2003
February 1 - Space Shuttle Columbia blows up, killing 7 astronauts.
February 19 - Euro-Africa summit takes place
March 20 - US led invasion of Iraq begins.
April 9 - Fall of Baghdad
May 1 - Local elections take place in the UK.
May 12 - Terrorist attacks occur in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.
May 24 - Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Riga. Turkey wins, however the UK infamously finishes on 0 points.
May 29 - 50th anniversary of first ascent of Mt. Everest.
June 2 - 50th anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
July 6 - Roger Federer wins the first of five consecutive Wimbledon men's singles titles.
July 18 - Nelson Mandela celebrates his 85th birthday.
July 18 - British intelligence expert David Kelly is found dead.
July 27 - Bob Hope dies aged 100.
August - Europe is hit by its worst heatwave in decades.
September 10 - Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh is stabbed, and dies the following day.
October 3 - Roy, of Siegfried and Roy is attacked by his tiger and is critically wounded.
October - Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected Governor of California.
November 15 - Istanbul is hit by a terrorist attack.
November 20 - Istanbul is hit by a second terrorist attack.
December 7 - Crown Prince Willem Alexander of the Netherlands becomes a father after the birth of Princess Catharina-Amalia
December 10 - Nobel Prize ceremony takes place.
December 13 - Saddam Hussein is captured.
December 26 - The Iranian city of Bam is hit by a strong earthquake , killing thousands.
Births
May 12 - Madeleine McCann
December 7 - Princess Catharina Amalia of the Netherlands
Deaths
January 5 - Roy Jenkins (83), British politician
January 12 - Maurice Gibb (53), musician (BeeGees)
January 12 - Leopoldo Galtieri (76), former Military Leader of Argentina
January 24 - Giovanni Agnelli (81), Italian businessman
March 12 - Zoran Dindic (50), Serbian Prime Minister (assassinated)
May 15 - June Carter Cash (73), American musician
June 12 - Gregory Peck (87), American actor
June 26 - Marc Vivien Foe (28), Cameroon footballer
June 26 - Strom Thurmond (100), US senator
June 29 - Katherine Hepburn (96), American actress
July 4 - Barry White (58), American singer-songwriter
July 18 - David Kelly (58), British weapons expert
July 27 - Bob Hope (100), British-born comedian
August 16 - Idi Amin (78), Ugandan dictator
September 11 - Anna Lindh (46), Swedish foreign minister
September 12 - Johnny Cash (71), American musician
December 29 - Alan Bates (69), British actor
Hurricane Katrina, 838 killed in Iraq, Senate Confirmed Condoleezza Rice as Secretary of State, Alberto Gonzales Confirmed as Attorney General, Rosa Parks Died October 24th, 2005.
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on December 13 2003 sad am Hussein was captured
some major events are
A number of major events occurred between the year 2000 to 2009. Some of the most important events include the September 11th 2001 tragedy, the Columbia disaster in 2003, and the first African American became President in 2009.
911 didn happen in 2003!!!!
One of the major events that took place in 2003 was the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon re-entry. Another major event was a subway fire in South Korea, close to 200 people lost their lives in this fire.
There have been a great many major events that have taken place in Iraq. These events include the Iraq war.
The battle of the flamethrowers not famous but major.
The major event was the Twin Towers attack in 2001.
the sky wars
some important events of the Peloponnesian War
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