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'''2003''' ([[Roman numerals|MMIII]]) was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], {{Year article header/year number|2003}}.

==Births==
January
* [[January 12]] - [[Farah Jefry]], Saudi footballer

== Events ==
* [[January 1]] – [[Pascal Couchepin]] becomes [[President of the Swiss Confederation|President of the Confederation]] in [[Switzerland]].
* [[February 1]] – [[Space Shuttle Columbia]] was [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|destroyed during re-entry]]. All seven astronauts on board died.
* [[February 4]] the Hindu minority of Bangladesh declare the sovereign state of [[Swadhin Bangabhumi Andolan|Bangabhumi]], recognised by UNPO.
* [[March 20]] – The [[US]]-led invasion of [[Iraq]] begins.
* [[May 1]] – [[US]] President [[George W. Bush]] announced the end of the invasion of [[Iraq]].
* [[July 10]] – [[Wikibooks]], a project of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]], was created.
* [[October 30]] – ''[[Wicked (musical)|Wicked]]'' has its first show at the [[Gershwin Theatre]] in [[Broadway]].
* [[October 31]] – [[Mahathir Mohamad]] resigns as [[Prime Minister of Malaysia]] after 22 years in power.

== Nobel prize winners ==

* [[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 ==


=== January ===
[[File:Retrato Oficial Galtieri.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Leopoldo Galtieri]]]]
* [[January 12]] – [[Maurice Gibb]], British musician ([[Bee Gees]]) (b. [[1949]])
* [[January 12]] – [[Leopoldo Galtieri]], 44th [[President of Argentina]] (b. [[1926]])
* [[January 17]] – [[Richard Crenna]], American actor (b. [[1926]])
* [[January 20]] – [[Al Hirschfeld]], American cartoonist (b. [[1903]])

=== February ===
[[File:Crew of STS-107, official photo.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Space Shuttle Columbia]]]]
[[File:Dollyscotland (crop).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Dolly (sheep)|Dolly the Sheep]]]]
[[File:Fred Rogers and Tatiana Vedeneyeva on Set of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (cropped 2).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Fred Rogers]]]]
* [[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 14]] – [[Dolly (sheep)|Dolly the Sheep]], cloned mammal (b. [[1996]])
* [[February 27]] – [[Fred Rogers]], American children's television host (b. [[1928]])

=== March ===
[[File:Zoran Djindjic Cropped.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Zoran Đinđić]]]]
* [[March 2]] – [[Hank Ballard]], American R&B recording artist; singer and songwriter (b. [[1927]])
* [[March 8]] – [[Adam Faith]], English singer, actor and financial journalist (b. [[1940]])
* [[March 12]] – [[Zoran Đinđić]], [[Prime Minister of Serbia]] (b. [[1952]])

=== April ===
[[File:Nina Simone 1965.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Nina Simone]]]]
* [[April 21]] – [[Nina Simone]], American singer, songwriter and pianist (b. [[1933]])

=== May ===
[[File:Wendy Hiller in Sailor of the King.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Wendy Hiller]]]]
[[File:Robert Stack - still.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Robert Stack]]]]
[[File:JuneCarterAtGrandOleOpry1999.jpg|thumb|110px|[[June Carter Cash]]]]
[[File:Ilya Prigogine 1977c.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Ilya Prigogine]]]]
* [[May 14]] – [[Wendy Hiller]], British actress (b. [[1912]])
* [[May 14]] – [[Robert Stack]], American actor (b. [[1919]])
* [[May 15]] – [[June Carter Cash]], American singer, songwriter and actress (b. [[1929]])
* [[January 28]] – [[Ilya Prigogine]], Belgian chemist (b. [[1917]])

=== June ===
[[File:Gregory Peck 1948.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Gregory Peck]]]]
[[File:Strom Thurmond.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Strom Thurmond]]]]
[[File:Katharine Hepburn publicity photograph.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Katharine Hepburn]]]]
* [[June 12]] – [[Gregory Peck]], American actor (b. [[1916]])
* [[June 21]] – [[Piet Dankert]], 13th [[President of the European Parliament]] (b. [[1934]])
* [[June 26]] – [[Strom Thurmond]], U.S. Senator (b. [[1902]])
* [[June 29]] – [[Katharine Hepburn]], American actress (b. [[1907]])

