir Putin condemns the attack as a bid to destabilize the country 2 days before parliamentary elections. * December 5 – The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2003 opens in Abuja Nigeria * December 7 – Parliamentary elections are held in Russia * December 7 – Australian schoolboy Daniel Morcombe disappears from a bus stop on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland Australia. It is one of the countrys highest profile mysteries. * December 7 – The new Government in Exile of the pre-World War II Republic of Estonia, headed by Ahti Mänd assumes office. * December 8 – The Aso Rock Declaration is issued at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, outlining the Commonwealth of Nations s priority objectives. * December 9 – A female suicide bomber detonates outside Moscow s National Hotel, across from the Kremlin and Red Square killing 5 bystanders. * December 12Paul Martin becomes the 21st Prime Minister of Canada * December 12Olympic Airlines Greece s new flag carrier, is launched. * December 13Saddam Hussein former President of Iraq is captured in Tikrit by the U.S. 4th Infantry Division * December 16 – The United Kingdom announces plans to build a new runway at London Stansted Airport in Essex and a short-haul runway at Heathrow Airport sparking anger from environmental groups. * December 18 – The Soham murders 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. * December 20Libya admits to building a nuclear bomb * December 22 – An earthquake in California kills 2. * December 22Parmalat is first accused of falsifying accounts to the tune of USD $5 billion, later admitted by founder Calisto Tanzi; observers call it "Europes Enron . * December 23 – A PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion in Guoqiao Kai County Chongqing China kills 234. * December 23World Tourism Organization becomes a specialized agency of the United Nations * December 24 – A Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) outbreak in Washington (U.S. state) is announced. Several countries including Brazil Australia and Republic of China ban the import of beef from the United States * December 24 – At the request of the U.S. Embassy in Paris, the France orders Air France to cancel several flights between France and the U.S. in response to terrorist concerns. * December 24 – The Spain police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50 kg of explosive at 3:55 p.m. on Christmas Eve inside Madrid s busy Chamartín Station. * December 25Beagle 2 is scheduled to land on Mars, but nothing is heard from the lander. * December 25 – President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan escapes the second assassination attempt in 2 weeks. * December 26 – A massive earthquake devastates southeastern Iran over 40,000 people are reported killed in the city of Bam * December 31David Bieber is arrested on suspicion of the Boxing Day police shootings in Leeds * December 31 – British Airways Flight 223, a Boeing 747-400 flying from London Heathrow to Washington Dulles, is escorted into Dulles Airport by F-16 fighter jets after intelligence reports of terrorists trying to board the jet and use it in a terrorist attack.

Births

January

* January 8Ron Goodwin English composer and conductor (b. 1925 * January 11Maurice Pialat French actor and director (b. 1925 * January 11Richard Simmons (actor) American actor (b. 1913 * January 12Dean Amadon American ornithologist (b. 1912 * January 12Leopoldo Galtieri Argentine dictator (b. 1926 * January 12Maurice Gibb British rock musician ([[Bee Gees]] (b. 1949 * January 15Doris Fisher (singer) American singer-songwriter (b. 1915 * January 17Richard Crenna American actor (Marooned (b. 1926 * January 20Al Hirschfeld American cartoonist (b. 1903 * January 23Nell Carter African-American singer and actress (b. 1948 * January 24Gianni Agnelli Italian auto executive (b. 1921 * January 26Valeriy Brumel Russian athlete (b. 1942 * January 26Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton English historian (b. 1917 * January 29Frank Moss (politician) American politician (b. 1911

February

* February 1Michael P. Anderson American astronaut (b. 1959 * February 1David M. Brown American astronaut (b. 1956 * February 1Kalpana Chawla American astronaut (b. 1961 * February 1Laurel Clark American astronaut (b. 1961 * February 1Richard Douglas Husband American astronaut (b. 1957 * February 1William McCool American astronaut (b. 1961 * February 2Lou Harrison American composer (b. 1917 * February 10Edgar de Evia American photographer (b. 1910 * February 10Ron Ziegler American White House Press Secretary (b. 1939 * February 10Curt Hennig American wrestler (b. 1959 * February 19Johnny Paycheck American singer (b. 1938 * February 20Maurice Blanchot French philosopher and writer (b. 1907 * February 20Orville Freeman American politician (b. 1918 * February 27Fred Rogers American childrens television host (b. 1928 * February 28Fidel Sánchez Hernández President of El Salvador (b. 1917 * February 28Rudolf Kingslake British lens designer and engineer (b. 1903

