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2003 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2025. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

2003 Calendar

Historical Events Of 2003

• January 18, 2003 – A bushfire kills four people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia.
• February 1, 2003 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Sheep in Chinese astrology.
• February 10, 2003 – France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq.
• March 23, 2003 – Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the invasion of Iraq.
• April 14, 2003 – U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the MS Achille Lauro in 1985.
• July 6, 2003 – The 70-metre Yevpatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to five stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044, and 2049, respectively.
• July 7, 2003 – NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket.
• October 14, 2003 – Chicago Cubs fan Steve Bartman becomes infamously known as the scapegoat for the Cubs losing Game 6 of the 2003 National League Championship Series to the Florida Marlins.
• October 31, 2003 – Mahathir bin Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, marking an end to Mahathir’s 22 years in power.

Who Were Born On 2003?

• February 17, 2003 – Federica Falzon, Maltese singer
• March 12, 2003 – Andrea Brillantes, Filipino actress
• May 8, 2003 – Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco
• August 16, 2003 – Harvey Bautista, Filipino actor
• August 24, 2003 – Alexandre Coste, French son of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
• August 28, 2003 – Quvenzhané Wallis, American actress and singer
• October 16, 2003 – Princess Kritika of Nepal
• November 8, 2003 – Lady Louise Windsor, English daughter of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
• December 1, 2003 – Jackson Nicoll, American child actor
• December 7, 2003 – Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange