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Gregorian Calendar 2003

2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Contents

· 2Nobel prize winners

· 4Movies released

Events[change | change source]

· 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.

· July 10 – Wikibooks, a project of the Wikimedia Foundation, was created.

· October 30 – Wicked has its first show at the Gershwin Theatre in Broadway.

Nobel prize winners[change | change source]

· 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 | change source]

· January 12 – Maurice Gibb, British musician (Bee Gees) (b. 1949)

· January 17 - Richard Crenna, American actor (b. 1926)

· January 20 – Al Hirschfeld, American cartoonist (b. 1903)

· 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 27 – Fred Rogers, American children's television host (b. 1928)

· June 12 – Gregory Peck, American actor (b. 1916)

· June 26 – Strom Thurmond, U.S. Senator (b. 1902)

· June 29 – Katharine Hepburn, American actress (b. 1907)

· July 25 – John Schlesinger, English movie director (b. 1926)

· August 16 – Idi Amin, Ugandan dictator

· September 12 – Johnny Cash, American singer and guitarist (b. 1932)

· September 23 – Shawn Lane, American musician

Movies released[change | change source]

· Brother Bear

· Cheaper by the Dozen

· The Cunning Little Vixen, animated version of Leoš Janáček's opera by BBC – (movie only mentioned in article)

· Finding Nemo – Academy Award for Best Animated Feature

· Kill Bill Vol. 1

· Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life

· The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, directed by Peter Jackson – Academy, Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards for Best Picture

· Monster, starring Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci

· Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

· Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

· The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

New books[change | change source]

· The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown

· Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – J. K. Rowling

Hit Songs[change | change source]

· American Life – Madonna

· Toxic – Britney Spears

· Milkshake - Kelis

· In da Club – 50 Cent

· Damaged – TLC

· Dangerously in Love, Part II – Beyoncé

· Low – Kelly Clarkson

· Someday – Nickelback

· Numb – Linkin Park

· Travelin' Soldier – Dixie Chicks

· Forever and for Always – Shania Twain