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- August 1, 2003 - Suicide bomber rams truck filled with explosives into a military hospital near Chechnya, killing 50 people, including Russian troops wounded in Chechnya. Other names In Arabic, the month is called أغسطسص ʾUġusṭuṣ or آب ʾĀb; usage varies from place to place and Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. 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February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September See also July 31 2003 - August 2003 - August 2 2003 ---- A Truck bomb destroys a military hospital in Mozdok in Southern See also August 1 2003 - August 2003 - August 3 2003 ---- The Daily Telegraph in the United Kingdom claims August 3, 2003 At least 52 people have died in a series of explosions in northern Pakistan (BBC See also August 3 2003 - August 2003 - August 5 2003 ---- Construction workers of Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province, See also August 4 2003 - August 2003 - August 6 2003 ---- A powerful Car bomb explodes outside the Marriott Hotel, killing See also August 5 2003 - August 2003 - August 7 2003 ---- 2003 California recall: Arnold Schwarzenegger announces he will See also August 6 2003 - August 2003 - August 8 2003 ---- 2003 California recall: Republican Darrell Issa, See also August 7 2003 - August 2003 - August 9 2003 ---- Hezbollah, a militant Lebanese group backed by Syria and See also August 8 2003 - August 2003 - August 10 2003 ---- A historic Heat wave continues to afflict Europe and See also August 9 2003 - August 2003 - August 11 2003 ---- One hundred thousand people attend a rally in the French countryside See also August 10 2003 - August 2003 - August 12 2003 ---- Liberian president Charles Taylor resigns See also August 11 2003 - August 2003 - August 13 2003 ---- War on Terrorism: An exclusive BBC report says a joint See also August 12 2003 - August 2003 - August 14 2003 ---- Ivan Jovović and Bogdan Bukomirić both 16 years old from Goraždevac See also August 13 2003 - August 2003 - August 15 2003 ---- A major power outage due to a power grid failure affects more than See also August 14 2003 - August 2003 - August 16 2003 ---- Power is restored to many but not all areas of the north-eastern United States See also August 15 2003 - August 2003 - August 17 2003 ---- Major blackout: Power is now restored in New York City, See also August 16 2003 - August 2003 - August 18 2003 ---- Major blackout: investigators now believe the blackout began in See also August 17 2003 - August 2003 - August 19 2003 ---- War on Terrorism: Arab television airs an audio tape allegedly from See also August 18 2003 - August 2003 - August 20 2003 ---- War on Terrorism - Canal Hotel: A truck bomb explosion See also August 19 2003 - August 2003 - August 21 2003 ---- War on Terrorism - Canal Hotel: US officials comment terror See also August 20 2003 - August 2003 - August 22 2003 ---- Occupation of Iraq: General Ali Hassan al-Majid ( Chemical See also August 21 2003 - August 2003 - August 23 2003 ---- A Brazilian Space Agency VLS-1 space Rocket See also August 22 2003 - August 2003 - August 24 2003 ---- In an unprecedented move the British Government submit See also August 23 2003 - August 2003 - August 25 2003 ---- NASA launches the Space Infrared Telescope Facility on a See also August 24 2003 - August 2003 - August 26 2003 ---- Two Explosions apparently caused by Car bombs placed in taxis See also August 25 2003 - August 2003 - August 27 2003 ---- War on Terrorism: President Bush, speaking to American See also August 26 2003 - August 2003 - August 28 2003 ---- Astronomy: Mars passes Earth at a distance of See also August 27 2003 - August 2003 - August 29 2003 ---- 9/11: Nearly two years after the September 11th attack on the World See also August 28 2003 - August 2003 - August 30 2003 ---- Najaf, Iraq: A car bomb explodes during prayers outside the See also August 29 2003 - August 2003 - August 31 2003 ---- Software patents After protests the European Parliament See also August 30 2003 - August 2003 - September 1 2003 ---- Tens of thousands of people turn out in Baghdad for the funeral procession See also July 31 2003 - August 2003 - August 2 2003 ---- A Truck bomb destroys a military hospital in Mozdok in Southern This article is about suicide attacks for political and/or military reasons An explosive material is a material that either is chemically or otherwise Energetically unstable or produces a sudden expansion of the material usually accompanied The Chechen Republic (ˈʧɛʧɨn rɪˈpʌblɨk Чече́нская Респу́блика Chechenskaya Respublika; Нохчийн Республика Noxçiyn Respublika Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The Chechen Republic (ˈʧɛʧɨn rɪˈpʌblɨk Чече́нская Респу́блика Chechenskaya Respublika; Нохчийн Республика Noxçiyn Respublika
- August 2, 2003 - The United Nations authorizes an international peacekeeping force for Liberia. See also August 1 2003 - August 2003 - August 3 2003 ---- The Daily Telegraph in the United Kingdom claims The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Peacekeeping, as defined by the United Nations, is "a way to help countries torn by conflict create conditions for sustainable peace Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the west coast of Africa, bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire
