2003
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 and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2000s decade.
From left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A destroyed building in Bam, Iran after the 2003 Bam earthquake killed 30,000 people; A U.S. Army M1 Abrams tank patrols the streets of Baghdad after the city fell to U.S.-led forces; Abuse and torture of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison by U.S. personnel; Protests in London against the Invasion of Iraq; "Mission Accomplished" became an ironic symbol of the protractedness of the Iraq War after President George W. Bush's infamous speech; a statue of Saddam Hussein is toppled in Baghdad after he was deposed during the Iraq War.
| Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
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| 2003 by topic: |
| Arts |
| Animation (Anime) – Architecture – Comics – Film (Horror, Science fiction) – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Classical, Country, Hip hop, Jazz, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US, Korea) – Radio – Photo – Television – Video games |
| Politics and government |
| Elections – International leaders – Sovereign states Sovereign state leaders – Territorial governors |
| Science and technology |
| Archaeology – Biotechnology – Computing – Palaeontology – Quantum computing and communication – Senescence research – Space/Astronomy – Spaceflight – Sustainable energy research |
| Environment and environmental sciences |
| Birding/Ornithology – Climate change – Weather |
| Transportation |
| Aviation – Rail transport – Transportation technology |
| Sports |
| American football – Association football – Athletics (sport) – Badminton – Baseball – Basketball – Chess – Combat sports – Cricket – Cycling – Golf – Ice hockey – Rugby union – Swimming – Tennis – Volleyball |
| By place |
| Afghanistan – Albania – Algeria – Andorra – Angola – Antarctica – Antigua and Barbuda – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria – Azerbaijan – Bangladesh – The Bahamas – Bahrain – Barbados – Belarus – Belgium – Belize – Benin – Bhutan – Bolivia – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Botswana – Brazil – Brunei – Bulgaria – Burkina Faso – Burundi – Cambodia – Cameroon – Canada – Cape Verde – Central African Republic – Chad – Chile – China – Colombia – Costa Rica – Comoros – Congo – D.R. Congo – Croatia – Cuba – Cyprus – Czech Republic – Denmark – Djibouti – Dominica – Dominican Republic – East Timor – Ecuador – Egypt – El Salvador – Eritrea – Estonia – Ethiopia – Eswatini – Equatorial Guinea – Fiji – Finland – France – Gabon – The Gambia – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Grenada – Guatemala – Guinea – Guinea-Bissau – Guyana – Haiti – Honduras – Hong Kong – Hungary – Iceland – India – Indonesia – Iran – Iraq – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Ivory Coast – Jamaica – Japan – Jordan – Kazakhstan – Kenya – Kiribati – Kosovo – Kuwait – Kyrgyzstan – Laos – Latvia – Lebanon – Lesotho – Liberia – Liechtenstein – Libya – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Macau – Madagascar – Marshall Islands – Malawi – Malaysia – Maldives – Mali – Malta – Mauritania – Mauritius – Mexico – Micronesia – Moldova – Monaco – Mongolia – Montenegro – Morocco – Mozambique – Myanmar – Nauru – Namibia – Nepal – Netherlands – New Zealand – Nicaragua – Niger – Nigeria – North Korea – North Macedonia – Norway – Oman – Pakistan – Palau – Palestine – Panama – Papua New Guinea – Paraguay – Peru – Philippines – Poland – Portugal – Qatar – Romania – Russia – Rwanda – Saint Kitts and Nevis – Saint Lucia – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Samoa – San Marino – São Tomé and Príncipe – Saudi Arabia – Senegal – Serbia – Seychelles – Sierra Leone – Singapore – Slovakia – Slovenia – Somalia – Somaliland – South Africa – Solomon Islands – South Korea – South Sudan – Spain – Sri Lanka – Sudan – Suriname – Sweden – Switzerland – Syria – Taiwan – Tajikistan – Tanzania – Thailand – Togo – Tonga – Trinidad and Tobago – Tunisia – Turkey – Turkmenistan – Tuvalu – Uganda – Ukraine – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States – Uruguay – Uzbekistan – Vanuatu – Vatican City – Venezuela – Vietnam – Yemen – Zambia – Zimbabwe |
| Other topics |
| Religious leaders |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births – Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Works and introductions categories |
| Works – Introductions Works entering the public domain |
