Date: March 17, 2003
Invasion of Iraq: A group of people leave London, England, for Baghdad, Iraq, to serve as human shields, intending to prevent the U.S.-led coalition troops from bombing certain locations. Date: January 25, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day…
A truck-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees. Date: August 19, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 19 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2003Hambali Arrested in…
The last Ariane 4 rocket is launched from the Guiana Space Centre, carrying Intelsat 907. Date: February 15, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2003North Korea Withdraws from Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty – January 10,…
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules 4–3 in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and gives the state legislature 180 days to change the law making Massachusetts the first state in the United States to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples. Date: November 18, 2003 Read more…
NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history. Date: August 11, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2003Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines Flight 4230 Crashes…
The last Ariane 4 rocket is launched from the Guiana Space Centre, carrying Intelsat 907. Date: February 15, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2003Mahathir Mohamad Resigns as Malaysia Prime Minister, Abdullah Badawi Succeeds,…