March

File:DanielPatrickMoynihan.jpg ] * March 2Evgeniy Matveyev Russian actor and film director (b. 1922 * March 2Hank Ballard American musician (b. 1927 * March 9Bernard Dowiyogo President of Nauru (b. 1946 * March 12Zoran Đinđić Serbia prime minister (b. 1952 * March 12Howard Fast American novelist (b. 1914 * March 22Milton G. Henschel American Jehovah's Witnesses leader (b. 1920 * March 26Daniel Patrick Moynihan American politician (b. 1926 * March 29Carlo Urbani Italian physician (b. 1956 * March 30Michael Jeter American actor (b. 1952

April

* April 1Leslie Cheung Hong Kong singer and actor (b. 1956 * April 2Edwin Starr American soul singer (b. 1942 * April 7Cecile de Brunhoff French storyteller (b. 1903 * April 9Jorge Oteiza Spanish painter (b. 1908 * April 11Cecil Howard Green British-born geophysicist and businessman (b. 1900 * April 17Robert Atkins (nutritionist) American nutritionist (b. 1930 * April 17Paul Getty American-born philanthropist (b. 1932 * April 17Earl King American musician (b. 1934 * April 19Mirza Tahir Ahmad British-born Muslim leader (b. 1928 * April 20Ruth Hale (playwright and actress) American playwright and actress (b. 1908 * April 20Bernard Katz German-born biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1911 * April 20Daijiro Kato Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1976 * April 21Nina Simone American singer (b. 1933 * April 23Fernand Fonssagrives French photographer (b. 1910 * April 26Peter Stone American writer (b. 1930 * April 30Wim van Est Dutch cyclist (b. 1923

May

* May 11Noel Redding English musician (b. 1946 * May 12Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan French UN High Commissioner for Refugees (b. 1933 * May 14Wendy Hiller English actress (b. 1912 * May 14Robert Stack American actor (b. 1919 * May 15June Carter Cash American singer (b. 1929 * May 15Rik Van Steenbergen Belgian cyclist (b. 1924 * May 26Kathleen Winsor American writer (b. 1919 * May 27Luciano Berio Italian composer (b. 1925 * May 28Ilya Prigogine Russian-born physicist and chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1917 * May 28Martha Scott American actress (b. 1912

June

File:Strom Thurmond.jpg ] File:KatharineHepburninStageDoorCanteencropped.jpg ] * June 2Burke Marshall American lawyer and politician (b. 1922 * June 2Freddie Blassie American professional wrestler and manager (b. 1918 * June 10Donald Regan American Treasury Secretary (b. 1918 * June 10Bernard Williams English philosopher (b. 1929 * June 11David Brinkley American television reporter (b. 1920 * June 12Gregory Peck American actor (b. 1916 * June 14Jimmy Knepper American musician (b. 1927 * June 15Hume Cronyn Canadian actor (b. 1911 * June 18Larry Doby American baseball player (b. 1923 * June 21Leon Uris American writer (b. 1924 * June 25Lester Maddox American politician (b. 1915 * June 26Denis Thatcher British husband of Margaret Thatcher (b. 1915 * June 26Strom Thurmond American politician (b. 1902 * June 26Marc-Vivien Foé Cameroon footballer (b. 1975 * June 29Katharine Hepburn American actress (b. 1907 * June 30Buddy Hackett American comedian and actor (b. 1924

