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January 1 – Pascal Couchepin becomes President of the Confederation in Switzerland.
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 12 – David Kichler passes away.
January 16 – STS-107: Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on its last flight.
January 18 – The Canberra Bushfires in Canberra, Australia, kill 4 people.
January 23 – The last signal is received from NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft, some 7.5 billion miles from Earth.
January 25 – An international group of volunteers 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.
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February 1
At the conclusion of the STS-107 mission, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry over Texas, killing all 7 astronauts onboard.
In Northern Ireland, Protestant Ulster Defence Association Belfast leader John Gregg is killed by a loyalist faction.
Morgan Spurlock begins his 30-day McDonald's diet.
February 5 – Iraq disarmament crisis: U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell addresses the UN Security Council on Iraq.
February 9
The Cricket World Cup begins in South Africa.
BBC Choice closes for the final time at 12:30 a.m., being replaced with BBC Three at 7 p.m.
War in Darfur begins.
February 15 – Global protests against Iraq war: More than 10 million people protest in over 600 cities worldwide, the largest to take place before a war occurs.
February 18 – An arsonist destroys a train 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 SARS. WHO doctor Carlo Urbani reports the unusual, highly contagious disease to WHO. Both the businessman and doctor later die of the disease.
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A SARS hospital in Taiwan.
March 12
Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Ðindic was assassinated in Belgrade.
The WHO issues a global alert on SARS.
March 13 – Human evolution: The 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 18 - FBI agents raid the corporate headquarters of HealthSouth Corporation in Birmingham, Alabama, on suspicion of massive corporate fraud led by the company's top executives.
March 19 – Iraq War begins with the invasion of Iraq by the U.S. and allied forces.
March 23 – The 2003 Cricket World Cup ends as Australia beats India by 125 runs in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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April 3
A passenger bus hits a remote-controlled land mine in the Chechen capital, killing at least 8.
U.S. forces seize control of Saddam International Airport, changing the airport's name to Baghdad International Airport.
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.
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May 1 – U. S. president George W. Bush lands on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, where he gives a speech announcing the end of major combat in the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. A banner behind him declares "Mission Accomplished".
May 2 – The Monkeyman superhero hoax begins in 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 world's 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.
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 Laboratory, a Japanese cult, on which a close encounter with an unknown planet would result in the extinction of most of humankind.
May 16 – In Casablanca, Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
May 17 – Arsenal beats Southampton 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.
The Indonesian military begins an operation in Aceh province.
May 21
F.C. Porto defeats Celtic 3–2 (AET) in the UEFA Cup Final in Seville, Spain.
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, 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.
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June 1
The 29th G8 summit opens in Évian-les-Bains, France, to tight security and tens of thousands of protesters.
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 indicted 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, a major staging point for Russian 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 laws unconstitutional.
June 29 – A balcony collapse in Chicago kills 13.
June 30 – In Irvine, California, Joseph Hunter Parker kills 2 Albertsons employees with a sword, before being shot to death by the police.
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July 1 – 500,000 Hong Kong people march 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.
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 METI 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.
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 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.
The body of David Kelly, a scientist at the Ministry of Defence, 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 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 Type 1 rolls off its production line in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.
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August 1 – A suicide bomber rams a truck filled with explosives into a military hospital near Chechnya, killing 50 people, including Russian 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 UK; 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) at Brogdale near Faversham in Kent.[1]
August 11
NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
Jemaah Islamiah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
A heat wave in Paris causes temperatures up to 44 °C (112 °F).
August 14
A widespread power outage affects the northeastern United States and South-Central Canada.
A 6.4 Richter scale earthquake occurs near the Greek Ionian island of Lefkada; 24 are injured.
August 15 – Oil price increases since 2003: Global oil production begins a 4-year plateau (and subsequent decline) 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 British Columbia's interior.
August 22 – A rocket explosion kills 21 at the Brazilian rocket complex in Alcântara, Brazil, due to the premature ignition of a solid rocket booster.
August 25
Two bomb blasts in Mumbai, India kill 52.
The Spitzer Space Telescope was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, during Delta II.
August 27 – Perihelic Opposition: 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.
An electricity blackout cuts off power to around 500,000 people living in southeast England and brings 60% of London's underground rail network to a halt.
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September 3 – The Hubble Space Telescope starts Hubble Ultra Deep Field.
September 4 – Europe's busiest shopping centre, the Bullring in Birmingham, is officially opened by Sir Albert Bore.
September 10
Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh is stabbed in a Stockholm department store and dies the next day.
Estonia approves joining the European Union in a referendum.
September 11
Hurricane Isabel reaches peak winds.
September 14 – Sweden rejects adopting the Euro in a referendum.
September 15 – The ELN 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 makes landfall as a Category 2 Hurricane on North Carolina's 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 power failure affects all of Italy except Sardinia, cutting service to more than 56 million people.
September 29 – Hurricane Juan lands at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada as a category 2 storm, killing 2 directly and 5 indirectly.
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October 5 – Israeli warplanes strike inside Syrian territory.
October 7 – 2003 California recall: Voters recall Governor Gray Davis from office and elect Tags: | |
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