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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in March 2003.
The US president was George W. Bush (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Tony Blair (Labour), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on March 2003: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of March 2003?


Events

  • 01 Mar 2003 The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and the United States Customs Service are now part of the United States Department of Homeland Security.
  • 02 Mar 2003 Over international waters in the Sea of Japan, four North Korean fighter jets intercepted a United States reconnaissance aircraft.
  • 03 Mar 2003 Turkey has indicated that it will vote again on whether the United States can use Turkish bases to launch a military attack against Iraq under intense American pressure.
  • 04 Mar 2003 There have been reports of a new security flaw in sendmail. If existing vulnerable implementations of the Internet worm are not patched, this raises concerns about an imminent new problem.
  • 05 Mar 2003 The United States Supreme Court affirmed California's "three strikes or you're out” law by a 5-4 margin.
  • 06 Mar 2003 Britain: Abdullah el-Faisal was sentenced to nine years imprisonment for urging Islamists not to kill Americans, Hindus, or Jews.
  • 07 Mar 2003 "Pravda" reports that Georgia plans to apply for UN Security Council approval in order to use military force to combat Abkhazia.
  • 08 Mar 2003 In northeastern India, Assam, an oil refinery was attacked and an oil pipeline was destroyed. According to local newspapers, the United Liberation Front of Asom separatist group claimed responsibility and threatens with more attacks.
  • 09 Mar 2003 "ArabNews" reports that Saddam Hussein requested that the UN Security Council lift its ampquotembargo on Iraqampquot. He also denounced the United States of America and the United Kingdom as "liarsampquot. He demanded that Israel be forced to withdraw from Palestine and the occupied Arab Landampquot.
  • 10 Mar 2003 Saddam Hussein will be disarmed by another international body. Saddam Hussein will be disarmed by another international body.
  • 11 Mar 2003 After twenty years of delays, the Brazilian government finally fulfilled its legal obligation to demarcate the lands belonging to the Awa tribe.
  • 12 Mar 2003 In Belgrade, Zoran?inic, the Prime Minister of Serbia is assassinated.
  • 13 Mar 2003 Evolution of human beings: A journal Nature reports that 350,000 year-old footprints belonging to an upright-walking person were found in Italy.
  • 14 Mar 2003 Osiel Cardenas is a suspected leader of a Mexican drug cartel and was arrested in Matamoros (Tamaulipas).
  • 15 Mar 2003 The World Health Organization has issued warnings about severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), an atypical form of pneumonia. This virus was first discovered in Asia, and it appears to have originated from Hong Kong. It is possible that it could become an epidemic if SARS cannot be controlled.
  • 16 Mar 2003 At a summit held in the Azores Islands, the leaders of Spain, Britain, Portugal and the United States meet. The U.S. President Bush calls March 17 "the moment of truth" meaning that the "coalition for the willing" will attempt to get a resolution from U.N. Security Council. This would give Iraq the ultimatum to either disarm immediately or to be disarmed by force.
  • 17 Mar 2003 U.S. President George W. Bush has given an ultimatum to Saddam Hussein's sons: Either leave Iraq or take military action at the time of their choosing.
  • 18 Mar 2003 FBI agents raided the Birmingham headquarters of HealthSouth Corporation, Alabama to investigate allegations of corporate fraud by top executives.
  • 19 Mar 2003 The 48-hour mandate by President George Bush to President Saddam Hussein's sons for their exit from Iraq has expired. Baghdad is the first target of American stealth bombers and cruise missiles.
  • 20 Mar 2003 2003 invasion of Iraq: The United States and three other nations begin military operations in Iraq at dawn.
  • 21 Mar 2003 A court in Illinois ordered Philip Morris to pay damages for misleading consumers by using the word "light". The company appealed.
  • 22 Mar 2003 The United States and Britain begin "shock-and-awe" campaigns with an air strike that targets military targets in Baghdad.
  • 23 Mar 2003 11 soldiers from the 507th Maintenance Company and 18 U.S Marines die in Nasiriyah, Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom's first major conflict. 654 Iraqi soldiers are also killed.
  • 24 Mar 2003 The Arab League votes 21-1 for a resolution calling for the unconditional and immediate withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Iraq.
  • 25 Mar 2003 SARS: Ontario declares a public health emergency. Anybody who has been at Scarborough Grace Hospital within the last 10 days will be taken home.
  • 26 Mar 2003 UN Secretary General Kofi Ann says that the United States and its allies must remain in Iraq to provide humanitarian assistance to Iraqis, even though security is extremely unstable.
  • 27 Mar 2003 Richard Perle, the chairman of U.S. Defense Policy Board resigned but agreed to continue as a member of the board.
  • 28 Mar 2003 Two A-10 Thunderbolt II attack planes from the United States Idaho Air National Guard's 190th Fighter Squadron attacked British tanks as part of the 2003 invasion in Iraq. This incident resulted in the death of Matty Hull, a British soldier.
  • 29 Mar 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Dr. Carlo Urbani (a WHO expert on communicable disease and the doctor who first recognized the outbreak in Thailand), dies from the disease. He was infected in Vietnam.
  • 30 Mar 2003 Overnight, Meigs Field Airport is in Chicago, Illinois was demolished.
  • 31 Mar 2003 In Japan, farm minister Tadamori Oshima resigns.

Famous Birthday

Famous Deaths

  • British motorcycle champion who sustained terrible injuries in a crash on 7/28/1982.

  • Horst Buchholz

    German actor occasionally seen internationally, as in "Nine Hours To Rama," 1963.

  • French actor.

  • American activist killed in a demonstration in Palestine when an Israeli military bulldozer struck her on March 16, 2003.

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in March 2003?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - All I Have
  2. - In Da Club
  3. - Ignition
  4. - Mesmerize
  5. - Bump, Bump, Bump

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - All The Things She Said
  2. - Beautiful
  3. - Stole
  4. - Spirit In The Sky
  5. - Cry Me A River

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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A Mighty Wind

A Mighty Wind

Release year: 2003

Directed by: Christopher Guest

Starring: Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer

Tremors

Tremors

Release year: 2003

Directed by: Ron Underwood

Starring: Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross

Country: United States of America

My Dad's the Prime Minister

My Dad's the Prime Minister

Release year: 2003

Holes

Holes

Release year: 2003

Directed by: Andrew Davis

Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Tim Blake Nelson

Country: United States of America

Astro Boy

Astro Boy

Release year: 2003

Directed by: David Bowers

Books

Which were the most popular books released in March 2003?
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The Devil In The White City by Erik Larson

The Devil In The White City

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Erik Larson, #1 bestseller In the Garden of Beasts, interweaves the true story of the 1893 World's Fair with the tale of the serial killer who used the fair as a lure to his victims

Stupid White Men by Michael Moore

Stupid White Men

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With more than 3 million copies sold, Michael Moore, Oscar-winning filmmaker as well as political activist, has written a bestseller called "Stupid White Men". It tells everything you need about the great and how they got there.

Portrait of a Killer by Patricia Cornwell

Portrait of a Killer

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The best-selling author turns her attention towards the century-old crimes that terrorized London in the 1880s. She draws on meticulous research, state of the art forensic science and insight into the criminal mind to uncover the true identity behind Jack …

Late Bloomer by Fern Michaels

Late Bloomer

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This compelling bestseller by Fern Michaels is a great read. It contains buried secrets, past betrayals and old friendships.

The Cat Who Brought Down The House by Lilian Jackson Braun

The Cat Who Brought Down The House

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We will soon have more information about this title from Penguin USA.