July

File:Benny Carter.jpg ] File:Uday hussein.jpg ] File:Bob Hope in Road to Singapore trailer.jpg ] * July 1Herbie Mann American jazz flautist (b. 1930 * July 1N!xau Namibian actor (b. 1944 * July 1George Roper British comedian (b. 1934 * July 4Barry White American singer (b. 1944 * July 5Roman Lyashenko Russian hockey player (b. 1979 * July 7Buddy Ebsen American actor (b. 1908 * July 10Winston Graham English writer (b. 1908 * July 10Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross British chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials (b. 1902 * July 11Zahra Kazemi Iran an-Canada freelance photographer (b. 1949 * July 12Benny Carter American musician (b. 1907 * July 13Compay Segundo Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club (b. 1907 * July 14Éva Janikovszky Hungarian novelist (b. 1926 * July 15Roberto Bolaño Chilean writer (b. 1953 * July 15Tex Schramm American football team president and general manager (b. 1920 * July 16Celia Cruz Cuban singer (b. 1924 * July 16Carol Shields American-born writer (b. 1935 * July 17Rosalyn Tureck American pianist and harpsichordist (b. 1914 * July 22Uday Hussein son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1964 * July 22Qusay Hussein son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1966 * July 25Ludwig Bölkow German aeronautical engineer (b. 1912 * July 25John Schlesinger English film director (b. 1926 * July 27Bob Hope English-born American comedian (b. 1903 * July 30Sam Phillips American record producer (b. 1923

August

File:Armand Borel.jpg ] * August 1Marie Trintignant French actress (b. 1962 * August 4Frederick Chapman Robbins American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (b. 1916 * August 4Brian Trueman English musician (b. 1930 * August 9Gregory Hines American dancer and actor (b. 1946 * August 11Armand Borel Swiss mathematician (b. 1923 * August 14Helmut Rahn German footballer (b. 1929 * August 16Idi Amin Ugandan dictator (b. 1924 * August 19Sérgio Vieira de Mello Brazilian diplomat (b. 1948 * August 19Carlos Roberto Reina President of Honduras (b. 1926 * August 22Imperio Argentina Argentinian singer and actress (b. 1906 * August 23Jack Dyer Australian football player, coach, and commentator (b. 1913 * August 29Vladimir Vasicek Czech painter (b. 1919 * August 30Charles Bronson American actor (b. 1921

September

File:WP Leni Riefenstahl.jpg ] File:JohnnyCash1969.jpg ] * September 1Terry Frost English artist (b. 1915 * September 1John Gould (columnist) American humorist, essayist, and columnist (b. 1908 * September 6Harry Goz American actor (b. 1932 * September 7Warren Zevon American singer (b. 1947 * September 8Leni Riefenstahl German film director (b. 1902 * September 9Larry Hovis American actor (b. 1936 * September 9Edward Teller Hungarian-born physicist (b. 1908 * September 11Anna Lindh Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1957 * September 11John Ritter American actor (b. 1948 * September 12Johnny Cash American singer and guitarist (b. 1932 * September 13Frank O'Bannon American politician (b. 1930 * September 14John Serry, Sr. American musician (b. 1915 * September 17Sheb Wooley American actor and singer (b. 1921 * September 22Gordon Jump American actor (b. 1932 * September 23Yuri Senkevich Russian TV anchorman (b. 1937 * September 24Edward Said Palestinian-born literary critic (b. 1935 * September 25Franco Modigliani Italian-born economist, Nobel Prize in Economics laureate (b. 1918 * September 25George Plimpton American writer and actor (b. 1927 * September 26Robert Palmer (singer) English singer (b. 1949 * September 26Shawn Lane American musician (b. 1963 * September 27Donald O'Connor American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1925 * September 28Althea Gibson American tennis player (b. 1927 * September 28Elia Kazan Hungarian-born director (b. 1909

October

File:AlijaIzetbegovic1.jpg ] File:Elliott Smith2.jpg ] * October 3William Steig American cartoonist (b. 1907 * October 5Timothy Treadwell American environmentalist and filmmaker (b. 1957 * October 5Denis Quilley British actor (b. 1927 * October 5Dan Snyder Canadian hockey player (b. 1978 * October 5Neil Postman American educator, media theorist, and cultural critic (b. 1931 * October 10Eugene Istomin American pianist (b. 1925 * October 12Jim Cairns Australian politician (b. 1914 * October 12Bill Shoemaker American jockey (b. 1931 * October 13Bertram Brockhouse Canadian physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (b. 1918 * October 16László Papp Hungarian boxer (b. 1926 * October 16Stu Hart Canadian wrestling promoter (b. 1915 * October 19Alija Izetbegović Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (b. 1925 * October 19Road Warrior Hawk American wrestler (b. 1957 * October 20Jack Elam American actor (b. 1918 * October 21Elliott Smith American musician (b. 1969 * October 23Soong May-ling Chinese wife of Chiang Kai-shek (b. 1898 * October 24Veikko Hakulinen Finnish cross-country skier (b. 1925 * October 25Pandurang Shastri Athavale Indian philosopher and social reformer (b. 1920 * October 25Robert Strassburg American composer (b. 1915 * October 29Hal Clement American writer (b. 1922 * October 29Franco Corelli Italian opera tenor (b. 1921 * October 31Richard Neustadt American political historian (b. 1919