| Gregorian calendar | 2003 MMIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2756 |
| Armenian calendar | 1452 ԹՎ ՌՆԾԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6753 |
| Baháʼí calendar | 159–160 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1924–1925 |
| Bengali calendar | 1410 |
| Berber calendar | 2953 |
| British Regnal year | 51 Eliz. 2 – 52 Eliz. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2547 |
| Burmese calendar | 1365 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7511–7512 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬午年 (Water Horse) 4699 or 4639 — to — 癸未年 (Water Goat) 4700 or 4640 |
| Coptic calendar | 1719–1720 |
| Discordian calendar | 3169 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1995–1996 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5763–5764 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2059–2060 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1924–1925 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5103–5104 |
| Holocene calendar | 12003 |
| Igbo calendar | 1003–1004 |
| Iranian calendar | 1381–1382 |
| Islamic calendar | 1423–1424 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei 15 (平成１５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1935–1936 |
| Juche calendar | 92 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4336 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 92 民國92年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 535 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2546 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 2129 or 1748 or 976 — to — 阴水羊年 (female Water-Goat) 2130 or 1749 or 977 |
| Unix time | 1041379200 – 1072915199 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2003.
2003 was designated the International Year of the Fresh water.[1]
In 2003, a United States-led coalition launched the 2003 invasion of Iraq, beginning the Iraq War.
Events
January
- January 22 – The last signal from NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft is received, some 12.2 billion kilometers (7.6 billion mi) from Earth.[2]
February
- February 1 – At the conclusion of the STS-107 mission, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry over Texas, killing all seven astronauts on board.[3]
- February 4 – The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is renamed to "Serbia and Montenegro" (after its constituent states) after its leaders reconstitute the country into a loose state-union between Montenegro and Serbia, marking an end to the 73-year-long use of the name "Yugoslavia" by any sovereign state.[4]
- February 15–16 – Antwerp diamond heist: An Italian gang steals loose diamonds, gold and jewellery valued at more than $100 million from a Belgian vault, one of the largest robberies in history.[5][6]
- February 15 – Millions of people worldwide take part in massive anti-war protests in anticipation of the United States and its allies invading Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein's regime.[7]
- February 18 – An arsonist sets fire to a subway train in Daegu, South Korea, killing 192 people.[8]
- February 26 – The War in Darfur begins after rebel groups rise up against the Sudanese government.[9]
- February 27 – Former Bosnian Serb leader Biljana Plavšić is sentenced by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to 11 years in prison for war crimes committed during the Bosnian War.[10]
March
- March 8 – Malta approves joining the European Union in a referendum.[11]
- March 12
- Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić is assassinated in Belgrade by a sniper.[12]
- The World Health Organization issues a global alert on severe acute respiratory syndrome when it spreads to Hong Kong and Vietnam after originating in Mainland China.[13]
- March 20 – The Iraq War begins with the invasion of Iraq by the U.S. and allied forces.[14]
- March 23 – Slovenia approves joining the European Union and NATO in a referendum.[15]
April
- April 9 – U.S. forces seize control of Baghdad, ending the rule of Saddam Hussein.[14]
- April 12 – Hungary approves joining the European Union in a referendum.[16]
- April 14 – The Human Genome Project is completed, with 99% of the human genome sequenced to 99.99% accuracy.[17]
- April 16 – The Treaty of Accession[18] is signed in Athens between the European Union and ten countries (Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia), concerning these countries' accession into the EU, leading to the 2004 enlargement of the European Union.
