Wednesday November 05, 2003

Historical Events

• Gary Ridgway, also known as the "Green River Killer", confesses to having murdered 48 women.
• United States - Politics - A memo from staff containing Democratic intel information disturbs the US Senate. Senator Zell Miller (D.GA) says that ampquot's heads should roll''ampquot the memo from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, which outlines a strategy for politicizing intelligence data.
• Voyager 1 leaves the solar system after 26 years and at a distance of more than 6,000 miles from Earth. It is expected that it will continue transmitting into 2020.
• In an attempt to reduce consumer borrowing, the Australian Central Bank increases interest rates by 0.25 percent.
• If the WTO decides in its favor next week, the European Union will continue to retaliate against US steel tariffs.
• Occupation in Iraq
• The United States believes that foreign terrorists are entering Iraq from neighboring countries. Iraq's Governing Council head, Jalal Talabani, urges Iraq's neighbours to crack down on ampquotterroristsampquot crossing into Iraq. Talabani says terrorists entered Iraq from Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. Syria calls for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq.
• *A senior Iraqi judge Muhan Jabr Al-Shuwaili is abducted and killed while investigating Saddam Hussein's former officials. Aref Aziz (Najaf prosecutor general) was also abducted and later released unharmed. [12]
• * Ismail Yussef Saddek is the second judge who was investigating Saddam Hussein's ousted government. He was shot to death in Mosul, northern Iraq. [13]
• Japan confirms the ninth case of mad cattle disease. [16]
• A November issue of J. Climate claims that global warming will lead to more snow in the Eastern Great Lakes. [17]
• The United Nations votes once again in favor of a non-binding, non-enforceable resolution to end sanctions against Cuba. Only the United States, Israel and the Marshall Islands vote against.
• Arizona officials suspect two rival immigrant-smuggling rings were responsible for the Arizona shootout that left four people dead and several more injured.
• A local election in Portland, Oregon to create a PUD to investigate the public ownership of Portland General Electric was canceled by 69% of voters. The measure was opposed by both Enron subsidiary Portland General Electric and PacifiCorp subsidiary Scottish Power. [20]
• North Korea's nuclear weapons program is suspended by the United States and its allies in Asia, Europe, and Japan. They have agreed to end cooperation on a nuclear power plant project. They halted a multibillion dollar project to build two North Korean nuclear power reactors. The fate of the project will be announced by the United States, Japan, South Korea and the European Union by November 21. [22]
• Microsoft donates $500,000 to help fund the search for computer viruses and other malicious code authors. This includes the MSBlast computer virus and Sobig virus originators. Microsoft will collaborate with law enforcement agencies (FBI and the Secret Service) to aid in the search. This is the latest initiative by Microsoft and law enforcement in an effort to curb attacks on the Internet. [23]
• Saskatchewan general election 2003: Lorne Calvert's NDP government is returned to power with a majority government.
• The Matrix Revolutions is the third Matrix movie and opens simultaneously in all parts of the world.
• * Soldiers recount crash horror. One soldier said that he heard a crash and then prayed. The U.S. soldiers are currently recovering from injuries sustained when their helicopter was attacked in Iraq and expect to return to action.
• * Turkey states it won't send troops to Iraq unless there is a significant improvement in security. [10]
• *Talabani will visit Turkey to try to end the crisis surrounding Turkey's troop deployment to Iraq. [11]
• * US intelligence-gathering in Iraq is being questioned partly as a result of disbanding the army. [14][15]
• The United Nations votes once again in favor of a non-binding, non-enforceable resolution to end sanctions against Cuba. Only the United States, Israel and Marshall Islands vote against. [18] John Negroponte, the United States' ambassador to the United Nations, opted not to attend the forum. Sichan Siv (a middle-ranking diplomat) responded to the vote by telling the General Assembly delegates the Cuban embargo was "bilateral" and that it was not the UN's concern. [19]
• Gary Ridgway, a Seattle resident, has confessed to the murders of 48 women who were victims of the Green River Killer. He will be sentenced to life imprisonment, and not capital punishment. [21]
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See also

What happened on November 05 in history? Find out the list of November 5th major events

What was 2003 famous for? Discover everything about 2003

Who died on November 05, 2003?

• Bobby Hatfield
• Robert Lee «Bobby» Hatfield
• Henri Mendras

Other November 5th famous deaths

• Art Tatum

  American jazz piano soloist who studied piano, guitar, violin and accordion.

• Jill Clayburgh

  American actress and singer (d. 2010).

• Milton William Cooper

  American writer, shortwave broadcaster (Born 1943).

• Fred MacMurray

  Actor (My Three Sons), dies of pneumonia at 83.

See all famous people who died on November 5th

Western Zodiac - Astrological Sign

Scorpio

Scorpio personality

Who should a Scorpio marry?

Babies born in November are either Scorpio or Sagittarius. People born before November 21st are Scorpio, while people born from November 22nd have the sign of Sagittarius

Personality of November born

Chinese Zodiac

Goat

The day of the week was Wednesday.

November 5th marks the 308th day of the Gregorian calendar for the year 2003.

There are 56 days remaining until the end of the year. Calculate the number of days between two dates.

November 2003 calendar

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Beyonce - Baby Boy
2. Ludacris - Stand Up
3. Chingy - Holidae In
4. Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz - Get Low
5. 3 Doors Down - Here Without You

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Fatman Scoop featuring The Crooklyn Clan - Be Faithful
2. Kevin Lyttle - Turn Me On
3. Blue - Guilty
4. Kylie Minogue - Slow
5. Busted - Crashed The Wedding

Top #5 R&B songs

1. Ludacris Featuring Shawnna - Stand Up
2. Ashanti - Rain On Me
3. Beyonce Featuring Sean Paul - Baby Boy
4. Chingy Featuring Ludacris & Snoop Dogg - Holidae In
5. YoungBloodZ Featuring Lil Jon - Damn!

Top #5 Latin songs

1. Gloria Estefan - Hoy
2. Luis Miguel - Te Necesito
3. Obie Bermudez - Antes
4. Chayanne - Un Siglo Sin Ti
5. Los Huracanes del Norte - Nomas Por Tu Culpa

Division 1

• Clyde - Inverness C : 1 - 0
• Coventry - Bradford : 0 - 0

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