2003
Centuries: 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century
Decades: 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s - 2000s - 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s 2050s
Years: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 - 2003 - 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Months: January - February - March
Events
- January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of the Federative Republic of Brazil for the period (2003-2007)
- January 1 - Pascal Couchepin becomes President of Switzerland
- January 21 - Kevin Mitnick is finally allowed to use a computer again.
- January 24 - The new United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
- January 31 - A man in Miami, Florida steals US Mail truck, taking hostages with him. Later, he releases the hostages and surrenders to police.
- February - Mattel's Barbie doll line reintroduces Barbie's friends Midge and Alan, who are a married couple.
- February 1 - Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates over Texas upon reentry killing all seven astronauts onboard.
- February 5 - U.S. plan to invade Iraq: Colin Powell addresses the UN Security Council on Iraq.
- February 15 - Global protests against war on Iraq - more than six million people protest in over 600 cities worldwide, one of the largest protests in history.
- February 23 - New York City is the site of the Grammy Awards of 2003 with Nickelback, No Doubt, Foo Fighters, Britney Spears and some other bands and performers.
- March 2 - War on Terrorism: Authorities in Pakistan capture Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks.
Predicted Events
- May 31 - Annular solar eclipse
- June 20 through June 29, Special Olympics World Summer Games, Dublin, Ireland
- November 23 - Total solar eclipse
years in topic
- 2003 in film
- Expected blockbuster movies predicted for the year include the second and third Matrix movies: The Matrix Reloaded in summer and The Matrix Revolution in the fall. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is scheduled to be released in December.
- 2003 in literature
- publication of The Tailgating Spinster by Daniel C. Boyer
- 2003 in music
- The Ataris releases So Long, Astoria
- 2003 in politics
- 2003 in sports
- 2003 in television
Births
Deaths
- January 1 - Giorgio Gaber, italian singer
- January 5 - Roy Jenkins, British politician
- January 12 - Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine dictator
- January 12 - Maurice Gibb, singer and bassist in the Bee Gees
- January 18 - Richard Crenna, actor
- January 24 - Gianni Agnelli, Fiat president
- January 26 - Valeriy Brumel, Soviet athlete
- February 1 - The crew of STS-107; Michael P. Anderson, David Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, Rick D. Husband, Willie McCool, Ilan Ramon
- February 2 - Lou Harrison, composer
- February 14 - Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal
- February 19 - Johnny Paycheck, 64, country music singer
- February 24 - Christopher Hill, 92, historian
- February 27 - Fred McFeely Rogers, 74, "Mister Rogers" of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- February 28 - Roger Michael Needham, 68, Proffesor for cryptography at Cambridge University
- March 3 - Malcolm Williamson, composer
- March 8 - Adam Faith, English singer and actor
Nobel Prizes