Bissau-Guinean President Kumba Ialá is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General Veríssimo Correia Seabra. Date: September 14, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 14 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)
In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union. Date: September 14, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 14 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)
Typhoon Maemi, the strongest recorded typhoon to strike South Korea, made landfall near Busan. Date: September 12, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 12 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)
Iraq War: In Fallujah, U.S. forces mistakenly shoot and kill eight Iraqi police officers. Date: September 12, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 12 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)
The United Nations lifts sanctions against Libya after that country agreed to accept responsibility and recompense the families of victims in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. Date: September 12, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 12 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day…
Mahmoud Abbas resigns from his position of Palestinian Prime Minister. Date: September 6, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)
Sayed Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf. Date: August 29, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day…
In "one of the most complicated and bizarre crimes in the annals of the FBI", Brian Wells dies after becoming involved in a complex plot involving a bank robbery, a scavenger hunt, and a homemade explosive device. Date: August 28, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 28 📅 Events on…
The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns of the North Korean nuclear weapons program. Date: August 27, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 27 📅 Events on this day in 2003…
Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km) distant. Date: August 27, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 27 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)