- August 10, 2003 - The highest temperature ever recorded in the UK - 38. See also August 9 2003 - August 2003 - August 11 2003 ---- One hundred thousand people attend a rally in the French countryside The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located 5°C (101. The Celsius Temperature scale was previously known as the centigrade scale. 3°F) at Brogdale near Faversham in Kent [1]. Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736 a German Physicist who proposed it in 1724 Brogdale is a hamlet in Kent, England, located beside the M2 motorway two Miles south of Faversham. Faversham (fævɜʃəm is a town in Kent, England, in the district of Swale, roughly halfway between Sittingbourne and Canterbury KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format It is the first time the UK has recorded a temperature over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736 a German Physicist who proposed it in 1724
- August 11, 2003 - NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history. See also August 10 2003 - August 2003 - August 12 2003 ---- Liberian president Charles Taylor resigns The North Atlantic Treaty International Security Assistance Force (10 ( ISAF) is a NATO -led security and development mission in Afghanistan established by the United Nations
- August 11, 2003 - Jemaah Islamiah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand. See also August 10 2003 - August 2003 - August 12 2003 ---- Liberian president Charles Taylor resigns History The JI was established as a loose confederation of several Islamic groups Riduan Isamuddin also transliterated as Riduan Isamudin, Riduan Isomuddin, and Riduan Isomudin, better known by the Nom de Bangkok, known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (krūŋtʰêːp máhǎːnákʰɔn) or Krung Thep ( for short is the Capital, largest The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj
- August 14, 2003 - Widespread power outage affects northeast United States and Canada. See also August 13 2003 - August 2003 - August 15 2003 ---- A major power outage due to a power grid failure affects more than The Northeast Blackout of 2003 was a massive widespread Power outage that occurred throughout parts of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States
- August 14, 2003 - 6. See also August 13 2003 - August 2003 - August 15 2003 ---- A major power outage due to a power grid failure affects more than 4 Richter scale earthquake near the Greek Ionian island of Lefkada - 24 injured
- August 15, 2003 - The Cheetah Girls, a Disney Channel Original Movie premieres at 8:00pm. The Richter magnitude scale, or more correctly local magnitude M L scale assigns a single number to quantify the amount of seismic energy released An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer This article is about the group of islands west of Greece For the ancient region in western Anatolia see Ionia. Lefkada, or Leucas (Λευκάδα le̞fˈkaða Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Λευκάς Leukás; Santa Maura is a Greek See also August 14 2003 - August 2003 - August 16 2003 ---- Power is restored to many but not all areas of the north-eastern United States For the Disney Channel in other countries see Disney Channel around the world.
- August 22, 2003 - 21 killed at the Brazilian rocket complex in Alcântara due to a premature ignition of a solid rocket booster. See also August 21 2003 - August 2003 - August 23 2003 ---- A Brazilian Space Agency VLS-1 space Rocket On August 22, 2003, a massive Explosion destroyed a Brazilian Space Agency VLS-1 (VLS-1 V03 Rocket as it stood on its Launch Solid rocket boosters (SRB (or motors SRM are used to provide the main Thrust in spacecraft launches from the launchpad up to burnout of the SRBs
- August 25, 2003 - 52 killed in two bomb blasts in Mumbai, India. See also August 24 2003 - August 2003 - August 26 2003 ---- Two Explosions apparently caused by Car bombs placed in taxis The 1993 Bombay bombings were a series of thirteen bomb explosions that took place in Bombay (now Mumbai) India on March 12, 1993 Mumbai ( Marathi:,, IPA: formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country
- August 27, 2003 - Perihelion of Mars
- August 30, 2003 - Top fashion designer Stella McCartney, third daughter of former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney marries publisher Alasdhair Willis in a private Roman Catholic chapel at Mount Stuart House, the stately home of the Marquess of Bute. See also August 26 2003 - August 2003 - August 28 2003 ---- Astronomy: Mars passes Earth at a distance of In Celestial mechanics, an apsis, plural apsides (ˈæpsɨdɪːz is the point of greatest or least distance of the Elliptical orbit of an object from See also August 29 2003 - August 2003 - August 31 2003 ---- Software patents After protests the European Parliament Stella Nina McCartney (born September 13 1971) is an English Fashion designer. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer, Mount Stuart House on the east coast of the Isle of Bute, Scotland is a Neo-Gothic Country house with extensive gardens Marquess of the County of Bute, shortened in general usage to Marquess of Bute, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain.
