Air France Retires Concorde Fleet May 31, 2003

Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide demands reparations of $21 billion from France for the Haitian independence debt. Date: April 7, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2003Typhoon Maemi Strikes South Korea Near Busan, September 12,…

Iraq War: In Nasiriyah, Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base. Date: November 12, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 12 📅 Events on this day in 2003…

The Cedar Fire, the third-largest wildfire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km2), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego. Date: October 26, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 26 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2003EU Treaty…

Peter Hollingworth resigns as Governor-General of Australia following criticism of his handling of child sexual abuse allegations during his tenure as Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane. Date: May 28, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

Three years after the death the last Pyrenean ibex, Celia, a clone of her is born only to subsequently die from lung defects. Within minutes, the Pyrenean ibex becomes the first and so-far only species to have ever gone de-extinct as well as go extinct twice. Date: July 30, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia →…

Iraq War: U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist regime falls two days later. Date: April 7, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2003Casablanca Terrorist Attacks Kill 33 Civilians, Injure 100+ – May 16,…