Date: August 28, 2003
The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry. Date: January 16, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 16 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2003Depayin Massacre: NLD…
SpaceShipOne, piloted by Brian Binnie, makes its first powered and first supersonic flight. Date: December 17, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 17 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2003Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster During Reentry Kills Seven Astronauts February 1, 2003Turkish…
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 →…
The Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50 kg of explosives at 3:55 p.m. inside Madrid's busy Chamartín Station. Date: December 24, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 24 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2003Tel Aviv Central Bus Station…
The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%. Date: April 14, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 14 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2003Massachusetts Supreme Court Strikes Down Same-Sex Marriage…
The Wikimedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida. Date: June 20, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 20 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2003U.S. Department of Homeland Security Begins Operations, January 24, 2003Brian Wells Dies in Bizarre FBI Crime…