November

* November 3Spider Jorgensen American baseball player and coach (b. 1919 * November 4Richard Wollheim British philosopher (b. 1923 * November 5Dorothy Fay American actress (b. 1915 * November 6Rie Mastenbroek Dutch swimmer (b. 1919 * November 6Mike Lockwood American wrestler (b. 1971 * November 9Art Carney American actor (b. 1918 * November 10Canaan Banana first President of Zimbabwe (b. 1936 * November 10Irv Kupcinet American columnist and television personality (b. 1912 * November 12Jonathan Brandis American actor (b. 1976 * November 12Penny Singleton American actress (b. 1908 * November 15Ray Lewis (runner) Canadian runner (b. 1910 * November 15T. Y. Lin Chinese-born civil engineer (b. 1912 * November 15Dorothy Loudon American actress (b. 1933 * November 18Michael Kamen American composer (b. 1948 * November 20Robert Addie British actor (b. 1960 * November 20David Dacko first President of the Central African Republic (b. 1930 * November 20Jim Siedow American actor (b. 1920 * November 24Hugh Kenner Canadian literary critic (b. 1922 * November 24Warren Spahn American baseball player (b. 1921 * November 26Abed Hamed Mowhoush Iraqi general * November 26Stefan Wul French writer (b. 1922 * November 28Mihkel Mathiesen Estonian statesman (b. 1918 * November 30Gertrude Ederle American swimmer (b. 1906

December

File:Heydar Aliyev 1997.jpg ] * December 3David Hemmings English actor (b. 1941 * December 4Iggy Katona American race car driver (b. 1916 * December 6Hans Hotter German opera and Liederbass-baritone singer (b. 1909 * December 6Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio President of Guatemala (b. 1918 * December 7Carl F. H. Henry American theologian and publisher (b. 1913 * December 7Azie Taylor Morton U.S. Treasurer (b. 1936 * December 8Rubén González Cuban pianist (Buena Vista Social Club (b. 1919 * December 9Paul Simon (politician) U.S. Senator from Illinois (b. 1928 * December 11Ahmadou Kourouma Ivorian writer (b. 1927 * December 12Heydar Aliyev President of Azerbaijan from June 1993 to October 2003 (b. 1923 * December 13William Roth American politician (b. 1921 * December 14Jeanne Crain American actress (b. 1925 * December 14Blas Ople Filipino politician (b. 1927 * December 15George Fisher (cartoonist) American political cartoonist (b. 1923 * December 16Robert Stanfield Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1914 * December 16Gary Stewart (singer) American singer (b. 1945 * December 17Ed Devereaux Australian actor (b. 1925 * December 17Otto Graham American football player (b. 1921 * December 19Hope Lange American actress (b.1941 * December 19Roger Conant (herpetologist) American herpetologist (b.1909 * December 22Dave Dudley American singer (b. 1928 * December 27Alan Bates English actor (b. 1934 * December 29Earl Hindman American actor (b. 1942 * December 29Dinsdale Landen English actor (b. 1932 * December 29Bob Monkhouse English comedian and game show host (b. 1928 * December 30David Bale South African–born activist (b. 1941 * December 30John Gregory Dunne American writer (b. 1932 * December 30Anita Mui Hong Kong singer (b. 1963 * December 31Arthur R. von Hippel German-born physicist (b. 1898

Nobel Prizes

Image:Nobel medal dsc06171.png * Nobel Prize in ChemistryPeter Agre Roderick MacKinnon * Nobel Prize in EconomicsRobert F. Engle Clive W. J. Granger * Nobel Prize in LiteratureJohn Maxwell Coetzee * Nobel Prize for PeaceShirin Ebadi * Nobel Prize in PhysicsAlexei Alexeevich Abrikosov Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg Anthony James Leggett * Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicinePaul Lauterbur Peter Mansfield