=== July ===
[[File:Barry White, Bestanddeelnr 927-0099.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Barry White]]]]
[[File:Celia Cruz, 1957.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Celia Cruz]]]]
[[File:Bob Hope, 1978.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Bob Hope]]]]
* [[July 4]] – [[Barry White]], American singer (b. [[1944]])
* [[July 16]] – [[Celia Cruz]], Cuban-American singer (b. [[1925]])
* [[July 25]] – [[John Schlesinger]], English movie director (b. [[1926]])
* [[July 27]] – [[Bob Hope]], American comedian, actor, singer and dancer (b. [[1903]])

=== August ===
[[File:Idi Amin -Archives New Zealand AAWV 23583, KIRK1, 5(B), R23930288.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Idi Amin]]]]
[[File:Sérgio Vieira de Mello.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Sérgio Vieira de Mello]]]]
[[File:Charles Bronson - 1966.JPG|thumb|110px|[[Charles Bronson]]]]
* [[August 16]] – [[Idi Amin]], 3rd [[President of Uganda]] (b. [[1925]])
* [[August 19]] – [[Sérgio Vieira de Mello]], East Timor [[United Nations]] diplomat (b. [[1948]])
* [[August 30]] – [[Charles Bronson]], American actor (b. [[1921]])

=== September ===
[[File:John Ritter at the 1988 Emmy Awards.jpg|thumb|110px|[[John Ritter]]]]
[[File:Johnny Cash 1977.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Johnny Cash]]]]
[[File:Elia Kazan.JPG|thumb|110px|[[Elia Kazan]]]]
* [[September 11]] – [[John Ritter]], American actor (b. [[1948]])
* [[September 12]] – [[Johnny Cash]], American singer and guitarist (b. [[1932]])
* [[September 26]] – [[Shawn Lane]], American musician (b. [[1963]])
* [[September 28]] – [[Elia Kazan]], American film and theatre director (b. [[1909]])

=== October ===
[[File:Bertram Brockhouse.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Bertram Brockhouse]]]]
[[File:Moktar Ould Daddah - 1977.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Moktar Ould Daddah]]]]
[[File:Izetbegovic.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Alija Izetbegović]]]]
* [[October 13]] – [[Bertram Brockhouse]], Canadian physicist (b. [[1918]])
* [[October 14]] – [[Moktar Ould Daddah]], 1st [[President of Mauritania]] (b. [[1924]])
* [[October 19]] – [[Alija Izetbegović]], 1st and 4th [[Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (b. [[1925]])

=== November ===
[[File:Canaan Banana.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Canaan Banana]]]]
[[File:Jonathan Brandis Wiki.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Jonathan Brandis]]]]
[[File:IT deputy mario beccaria before 1976.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Mario Beccaria]]]]
* [[November 10]] – [[Canaan Banana]], 1st [[President of Zimbabwe]] (b. [[1936]])
* [[November 12]] – [[Jonathan Brandis]], American actor (b. [[1976]])
* [[November 12]] – [[Penny Singleton]], American actress (b. [[1908]])
* [[November 22]] – [[Mario Beccaria]], Italian politician (b. [[1920]])
* [[November 24]] – [[Snowflake (gorilla)|Snowflake the Gorilla]], Western lowland gorilla (b. [[1964]])

=== December ===
[[File:Heydar Aliyev (crop).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Heydar Aliyev]]]]
* [[December 12]] – [[Heydar Aliyev]], 3rd [[President of Azerbaijan]] (b. [[1923]])
* [[December 12]] – [[Keiko (whale)|Keiko the Killer Whale]], male orca (killer whale) (b. [[1976]])
* [[December 23]] – [[Kriangsak Chomanan]], [[Prime Minister of Thailand]] (b. [[1917]])

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