- April 27 – Nicanor Duarte Frutos is elected president over Julio César Franco in the 2003 Paraguayan general election.[19]
- April 29 – The United States announces the withdrawal of its troops stationed in Saudi Arabia, and the redeployment of some at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.[20]
May
- May 4 – The amusement park Cedar Point opens Top Thrill Dragster, which is the first roller coaster in the world to surpass 400 feet in height, and until the opening of Kingda Ka, is the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world.[21]
- May 11
- Benvenuto Cellini's Cellini Salt Cellar table sculpture is stolen from the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.[22]
- Lithuania approves joining the European Union in a referendum.[23]
- May 12 – In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, over 30 people are killed in multiple bombings at a housing compound, mostly foreign expatriates.[24]
- May 17 – Slovakia approves joining the European Union in a referendum.[25]
- May 21 – Algeria The 6.8 Mw Boumerdès earthquake shakes the suburb of the Algerian capital Algiers with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Violent), killing an estimated 2,266 people.[26]
- May 23 – Dewey, the first deer cloned by scientists at Texas A&M University, is born.[27]
- May 24 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 takes place in Riga, Latvia, and is won by Turkish entrant Sertab Erener with the song "Everyway That I Can".
- May 28 – Prometea, the world's first cloned horse, is born.[28]
June
- June 8 – Poland approves joining the European Union in a referendum.[29]
- June 14 – The Czech Republic approves joining the European Union in a referendum.[30]
- June 21 – Declaration of Thessaloniki: The European Union encourages accession of states of the western Balkans.[31]
- June 30 – Warring parties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sign a peace accord, bringing an end to the Second Congo War, which left millions dead.[32]
July
- July 1 – Tesla Inc., the American electric car company, is founded by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning in San Carlos, California.[33][34]
- July 2 – The International Olympic Committee awards Vancouver the right to host the 2010 Winter Olympics.[35]
- July 5 – Severe acute respiratory syndrome is declared to be contained by the World Health Organization.[36]
- July 6
- The 70-meter Eupatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message Cosmic Call 2 to five stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri, HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris, that will arrive at these stars in 2036, 2040, May 2044, September 2044 and 2049 respectively.[37]
- Dennis Schmitt discovers the island of 83-42, a candidate for being the northernmost point of land.
- July 14 – Robert Novak identifies Valerie Plame as a covert CIA agent, initiating a scandal known as the Plame affair.[38]
- July 18 – The Convention on the Future of Europe finishes its work and proposes the first European Constitution.[39]
- July 24 – The Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands, led by Australia, begins after ethnic violence engulfs the island country.[40]
August
- August 5 – A car bomb explodes at the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, killing 12 people and injuring 150.[41]
- August 11
- The Second Liberian Civil War comes to an end after President Charles Taylor resigns and flees the country.[42]
- NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.[43]
- August 14 – The Northeast blackout of 2003 cuts electricity to the northeastern United States and parts of Canada.
- August 18 – One-year-old Zachary Turner is murdered by his mother in Conception Bay South, Canada. She had controversially been bailed and granted custody of the toddler despite facing extradition and trial for the murder of Zachary's father. The case inspired the movie Dear Zachary and prompted a change in Canadian law.[44]
- August 19 - In the Canal Hotel bombing in Baghdad 22 people are killed, among them United Nations' Special Representative in Iraq Sérgio Vieira de Mello, and over 100 are injured.
- August 25
- The Spitzer Space Telescope is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.[45]
- Car bombs explode at Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar in Mumbai, claiming 54 lives and injuring 244 others. Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba is blamed for the attack.[46]
- August 27
- Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in over 60,000 years.[47]
- The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.[48]
September
- September 12 – Typhoon Maemi, the strongest recorded typhoon to strike South Korea, made landfall near Busan.[49]
- September 14 – Estonia approves joining the European Union in a referendum.[50]
- September 15 – ELN rebels kidnap eight foreign tourists at Ciudad Perdida, Colombia, being freed 100 days later following negotiations with the Colombian government.[51]
- September 20 – Latvia approves joining the European Union in a referendum.[52]
- September 24 – The Hubble Space Telescope starts the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field, making 800 exposures, until January 16, 2004.[53]
- September 27 – SMART-1, an ESA spaceprobe and ESA's first mission to the moon, is launched from Kourou, French Guiana.[54]
- September 29 – Hurricane Juan makes landfall in Halifax. Causing over $265 million (2003 CAD) in damage.
October
- October 1 – The popular and controversial English-language imageboard 4chan is launched.[55]
- October 5 – Israeli warplanes strike alleged Islamic jihad bases inside Syrian territory, the first Israeli attack on the country since the 1973 Yom Kippur War.[56]
- October 15 – China launches Shenzhou 5, their first human spaceflight.[57]
- October 24 – Concorde makes its last commercial flight, bringing the era of airliner supersonic travel to an end.[58]
- October 25 – The Florida Marlins win the World Series for the second time after defeating the New York Yankees by four games to two.
