2003
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2003
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2003 (MMIII ) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar , the 2003rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 3rd year of the 3rd millennium , the 3rd year of the 21st century , and the 4th year of the 2000s decade.
2003
2003 was designated the International Year of Fresh water .[1]
Events
January
February
March
April
May
May 11
May 12 – In Riyadh , Saudi Arabia, over 30 people are killed in multiple bombings at a housing compound , mostly foreign expatriates.[21]
May 17 – Slovakia approves joining the European Union in a referendum .[22]
May 23 – Dewey , the first deer cloned by scientists at Texas A&M University , is born.[23]
May 24 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 takes place in Riga , Latvia , and is won by Turkish entrant Sertab Erener with the song "Every Way That I Can ".
May 26 – Rwanda adopts a new constitution, which among other things, changes the country's official name from "Rwandese Republic" to "Republic of Rwanda".
May 28 – Prometea , the world's first cloned horse , is born.[24]
June
July
August
September
September 4 – Europe's busiest shopping centre,[citation needed ] the Bull Ring in Birmingham , is officially opened.[39]
September 14 – Estonia approves joining the European Union in a referendum .[40]
September 15 – ELN rebels kidnap eight foreign tourists at Ciudad Perdida , Colombia , being freed 100 days later following negotiations with the Colombian government.[41]
September 20 – Latvia approves joining the European Union in a referendum .[42]
September 24 – The Hubble Space Telescope starts the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field , making 800 exposures, until January 16, 2004.[43]
September 27 – SMART-1 , an unmanned ESA spaceprobe and ESA's first mission to the moon, is launched from Kourou , French Guiana .[44]
September 29 – Hurricane Juan makes landfall in Halifax . Causing over $265 million (2003 CAD )
October
November
December
Births
January 3 – Greta Thunberg , Swedish climate activist
January 4 – Jaeden Martell , American actor
January 6 – MattyBRaps , American remixer
January 23 – Apollinariia Panfilova , Russian pair skater
February 15 – Naseem Shah , Pakistani cricketer[importance? ]
February 20 – Olivia Rodrigo , American actress
March 6 – Millicent Simmonds , American actress
March 7 – Polina Kostiukovich , Russian pair skater
March 26 – Bhad Bhabie , American rapper
April 3 – Elsie Fisher , American actress
April 4 – Harvey Elliott , English footballer
May 1 – Lizzy Greene , American actress
May 8 – Joaquín Bondoni , Mexican actor
May 19 – JoJo Siwa , American dancer, singer and actress
June 13 – Anna Cathcart , Canadian actress
June 15 – Breanna Yde , American actress
June 21 – Adhisty Zara , Indonesian singer, performer and actress[importance? ]
June 27 – Tomokazu Harimoto , Japanese table tennis player
July 1 – Storm Reid , American actress
July 4 – Polina Bogusevich , Russian singer
July 13 – Wyatt Oleff , American actor
August 19 – Steele Stebbins , American actor
August 20 – Prince Gabriel of Belgium
August 24 – Alena Kostornaia , Russian figure skater
August 28 – Quvenzhané Wallis , American actress
September 18 – Aidan Gallagher , American actor
October 8 – Ángela Aguilar , Mexican-American singer
November 8 – Lady Louise Windsor , British royalty
December 1 – Robert Irwin , Australian television personality
December 7 – Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange
Deaths
January
February
March
April
May
May 1 – Miss Elizabeth , American professional wrestling valet (b. 1960 )
May 2 – Mohammed Dib , Algerian author (b. 1920 )
May 3 – Suzy Parker , American model and actress (b. 1932 )
May 5 – Walter Sisulu , South African anti-apartheid activist (b. 1912 )
May 11 – Noel Redding , English musician (b. 1945 )
May 12 – Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan , French international civil servant (b. 1933 )
May 14
May 15
May 23 – Jean Yanne , French film actor and director (b. 1933 )
May 24 – Rachel Kempson , English actress (b. 1910 )
May 27 – Luciano Berio , Italian composer (b. 1925 )
May 28
May 29 – Trevor Ford , Welsh professional footballer (b. 1923 )
June
June 2 – Dick Cusack , American actor, filmmaker and humorist (b. 1925 )
June 5 – Jürgen Möllemann , German politician (b. 1945 )
June 7 – Trevor Goddard , English actor (b. 1962 )
June 10 – Bernard Williams , English philosopher (b. 1929 )
June 12 – Gregory Peck , American actor (b. 1916 )
June 15
June 18 – Larry Doby , American baseball player and manager (b. 1923 )
June 21
June 22 – Vasil Bykaŭ , Belarusian novelist (b. 1924 )
June 23 – Shelby Starner , American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1984 )
June 26
June 29 – Katharine Hepburn , American actress (b. 1907 )
June 30 − Buddy Hackett , American actor and comedian (b. 1924 )
July
August
September
September 1 – Rand Brooks , American actor (b. 1918 )
September 2 – Ptolemy Reid , 2nd Prime Minister of Guyana (b. 1912 )
September 7 – Warren Zevon , American singer (b. 1947 )
September 8
September 9 – Edward Teller , Hungarian-American physicist (b. 1908 )
September 11
September 12 – Johnny Cash , American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1932 )
September 19 – Slim Dusty , Australian country singer (b. 1927 )
September 22 – Gordon Jump , American actor (b. 1932 )
September 25
September 26
September 27 – Donald O'Connor , American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1925 )
September 28
September 30 – Robert Kardashian , American attorney and businessman (b. 1944 )
October
October 2 – Otto Günsche , German adjutant of Adolf Hitler (b. 1917 )
October 5
October 13 – Bertram Brockhouse , Canadian Nobel physicist (b. 1918 )
October 14 – Moktar Ould Daddah , 1st President of Mauritania (b. 1924 )
October 16
October 17 – Janice Rule , American actress (b. 1931 )
October 19
October 20 – Jack Elam , American actor (b. 1918 )
October 21 – Elliott Smith , American musician (b. 1969 )
October 22 – Tony Renna , American race car driver (b. 1976 )
October 23 – Soong Mei-ling , First Lady of China (b. 1898 )
October 24 – Veikko Hakulinen , Finnish cross-country skier (b. 1925 )
October 27 – Rod Roddy , American television announcer (b. 1937 )
October 29
November
December
December 3
December 6 – Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio , 30th President of Guatemala (b. 1918 )
December 8 – Rubén González , Cuban pianist (b. 1919 )
December 11 – Ahmadou Kourouma , Ivorian writer (b. 1927 )
December 12 – Heydar Aliyev , 3rd President of Azerbaijan (b. 1923 )
December 14 – Jeanne Crain , American actress (b. 1925 )
December 19 – Hope Lange , American actress (b. 1933 )
December 23 – Kriangsak Chamanan , 15th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1917 )
December 27 – Alan Bates , English actor (b. 1934 )
December 29 – Earl Hindman , American actor (b. 1942 )
December 30 – Anita Mui , Hong Kong singer (b. 1963 )
Nobel Prizes
New English words and terms
anti-cultural
baby bump
Big Rip
binge-watch
botnet
darmstadtium
electronic cigarette
flash mob
iraimbilanja
manscaping
MERS
muffin top
net neutrality
netroots
SARS
severe acute respiratory syndrome
unfriend [59]
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