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.
| Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 20th century – 21st century – 22nd century |
| Decades: | 1970s 1980s 1990s – 2000s – 2010s 2020s 2030s |
| Years: | 2000 2001 2002 – 2003 – 2004 2005 2006 |
Births change
January
- January 12 - Farah Jefry, Saudi footballer
- January 18 - Bianca Bucur (Bianca Viviana Bucur), Romanian guitarist (Trupa Filmului) (d. 2023)
February
- February 18 - Răzvan Chiriac, Romanian bassist (Trupa Filmului) (d. 2023)
June
- June 20 - Răzvan Fanaca (Răzvan Mrn), Romanian bassist (Trupa Sportului)
- June 30 - Petronela Costea, Romanian guitarist (Trupa Sportului)
July
- July 4 - Gabriel Grigore (Gbr. Grigore), Romanian guitarist (Trupa Muzicii Rock-The Jam Hendrix Experience) (d. 2024)
- July 15 - Nicoleta Tofăleanu, Romanian drummer (Trupa Filmului) (d. 2023)
- August 20 - Vlad Bușilă, Romanian guitarist (Trupa Muzicii Rock-Fecal Matter)
September
- September 1
- Dragoș Leonte, Romanian keyboardist & guitarist (Trupa Filmului) (d. 2023)
- September 9 - Cristian Gabriel Dima, Romanian football player & bassist (Trupa Muzicii Rock-Fecal Matter)
November
- November 17 - Luca Raicu, Romanian keyboardist (Trupa Muzicii Rock-The Jam Hendrix Experience)
Events change
- January 1 – Pascal Couchepin becomes President of the Confederation in Switzerland.
- February 1 – Space Shuttle Columbia was destroyed during re-entry. All seven astronauts on board died.
- February 4 the Hindu minority of Bnagladesh declare the sovereign state of Bangabhumi, recognised by UNPO.
- March 20 – The US-led invasion of Iraq begins.
- May 1 – US President George W. Bush announced the end of the invasion of Iraq.
- July 10 – Wikibooks, a project of the Wikimedia Foundation, was created.
- October 30 – Wicked has its first show at the Gershwin Theatre in Broadway.
- October 31 – Mahathir Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia after 22 years in power.
Nobel prize winners change
- Chemistry – Peter Agre
- Chemistry – Roderick MacKinnon
- Economics – Robert F. Engle III
- Economics – Clive W.J. Granger
- Literature – J. M. Coetzee
- Medicine – Paul C. Lauterbur
- Medicine – Sir Peter Mansfield
- Peace – Shirin Ebadi
- Physics – Alexei A. Abrikosov
- Physics – Vitaly L. Ginzburg
- Physics – Anthony J. Leggett
Deaths change
January change
- January 12 – Maurice Gibb, British musician (Bee Gees) (b. 1949)
- January 12 – Leopoldo Galtieri, 44th President of Argentina (b. 1926)
- January 17 – Richard Crenna, American actor (b. 1926)
- January 20 – Al Hirschfeld, American cartoonist (b. 1903)
February change
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- February 1 – Crew of Space Shuttle Columbia: Rick D. Husband, William C. McCool, Michael P. Anderson, Ilan Ramon, Kalpana Chawla, David M. Brown, Laurel Clark
- February 14 – Dolly the Sheep, cloned mammal (b. 1996)
- February 27 – Fred Rogers, American children's television host (b. 1928)
March change
- March 2 – Hank Ballard, American R&B recording artist; singer and songwriter (b. 1927)
- March 8 – Adam Faith, English singer, actor and financial journalist (b. 1940)
- March 12 – Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1952)
April change
- April 21 – Nina Simone, American singer, songwriter and pianist (b. 1933)
May change
- May 14 – Wendy Hiller, British actress (b. 1912)
- May 14 – Robert Stack, American actor (b. 1919)
- May 15 – June Carter Cash, American singer, songwriter and actress (b. 1929)
- January 28 – Ilya Prigogine, Belgian chemist (b. 1917)
June change
- June 12 – Gregory Peck, American actor (b. 1916)
- June 21 – Piet Dankert, 13th President of the European Parliament (b. 1934)
- June 26 – Strom Thurmond, U.S. Senator (b. 1902)
- June 29 – Katharine Hepburn, American actress (b. 1907)
July change
- July 4 – Barry White, American singer (b. 1944)
- July 16 – Celia Cruz, Cuban-American singer (b. 1925)
- July 25 – John Schlesinger, English movie director (b. 1926)
- July 27 – Bob Hope, American comedian, actor, singer and dancer (b. 1903)
August change
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- August 16 – Idi Amin, 3rd President of Uganda (b. 1925)
- August 19 – Sérgio Vieira de Mello, East Timor United Nations diplomat (b. 1948)
- August 30 – Charles Bronson, American actor (b. 1921)
September change
- September 11 – John Ritter, American actor (b. 1948)
- September 12 – Johnny Cash, American singer and guitarist (b. 1932)
- September 26 – Shawn Lane, American musician (b. 1963)
- September 28 – Elia Kazan, American film and theatre director (b. 1909)
October change
- October 13 – Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist (b. 1918)
- October 14 – Moktar Ould Daddah, 1st President of Mauritania (b. 1924)
- October 19 – Alija Izetbegović, 1st and 4th Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (b. 1925)
November change
- November 10 – Canaan Banana, 1st President of Zimbabwe (b. 1936)
- November 12 – Jonathan Brandis, American actor (b. 1976)
- November 12 – Penny Singleton, American actress (b. 1908)
- November 22 – Mario Beccaria, Italian politician (b. 1920)
- November 24 – Snowflake the Gorilla, Western lowland gorilla (b. 1964)
December change
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- December 12 – Heydar Aliyev, 3rd President of Azerbaijan (b. 1923)
- December 12 – Keiko the Killer Whale, male orca (killer whale) (b. 1976)
- December 23 – Kriangsak Chomanan, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1917)