Date: March 17, 2003
192 people die when an arsonist sets fire to a subway train in Daegu, South Korea. Date: February 18, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2003U.S. Troops Capture Baghdad, Ba’athist Regime Falls April 7,…
Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II. Date: October 19, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 19 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2003Air Midwest Flight 5481 Crashes at Charlotte-Douglas Airport January 8, 2003UTA Flight 141 Crashes at Cotonou…
Depayin massacre: At least 70 people associated with the National League for Democracy are killed by government-sponsored mob in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi flees the scene, but is arrested soon afterwards. Date: May 30, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 30 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅…
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…
Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the invasion of Iraq. Date: March 23, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 23 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2003Iraq Disarmament Crisis: UN Finds No WMDs in Iraq, February 14, 2003Concorde Makes Final…
The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express spacecraft on December 19, stops transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing. Date: December 25, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 25 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2003Maldives Civil Unrest After…