November
- November 12 – A suicide bombing at an Italian military police headquarters in Nasiriyah, Iraq, kills 17 Italian military police officers and nine Iraqi civilians.[59]
- November 23 – Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze resigns after widespread protests engulf the country following a disputed parliamentary election.[60]
- November 26 – The supersonic passenger jet, Concorde, makes its last ever flight from Heathrow Airport in London to Bristol Filton Airport.[61][62]
December
- December 13 – Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq, is captured in the small town of Ad-Dawr by the U.S. Army.[63]
- December 19 – Libya agrees to eliminate all of its materials, equipment, and programs aimed at producing weapons of mass destruction.[64]
- December 23
- The World Tourism Organization becomes a specialized agency of the United Nations.[65]
- PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, killing at least 234.[66]
- December 26 – The 6.6 Mw Bam earthquake shakes southeastern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing an estimated 30,000 people.[67]
- December 29 – The last known speaker of the Akkala Sámi language dies, rendering it extinct.[68]
Births
January–June
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Greta Thunberg
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Jude Bellingham
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Olivia Rodrigo
- January 3 – Greta Thunberg, Swedish climate activist[71]
- January 4 – Jaeden Martell, American actor[72]
- February 5 – Simon Edvinsson, Swedish hockey player[73]
- February 15 – Naseem Shah, Pakistani cricketer[74]
- February 20 – Olivia Rodrigo, American actress and singer[75]
- February 26 – Jamal Musiala, German footballer[76]
- March 9 – Sunisa "Suni" Lee, American gymnast[77]
- March 25 – George Alice, Australian singer-songwriter[78]
- March 26 – Bhad Bhabie, American rapper[79]
- April 3 – Elsie Fisher , American actress
- April 9 – Hayley Faith Negrin, American child voice actress
- May 5 – Carlos Alcaraz, Spanish professional tennis player
- May 19 – JoJo Siwa, American YouTube personality[80]
- June 20 – Hans Niemann, American chess player[81]
- June 21 - Giovana Queiroz, Brazilian football player
- June 27 – Tomokazu Harimoto, Japanese table tennis player[82]
- June 29 – Jude Bellingham, English footballer[83]
July–December
- July 3 - Storm Reid, American actress
- July 4 – Polina Bogusevich, Russian singer[84]
- August 17 – The Kid Laroi, Australian rapper
- August 20 – Prince Gabriel of Belgium[85]
- August 24 – Alena Kostornaia, Russian figure skater[86]
- August 28 – Quvenzhané Wallis, American actress[87]
- September 3 – Jack Dylan Grazer, American actor
- September 24 – Joe Locke, Manx actor
- November 8 – Lady Louise Windsor, British royalty[88]
- December 7 – Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange, heir apparent to the throne of the Kingdom of the Netherlands[89][90]
Deaths
| Deaths |
|---|
| January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December |
January
- January 5 – Roy Jenkins, British politician and biographer (b. 1920)[91]
- January 11 – Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (b. 1925)
- January 12
- Kinji Fukasaku, Japanese film director and screenwriter (b. 1930)[92]
- Maurice Gibb, British musician (b. 1949)
- Leopoldo Galtieri, 44th President of Argentina (b. 1926)
- January 17 – Richard Crenna, American actor (b. 1926)
- January 23 – Nell Carter, American singer and actress (b. 1948)
- January 24 – Gianni Agnelli, Italian entrepreneur and auto executive (b. 1921)
- January 26 – Valeriy Brumel, Soviet Olympic athlete (b. 1942)
- January 27 – Henryk Jabłoński, 5th President of the Polish People's Republic (b. 1909)
February
The crew of STS-107
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Fred Rogers
- February 1
- Michael P. Anderson, American astronaut (b. 1959)
- David M. Brown, American astronaut (b. 1956)
- Kalpana Chawla, American astronaut (b. 1962)
- Laurel Clark, American astronaut (b. 1961)
- Rick Husband, American astronaut (b. 1957)
- William McCool, American astronaut (b. 1961)
- Ilan Ramon, Israeli fighter pilot and astronaut (b. 1954)
- February 2 – Lou Harrison, American composer (b. 1917)
