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2003 Historical Event(s)
January 8, 2003
– Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashes near Diyarbakır Airport, Turkey, killing the entire crew and 70 of 75 passengers.
January 23, 2003
– Final communication between Earth and Pioneer 10.
January 27, 2003
– The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress.
February 1, 2003
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Sheep in Chinese astrology.
March 5, 2003
– In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed by a Hamas suicide bomb in the Haifa bus 37 massacre.
May 16, 2003
– In Casablanca, Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
June 22, 2003
– The largest hailstone ever recorded falls in Aurora, Nebraska
July 6, 2003
– The 70-metre Eupatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to 5 stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044 and 2049 respectively.
August 27, 2003
– Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34646418 mi distant.
September 22, 2003
– David Hempleman-Adams becomes the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an open-air, wicker-basket hot air balloon.
Who Were Born On 2003?
April 16, 2003
– Alina Foley, American actress
June 24, 2003
– Marcus Fiesel, American murder victim (d. 2006)
October 1, 2003
– Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman, New Zealander quadruple amputee
October 16, 2003
– Princess Kritika of Nepal, daughter of Crown Prince Paras
November 8, 2003
– Lady Louise Windsor, British royal
December 7, 2003
– Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands