Date: September 12, 2003
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 📅…
Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashes near Diyarbakır Airport, Turkey, killing the entire crew and 70 of the 75 passengers. Date: January 8, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2003Depayin Massacre: NLD Supporters Killed in…
NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket. Date: July 7, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2003Bissau-Guinean President Kumba Ialá Ousted in Bloodless Military…
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 →…
In a friendly fire incident, two American A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing one soldier. Date: March 28, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 28 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2003First…
U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner MS Achille Lauro in 1985. 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…