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- August 1, 2003 - Marie Trintignant, French actress (b. This is a Timeline of the history of Afghanistan in August 2003. The 2003 California recall election was a special Election permitted under California law Iraq Its Infrastructure of Concealment Deception and Intimidation (more commonly known as the Dodgy Dossier, the Iraq Dossier or the February Dossier The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disintegrated over Texas The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23 is the basis (parent statute of a Security Law proposed by the Government of Hong Kong. The Hutton Inquiry was a British Judicial inquiry chaired by Lord Hutton, appointed by the United Kingdom Labour government with the Politics of Liberia takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic Republic modeled on the government of the United North Korea claims to possess Nuclear weapons and the CIA asserts that it has a substantial arsenal of Chemical weapons. Timeline of events during Multinational force's occupation of Iraq, following 2003 invasion of Iraq, and relevant quotations about nature of occupation from officials This is the timeline of the 2003 Iraq war, principally the military actions and consequences of the US-led invasion. The "road map" for peace is a Plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict proposed by a " quartet " of international entities the On July 20, 2005, Canada became the fourth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide with the approval of the Civil Marriage Act. The following is a timeline of Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS SCO v IBM is a civil Lawsuit in the United States District Court of Utah. The European Union and the United States have strong disagreements over the EU's regulation of Genetically modified food. The Northeast Blackout of 2003 was a massive widespread Power outage that occurred throughout parts of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States The War on Terrorism (also known as the War on Terror) is the common term for the military political and legal, and ideological conflict and specifically for U See also July 31 2003 - August 2003 - August 2 2003 ---- A Truck bomb destroys a military hospital in Mozdok in Southern Marie Trintignant ( January 21, 1962 – August 1, 2003) was a French actress. 1962)
- August 4, 2003 - Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also August 3 2003 - August 2003 - August 5 2003 ---- Construction workers of Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province, Frederick Chapman Robbins ( August 25, 1916 &ndash August 4, 2003) was an American pediatrician and virologist The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1916)
- August 9, 2003 - Gregory Hines, American dancer and actor (cancer) (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year See also August 8 2003 - August 2003 - August 10 2003 ---- A historic Heat wave continues to afflict Europe and Gregory Oliver Hines ( February 14, 1946 – August 9, 2003) was an American Actor, Singer, Dancer 1946)
- August 11, 2003 - Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (b. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also August 10 2003 - August 2003 - August 12 2003 ---- Liberian president Charles Taylor resigns Armand Borel ( 21 May 1923 &ndash 11 August 2003) was a Swiss Mathematician, born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, and was 1923)
- August 11, 2003 - Herb Brooks, coach of 1980 Miracle on Ice US Hockey team
- August 14, 2003 - Helmut Rahn, German footballer (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also August 10 2003 - August 2003 - August 12 2003 ---- Liberian president Charles Taylor resigns Herbert Paul "Herb" See also August 13 2003 - August 2003 - August 15 2003 ---- A major power outage due to a power grid failure affects more than Helmut Rahn, known as Der Boss (The Boss ( 16 August 1929 in Essen – 14 August 2003) was a German football player 1929)
- August 16, 2003 - Idi Amin, Ugandan dictator
- August 19, 2003 - Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also August 15 2003 - August 2003 - August 17 2003 ---- Major blackout: Power is now restored in New York City, Idi Amin Dada (mid 1920s &ndash 16 August 2003 commonly known as Idi Amin, was a Ugandan military dictator and the President of Uganda See also August 18 2003 - August 2003 - August 20 2003 ---- War on Terrorism - Canal Hotel: A truck bomb explosion Sérgio Vieira de Mello ( March 15 1948 &ndash August 19 2003) was an illustrious Brazilian United Nations (UN 1948)
- August 19, 2003 - Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (b. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also August 18 2003 - August 2003 - August 20 2003 ---- War on Terrorism - Canal Hotel: A truck bomb explosion Carlos Roberto Reina Idiáquez ( March 13, 1926 - August 19, 2003) was a politician and President of Honduras from This page lists presidents of Honduras. Many of the post 1900 Presidents represented one of the two dominant political parties which are the Liberal Party of Honduras (PLH 1926)
- August 23, 2003 - Bobby Bonds, baseball player and manager (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also August 22 2003 - August 2003 - August 24 2003 ---- In an unprecedented move the British Government submit Bobby Lee Bonds ( March 15 1946 – August 23 2003) was an American Right fielder in Major League Baseball from 1946)
- August 29, 2003 - Vladimir Vasicek, Czech painter (b. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also August 28 2003 - August 2003 - August 30 2003 ---- Najaf, Iraq: A car bomb explodes during prayers outside the Vladimír Vašíček / Vladimir Vasicek ( 29 September 1919 &ndash 29 August 2003) was a Czech painter one of pioneers and classics 1919)
- August 30, 2003 - Charles Bronson, American actor (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common See also August 29 2003 - August 2003 - August 31 2003 ---- Software patents After protests the European Parliament Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky, Lithuanian name Karolis Bučinskis, November 3, 1921 – August 30, 1921)
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