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2003

#2003

1 May 24 – Sertab Erener wins the ________ for Turkey with the song Every Way That I Can, in Riga, Latvia.

2 ________ – Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia (b.

3 ________ – NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.

4 ________ – The date predicted by Pana-Wave Laboratory, a Japanese cult, on which a close encounter with an unknown planet would result in the extinction of most of humankind.

5 ________ – Parliamentary elections are held in Russia.

6 ________ – Tex Schramm, American football team president and general manager (b.

7 ________ – Robert Palmer, English singer (b.

8 Physics – Alexei Alexeevich Abrikosov, Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg, ________

9 ________ – The new Government in Exile of the pre-World War II Republic of Estonia, headed by Ahti Mänd, assumes office.

10 January 26 – ________, English historian (b.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the TV Land Awards have been awarded annually since 2003 by the TV Land network to reward classic television?
  • the Darjeeling Ropeway was stopped on 19 October 2003 after four tourists were killed in an accident?
  • the Challenge Yves du Manoir, a French Rugby union competition which ran from 1931 to 2003, was created by Racing Club de France with the support of CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde and AS Montferrandaise?
  • the Russian singer Alla Bayanova, who celebrated the 80th anniversary of her stage performance back in 2003, recently collaborated with Marc Almond on several duets?
  • the appearance of a dog named Cheeka in a Hutch ad campaign doubled sales of pugs in India in 2003?
  • there have been six Indian Ocean Island Games, the latest being held on the isle of Mauritius in 2003?
  • the retired United States Air Force lieutenant general Nicholas Kehoe became the President and CEO of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society in 2003 after 34 years of military service?
  • the award-winning Chinese film Cell Phone, with its box office profit of over ¥50 million, was the highest-grossing film made in China in 2003?
  • the charity organization Child's Play raised over $250,000 in 2003 in the form of cash and toy donations from the readers of popular web comic Penny Arcade?
  • the Canadian Armed Forces mobilized more than 2,200 soldiers within days to help fight over 800 separate forest fires during Operation PEREGRINE in the summer of 2003?
  • James McClinton was the first African American mayor of Topeka, Kansas, appointed by the city council in December 2003, but that the electorate of the city passed a referendum the following year to strip the office of political power?
  • Dimba was the top goalscorer of the 2003 Brazilian football championship?
  • mountaineer Ger McDonnell, the first Irish person to summit K2, brought a hurley to the summit of Mount Everest in 2003?
  • Ron DeGregorio was elected in 2003 as the fourth president of USA Hockey since 1937?
  • Simone Niggli-Luder from Switzerland won all four women's competitions at the orienteering world championships 2005 in Aichi, Japan, repeating her performance of 2003?
  • in 2003 Erin Crocker became the first woman to qualify for the Knoxville Nationals sprint car race?
  • as the result of a deal before the 2000 general election, Paul Bérenger became the first non-Hindu Prime Minister of Mauritius in 2003?
  • Taiwan professional baseball was started in 1989, and the two leagues merged in 2003?
  • advertisements featuring the character Michael Power doubled Guinness sales in Africa between 1999 and 2003?
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