- February 10 – Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler (b. 1958)
- February 15 – Francisque Ravony, 7th Prime Minister of Madagascar (b. 1942)
- February 19 – Johnny Paycheck, American country singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
- February 20 – Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher and writer (b. 1907)
- February 24 – Alberto Sordi, Italian actor (b. 1920)
- February 27
- February 28 – Fidel Sánchez Hernández, 45th President of El Salvador (b. 1917)
March
- March 3 – Horst Buchholz, German actor (b. 1933)
- March 8 – Adam Faith, English singer and actor (b. 1940)
- March 9 – Bernard Dowiyogo, 7-Time President of Nauru (b. 1946)
- March 10 − Naftali Temu, Kenyan Olympic athlete (b. 1945)
- March 12
- Zoran Đinđić, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1952)
- Howard Fast, American novelist (b. 1914)
- Lynne Thigpen, American actress (b. 1948)
- March 16 – Rachel Corrie, American activist and diarist (b. 1979)
- March 21 - Umar Wirahadikusumah, 4th Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1924)
- March 29 – Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (b. 1956)
- March 30 – Michael Jeter, American actor (b. 1952)[93]
April
- April 1 – Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer and actor (b. 1956)
- April 2 – Edwin Starr, American soul singer (b. 1942)
- April 4 – Anthony Caruso, American actor (b. 1916)
- April 8 – Bing Russell, American actor (b. 1926)
- April 9 – Jorge Oteiza, Spanish painter (b. 1908)
- April 20
- April 21 – Nina Simone, American singer (b. 1933)
- April 22 – Mike Larrabee, American Olympic athlete (b. 1933)
May
Dame Wendy Hiller
Robert Stack
- 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 6 - Ateng, Indonesian actor and comedian (b. 1942)
- May 11 – Noel Redding, English musician (b. 1945)
- May 12 – Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, French international civil servant (b. 1933)
- May 14
- May 15
- June Carter Cash, American singer (b. 1929)
- Constantin Dăscălescu, Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1923)[94]
- Rik Van Steenbergen, Belgian cyclist (b. 1924)
- 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
- Ilya Prigogine, Russian-Belgian Nobel physicist and chemist (b. 1917)
- Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1933)
- Martha Scott, American actress (b. 1912)
- 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 26
- Denis Thatcher, British businessman and husband of Margaret Thatcher (b. 1915)
- Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1975)
- Strom Thurmond, American politician (b. 1902)
- June 29 – Katharine Hepburn, American actress (b. 1907)
- June 30 − Buddy Hackett, American actor and comedian (b. 1924)
July
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- July 1
- July 4
- Barry White, American singer (b. 1944)
- André Claveau, French singer (b. 1911)
- July 5
- July 6 – Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (b. 1908)
- July 12 – Benny Carter, American jazz musician (b. 1907)
- July 13 – Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (b. 1907)
- July 15 – Roberto Bolaño, Chilean writer (b. 1953)
- July 16
- Celia Cruz, Cuban-American singer (b. 1925)
- Carol Shields, American-Canadian writer (b. 1935)[95]
- July 17 – Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichordist (b. 1914)
- July 22
- July 25 – John Schlesinger, English film director (b. 1926)
- July 27
- July 30 – Sam Phillips, American record producer (b. 1923)
August
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- August 1
- August 3 – Joseph Saidu Momoh, 2nd President of Sierra Leone (b. 1937)
- August 4 – Frederick Chapman Robbins, American Nobel pediatrician and virologist (b. 1916)
- August 6 – Roberto Marinho, Brazilian businessman (b. 1904)
- August 7 – Rajko Žižić, Yugoslavian professional basketball player (b. 1955)
- August 8 – Martha Chase, American geneticist (b. 1927)
- August 9
- August 11
- August 13 – Lothar Emmerich, German footballer (b. 1941)
- August 14 – Helmut Rahn, German footballer (b. 1929)
- August 16 – Idi Amin, 3rd President of Uganda (b. c. 1923–28)
- August 19
- August 21 – Wesley Willis, American musician (b. 1963)
- August 29 – Vladimír Vašíček, Czech painter (b. 1919)
- August 30 – Charles Bronson, American actor (b. 1921)
