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 1 – Pascal 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 8 – US 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 29 – 2003 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 5 – Iraq 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 9 – BBC Choice closes for the final time at 12:30 a.m., being replaced with BBC Three at 7 p.m. * February 9 – War 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 20 – The 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 12 – Serbia Prime Minister Zoran Ðindic is assassinated in Belgrade * March 12 – The World Health Organization issues a global alert on Severe acute respiratory syndrome * March 13 – Human evolution The journal [[Nature (journal)|Nature]]reports that 350,000-year-old upright-walking human footprints had been found in Italy * March 15 – Hu Jintao becomes President of the People's Republic of China replacing Jiang Zemin * March 19 – Iraq 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 4 – Top Thrill Dragster opens in Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio as the worlds tallest, fastest roller coaster. * May 11 – Benvenuto 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 17 – Arsenal F.C. beats Southampton F.C. 1–0 to win the FA Cup * May 19 – Pen 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 21 – F.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 23 – Dewey (deer) the first deer cloned by scientists at Texas A&M University is born. * May 24 – Sertab 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 28 – Prometea the first horse cloned by Italian scientists, is born. * May 28 – AC 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 31 – Eric 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 4 – Martha 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 29 – 2003 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 1 – Hong 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 5 – SARS 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 7 – Corsica 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 8 – Sudan 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 14 – CIA 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 22 – Uday 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 23 – Operation 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 11 – NATO takes over command of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history. * August 11 – Jemaah 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 15 – Oil 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 4 – Europe s busiest shopping centre, the Bullring Shopping Centre in Birmingham is officially opened by Sir Albert Bore. * September 10 – Sweden foreign minister Anna Lindh is stabbed in a Stockholm department store and dies the next day. * September 10 – Estonia 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 18 – Hurricane 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 27 – Smart 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 5 – Israel warplanes Ain es Saheb airstrike inside Syria territory. * October 7 – 2003 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 12 – Michael Schumacher wins the 2003 FIA Formula One World Championship in Suzuka, Mie Japan beating Kimi Räikkönen to the title. * October 15 – People'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 31 – Mahathir Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia after 22 years in power.

November

* November 5 – Gary 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 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. * 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 22 – 2003 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 28 – Kalev 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 1 – 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. * 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 12 – Paul Martin becomes the 21st Prime Minister of Canada * December 12 – Olympic Airlines Greece s new flag carrier, is launched. * December 13 – Saddam 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 20 – Libya admits to building a nuclear bomb * December 22 – An earthquake in California kills 2. * 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 "Europes Enron . * December 23 – A PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion in Guoqiao Kai County Chongqing China kills 234. * December 23 – World 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 25 – Beagle 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 31 – David 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 8 – Ron Goodwin English composer and conductor (b. 1925 * January 11 – Maurice Pialat French actor and director (b. 1925 * January 11 – Richard Simmons (actor) American actor (b. 1913 * January 12 – Dean Amadon American ornithologist (b. 1912 * January 12 – Leopoldo Galtieri Argentine dictator (b. 1926 * January 12 – Maurice Gibb British rock musician ([[Bee Gees]] (b. 1949 * January 15 – Doris Fisher (singer) American singer-songwriter (b. 1915 * January 17 – Richard Crenna American actor (Marooned (b. 1926 * January 20 – Al Hirschfeld American cartoonist (b. 1903 * January 23 – Nell Carter African-American singer and actress (b. 1948 * January 24 – Gianni Agnelli Italian auto executive (b. 1921 * January 26 – Valeriy Brumel Russian athlete (b. 1942 * January 26 – Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton English historian (b. 1917 * January 29 – Frank Moss (politician) American politician (b. 1911

February

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

March

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

April

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

May

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

June

File:Strom Thurmond.jpg ] File:KatharineHepburninStageDoorCanteencropped.jpg ] * June 2 – Burke Marshall American lawyer and politician (b. 1922 * June 2 – Freddie Blassie American professional wrestler and manager (b. 1918 * June 10 – Donald Regan American Treasury Secretary (b. 1918 * June 10 – Bernard Williams English philosopher (b. 1929 * June 11 – David Brinkley American television reporter (b. 1920 * June 12 – Gregory Peck American actor (b. 1916 * June 14 – Jimmy Knepper American musician (b. 1927 * June 15 – Hume Cronyn Canadian actor (b. 1911 * June 18 – Larry Doby American baseball player (b. 1923 * June 21 – Leon Uris American writer (b. 1924 * June 25 – Lester Maddox American politician (b. 1915 * June 26 – Denis Thatcher British husband of Margaret Thatcher (b. 1915 * June 26 – Strom Thurmond American politician (b. 1902 * June 26 – Marc-Vivien Foé Cameroon footballer (b. 1975 * June 29 – Katharine Hepburn American actress (b. 1907 * June 30 – Buddy 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 1 – Herbie Mann American jazz flautist (b. 1930 * July 1 – N!xau Namibian actor (b. 1944 * July 1 – George Roper British comedian (b. 1934 * July 4 – Barry White American singer (b. 1944 * July 5 – Roman Lyashenko Russian hockey player (b. 1979 * July 7 – Buddy Ebsen American actor (b. 1908 * July 10 – Winston Graham English writer (b. 1908 * July 10 – Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross British chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials (b. 1902 * July 11 – Zahra Kazemi Iran an-Canada freelance photographer (b. 1949 * July 12 – Benny Carter American musician (b. 1907 * July 13 – Compay Segundo Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club (b. 1907 * July 14 – Éva Janikovszky Hungarian novelist (b. 1926 * 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 22 – Uday Hussein son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1964 * July 22 – Qusay Hussein son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1966 * July 25 – Ludwig Bölkow German aeronautical engineer (b. 1912 * July 25 – John Schlesinger English film director (b. 1926 * July 27 – Bob Hope English-born American comedian (b. 1903 * July 30 – Sam Phillips American record producer (b. 1923

August

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

September

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

October

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

November

* November 3 – Spider Jorgensen American baseball player and coach (b. 1919 * November 4 – Richard Wollheim British philosopher (b. 1923 * November 5 – Dorothy Fay American actress (b. 1915 * November 6 – Rie Mastenbroek Dutch swimmer (b. 1919 * November 6 – Mike Lockwood American wrestler (b. 1971 * November 9 – 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 (b. 1912 * November 12 – Jonathan Brandis American actor (b. 1976 * November 12 – Penny Singleton American actress (b. 1908 * November 15 – Ray Lewis (runner) 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 (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 American baseball player (b. 1921 * November 26 – Abed Hamed Mowhoush Iraqi general * November 26 – Stefan Wul French writer (b. 1922 * November 28 – Mihkel Mathiesen Estonian statesman (b. 1918 * November 30 – Gertrude Ederle American swimmer (b. 1906

December

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

Nobel Prizes

Image:Nobel medal dsc06171.png * Nobel Prize in Chemistry – Peter Agre Roderick MacKinnon * Nobel Prize in Economics – Robert F. Engle Clive W. J. Granger * Nobel Prize in Literature – John Maxwell Coetzee * Nobel Prize for Peace – Shirin Ebadi * Nobel Prize in Physics – Alexei Alexeevich Abrikosov Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg Anthony James Leggett * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine – Paul 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