December 17, 2003
- Linux kernel 2. Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Linux (commonly pronounced ˈlɪnəks Linux is an operating system kernel used by a family of Unix-like Operating systems These are popularly termed Linux operating systems and 6. 0 is released by Linus Torvalds. Linus Benedict Torvalds ( ˈtuːrvalds born December 28 1969 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish software engineer
- Capture of Saddam Hussein:
- Mowaffaq al-Rubaie says that Saddam Hussein will be tried in Iraq by an Iraqi court. Operation Red Dawn is the US Military operation conducted on 13 December 2003 in the town of Ad-Dawr, Iraq near Tikrit, that captured Iraq President Dr Mowaffak Baqer al-Rubaie (alternative transliterations Muwaffaq al-Rubaie and Muwaffaq al-Rubay'i (موفق الربيعي is an Iraqi politician and the current Iraqi Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( Arabic: ar صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي --> April 28 1937 &ndash December 30 Mowaffaq, a member of the Iraqi Governing Council, denies reports that the prisoner has been taken out of Baghdad. [1]
- United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld confirms that Saddam Hussein will not be treated as a prisoner of war subject to the Geneva Conventions. The United States Secretary of Defense ( SECDEF) is the head of the U Donald Henry Rumsfeld (born July 9 1932 is a United States Businessman, Politician, the 13th Secretary of Defense under President Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( Arabic: ar صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي --> April 28 1937 &ndash December 30 The Geneva Conventions consist of four Treaties formulated in Geneva, Switzerland, that set the standards for International law for humanitarian [2]
- Stephen Kenny, the first civilian lawyer to visit any of the former Afghan war suspects in Guantanamo Bay, describes it as a physical and moral black hole. The Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp is a controversial United States Detention center operated by Joint Task Force Guantanamo since 2002 in Guantanamo He says prisoners are not treated equally and that there is a pecking order with Americans being treated best. (In fact there are no Americans being held at Guantanamo Bay. ) [3] [4]
- Occupation of Iraq: A fuel tanker explodes in downtown Baghdad, killing 10 and wounding 15. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous Initially believed to be caused by a bomb, officials later conclude that a traffic accident was responsible. [5]
- Terrorism:
- The head of the Greek terrorist group Revolutionary Organization 17 November and their chief hitman are jailed for life, along with four other members of the organisation. Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion Revolutionary Organization 17 November ( Greek: Επαναστατική Οργάνωση 17 Νοέμβρη Epanastatiki Organosi dekaefta Noemvri) (also known [6]
- Thomas Kean, chairman of the independent commission investigating the September 11, 2001 attacks, says that the attacks could have been prevented and that public officials were to blame for not anticipating and pre-empting the threat. Thomas Howard Kean (born April 21, 1935 in New York City) is an American Republican Party Politician, who served as the The commission's report is due in May, 2004. [7] [8]
- Ian Huntley and Maxine Carr are convicted for their roles in the August 2002 murders of 10-year-old Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in the English village of Soham. The Soham murders was a high profile murder case in August 2002 of two ten-year-old girls in Soham, Cambridgeshire, England. The Soham murders was a high profile murder case in August 2002 of two ten-year-old girls in Soham, Cambridgeshire, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Soham is a small Town in the English county of Cambridgeshire. [9]
- Taiwan reports the first confirmed SARS case in 5 months, a medical researcher who had studied the virus. REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES [10]
- The United States National Weather Service warns of "excessive heat" after the Earth reportedly breaks out of its orbit and begins falling into the sun. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The National Weather Service ( NWS) once known as the Weather Bureau is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001 The Sun (Sol is the Star at the center of the Solar System. Fortunately, it turns out to be a mistakenly published test message. [11]
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the final part of Peter Jackson's film adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, goes on broad public release in the United States and much of Europe. This article is about the live-action movie which shares a title with a book, video game, and animated film. Peter Robert Jackson, CNZM (born 31 October 1961 is a three-time Academy Award -winning New Zealand director producer and writer best known for directing The Lord of the Rings is an epic The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Industry pundits predict that it could become only the second film after Titanic to earn over US$1 billion at the box office. Titanic is a 1997 Disaster film directed written co-produced and co-edited by James Cameron about the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'' [12]
- Republic of Congo: A gunbattle breaks out in Brazzaville. The Republic of the Congo (République du Congo Kongo: Repubilika ya Kongo; Lingala: Republiki ya Kongó) also known as Congo-Brazzaville ||-||} Brazzaville is the Capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo and is located on the Congo River. [13]
- Health: The UK government says that a case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease may have occurred through blood transfusion. Health is a state of complete physical mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease ( CJD) is a very rare and incurable degenerative neurological disorder ( Brain Disease) that is ultimately Blood transfusion is the process of transferring Blood or blood-based products from one person into the Circulatory system of another [14]
- Former Governor of Illinois George H. Ryan is indicted on corruption charges for receiving payoffs, gifts and vacations in return for government contracts and leases while he served as the Governor and Secretary of State of Illinois. The Governor of Illinois is the chief executive of the State of Illinois and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction as prescribed in the George Homer Ryan (born February 24 1934 in Maquoketa Iowa) was the Republican Governor of the U The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. [15]
- Governor of Connecticut John G. Rowland announces that he will not resign, despite allegations of corruption involving the receipt of free modifications to a vacation cottage, and the indictments of several of his top aides. Colonial governors See also List of colonial governors of Connecticut Governors of the State of Connecticut 1776&ndashpresent John Grosvenor Rowland (born May 24, 1957, Waterbury Connecticut) was the Governor of Connecticut from 1995 to 2004 he is a member of [16]
- Islam in France: the hidjab issue: President of France Jacques Chirac announces that he will support a ban on the wearing of Muslim headscarves, Jewish yarmulkes and large Christian crosses in schools and government offices. Statistics Estimates of the number of Muslims in France vary widely The President of the French Republic (Président de la République française colloquially referred to in English as the President of France, is France 's elected A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ "Kipa" redirects here For the supermarket please see Kipa (supermarket. Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two lines or bars perpendicular to each other dividing one or two of the lines in half If passed, the law will come into effect in September 2004. Muslim clerics counter that the ban is an attack on their religion. [17] [18]
- Space exploration:
- Space tourism magnates celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first flight by demonstrating SpaceShipOne, a privately-funded passenger-ferrying suborbital space plane, flying at supersonic speeds to an altitude of 68,000 feet. History First orbital flights The first successful orbital launch was of the Soviet unmanned Sputnik Space tourism is the recent Phenomenon of tourists paying for flights into space pioneered by Russia WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout SpaceShipOne is a Spaceplane that completed the first privately funded Human spaceflight on June 21, 2004. A sub-orbital spaceflight (or sub-orbital flight is a Spaceflight in which the Spacecraft reaches space, but its Trajectory intersects A spaceplane is a Rocket plane designed to pass the Edge of space. [19]
- Space Adventures announces the availability of two more tickets to fly to the International Space Station at a cost of US$20 million each. Space Adventures Ltd is a Space tourism company that provides access to space to private citizens The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been [20] [21]
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