September
John Ritter
- September 1 – Ramón Serrano Suñer, Spanish politician (b. 1901)
- September 2 – Ptolemy Reid, 2nd Prime Minister of Guyana (b. 1912)
- September 7 – Warren Zevon, American singer (b. 1947)
- September 8
- Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian actress and voice actress (b. 1986)
- Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (b. 1902)
- September 9 – Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist (b. 1908)
- September 11
- Anna Lindh, Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1957)[96]
- John Ritter, American actor and comedian (b. 1948)
- September 12 – Johnny Cash, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1932)
- September 16 – Sheb Wooley, American actor and singer (b. 1921)
- September 19 – Slim Dusty, Australian country singer (b. 1927)
- September 20 – Gordon Mitchell, American actor and bodybuilder (b. 1923)
- September 22 – Gordon Jump, American actor (b. 1932)
- September 25
- Franco Modigliani, Italian-American Nobel economist (b. 1918)
- Edward Said, Palestinian-American literary critic (b. 1935)[97]
- Yuri Senkevich, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1937)
- September 26
- Olle Anderberg, Swedish wrestler (b. 1919)
- Shawn Lane, American musician (b. 1963)
- Robert Palmer, English singer (b. 1949)
- September 27 – Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1925)
- September 28
- Althea Gibson, American tennis player (b. 1927)
- Elia Kazan, Greek-American director (b. 1909)
- September 30 – Robert Kardashian, American attorney and businessman (b. 1944)
October
Bertram Brockhouse
- 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 18 – Preston Smith, American politician (b. 1912)
- October 19
- Alija Izetbegović, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (b. 1925)
- Road Warrior Hawk, American professional wrestler (b. 1957)
- October 20 – Jack Elam, American actor (b. 1920)
- October 21 – Elliott Smith, American musician (b. 1969)
- October 23
- October 24 – Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish cross-country skier (b. 1925)
- October 27 – Rod Roddy, American television announcer (b. 1937)
- October 29
- Hal Clement, American writer (b. 1922)
- Franco Corelli, Italian opera tenor (b. 1921)
- Eileen Vidal, kelper telephone and radio operator[99]
November
Jonathan Brandis
Penny Singleton
- November 3 – Rasul Gamzatov, poet (b. 1923)
- November 5
- November 6
- Crash Holly, American wrestler (b. 1971)
- Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (b. 1962)
- November 7 – Foo Foo Lammar, British drag queen (b. 1937)
- November 9 – Art Carney, American actor (b. 1918)
- November 10 – Canaan Banana, 1st President of Zimbabwe (b. 1936)
- November 12
- November 14 – Gene Anthony Ray, American actor (b. 1962)
- November 17 – Don Gibson, American country musician (b. 1928)
- November 18 – Michael Kamen, American composer (b. 1948)
- November 20 – David Dacko, 1st President of the Central African Republic (b. 1930)
- November 24 – Warren Spahn, American baseball player (b. 1921)
- November 30 – Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (b. 1905)[100]
December
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- 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)[101]
- December 12 – Heydar Aliyev, 3rd President of Azerbaijan (b. 1923)
- December 14
- 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
- Chemistry – Peter Agre, Roderick MacKinnon
- Economics – Robert F. Engle, Sir Clive Granger
- Literature – J. M. Coetzee
- Peace – Shirin Ebadi
- Physics – Alexei Abrikosov, Vitaly Ginzburg, Sir Anthony James Leggett
- Physiology or Medicine – Paul Lauterbur, Sir Peter Mansfield
New English words and terms
- anti-cultural
- baby bump
- Big Rip
- binge-watch
- botnet
- darmstadtium
- electronic cigarette
- flash mob
- iraimbilanja
- manscaping
- MERS
- muffin top
- netroots
- SARS
- severe acute respiratory syndrome
- unfriend[102]
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External links
- Media related to 2003 at Wikimedia Commons
- 2003 Year in Review – comprehensive listing of 2003 reviews and lists
- 2003 Year-End Google Zeitgeist – Google's Yearly List of Major Events and Top Searches for 2003
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