A Beechcraft 1900 operating as Colgan Air Flight 9446 crashes after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, killing both pilots on board. Date: August 26, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 26 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)
NASA successfully launches the Spitzer Space Telescope into space. Date: August 25, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building. Date: August 22, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅…
Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing: A suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem, planned by Hamas, kills 23 Israelis, seven of them children. Date: August 19, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 19 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
One-year-old Zachary Turner is murdered in Newfoundland by his mother, who was awarded custody despite facing trial for the murder of Zachary's father. The case was documented in the film Dear Zachary and led to reform of Canada's bail laws. Date: August 18, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 18…
A widescale power blackout affects the northeast United States and Canada. Date: August 14, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 14 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)
Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand. Date: August 11, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
The Okinawa Urban Monorail is opened in Naha, Okinawa. Date: August 10, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 10 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)