2003 in fiction

* In the video game [[Freedom Fighters]] the game is set in an alternate timeline from 1945 on where world power shifted towards the Soviet Union the Soviets invades and conquers the United States causing a rebel resistance. * In the TV series Stargate SG-1 the second alpha site is attacked by kull warriors. * In [[The Simpsons]]timeline, the events of [[The Simpsons: Hit & Run]]take place between October 25 and October 31 with all seven levels taking place on one week. * The events of [[Resident Evil: Extinction]]take place, before the last chapters of [[Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles]] * In the last chapters of [[Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles]] Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield are sent to an Umbrella Fortress in February 2003. * The Galactic Federation in the Metroid Backstory was formed in 2003. * The main character in Osamu Tezukas manga Tetsuwan Atom(1951) or Astro Boy was "born" on 7 April 2003. * The 1981 arcade game Omega Race takes place in the year 2003.

References

External links

* http://www.fimoculous.com/year-review-2003.cfm 2003 Year in Review] – comprehensive listing of 2003 reviews and lists * http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist2003.html 2003 Year-End Google Zeitgeist] – Googles Yearly List of Major Events and Top Searches for 2003 Category:2003 af:2003 am:2003 እ.ኤ.አ. ang:2003 ab:2003 ar:ملحق:2003 an:2003 roa-rup:2003 frp:2003 ast:2003 gn:2003 av:2003 ay:2003 az:2003 bn:২০০৩ zh-min-nan:2003 nî be:2003 be-x-old:2003 bh:२००३ bcl:2003 bs:2003 br:2003 bg:2003 ca:2003 cv:2003 ceb:2003 cs:2003 cbk-zam:2003 co:2003 cy:2003 da:2003 pdc:2003 de:2003 dv:2003 et:2003 el:2003 myv:2003 ие es:2003 eo:2003 eu:2003 ee:2003 fa:۲۰۰۳ (میلادی) hif:2003 fo:2003 fr:2003 fy:2003 fur:2003 ga:2003 gv:2003 gd:2003 gl:2003 gan:2003年 xal:2003 җил ko:2003년 haw:2003 hy:2003 hi:२००३ hr:2003. io:2003 ig:2003 ilo:2003 bpy:মারি ২০০৩ id:2003 ia:2003 os:2003-æм аз is:2003 it:2003 he:2003 jv:2003 kn:೨೦೦೩ pam:2003 krc:2003 джыл ka:2003 csb:2003 kk:2003 kw:2003 sw:2003 kv:2003 во ht:2003 (almanak gregoryen) ku:2003 la:2003 lv:2003. gads lb:2003 lt:2003 m. lij:2003 li:2003 ln:2003 jbo:2003moi lmo:2003 hu:2003 mk:2003 mi:2003 mr:इ.स. २००३ arz:2003 ms:2003 nah:2003 nl:2003 nds-nl:2003 new:सन् २००३ ja:2003年 nap:2003 no:2003 nn:2003 nrm:2003 nov:2003 oc:2003 mhr:2003 uz:2003 pa:੨੦੦੩ pi:२००३ pag:2003 pnb:2003 pms:2003 tpi:2003 nds:2003 pl:2003 pt:2003 crh:2003 ty:2003 ksh:Joohr 2003 ro:2003 qu:2003 ru:2003 год sah:2003 se:2003 sco:2003 stq:2003 sq:2003 scn:2003 simple:2003 sk:2003 sl:2003 so:2003 ckb:٢٠٠٣ sr:2003 sh:2003 su:2003 fi:2003 sv:2003 tl:2003 ta:2003 kab:2003 tt:2003 te:2003 tet:2003 th:พ.ศ. 2546 tg:2003 tr:2003 tk:2003 udm:2003 ар uk:2003 ur:2003ء vec:2003 vi:2003 vo:2003 wa:2003 zh-classical:二〇〇三年 vls:2003 war:2003 yi:2003 yo:2003 zh-yue:2003年 bat-smg:2003 zh:2003年