What is 2003?
{{Unreferenced|date=March 2021}} {{Year nav|2003}} {{Year in various calendars|2003}} '''2003''' ([[Roman numerals|MMIII]]) was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], {{Year article header/year number|2003}}. ==Births== * [[January 12]] - [[Farah Jefry]], Saudi footballer * [[February 20]] - [[Olivia Rodrigo]], American singer-songwriter and actress == Events == * [[January 1]] – [[Pascal Couchepin]] becomes [[President of the Swiss Confederation|President of the Confederation]] in [[Switzerland]]. * [[February 1]] – [[Space Shuttle Columbia]] was [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|destroyed during re-entry]]. All seven astronauts on board died. * [[February 4]] the Hindu minority of Bangladesh declare the sovereign state of [[Swadhin Bangabhumi Andolan|Bangabhumi]], recognised by UNPO. * [[March 20]] – The [[US]]-led invasion of [[Iraq]] begins. * [[May 1]] – [[US]] President [[George W. Bush]] announced the end of the invasion of [[Iraq]]. * [[July 10]] – [[Wikibooks]], a project of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]], was created. * [[October 30]] – ''[[Wicked (musical)|Wicked]]'' has its first show at the [[Gershwin Theatre]] in [[Broadway]]. * [[October 31]] – [[Mahathir Mohamad]] resigns as [[Prime Minister of Malaysia]] after 22 years in power. == Nobel prize winners == * [[Chemistry]] – Peter Agre * [[Chemistry]] – Roderick MacKinnon * [[Economics]] – Robert F. Engle III * [[Economics]] – Clive W.J. Granger * [[Literature]] – J. M. Coetzee * [[Medicine]] – Paul C. Lauterbur * [[Medicine]] – Sir Peter Mansfield * [[Peace]] – Shirin Ebadi * [[Physics]] – Alexei A. Abrikosov * [[Physics]] – Vitaly L. Ginzburg * [[Physics]] – Anthony J. Leggett == Deaths == === January === [[File:Retrato Oficial Galtieri.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Leopoldo Galtieri]]]] * [[January 12]] – [[Maurice Gibb]], British musician ([[Bee Gees]]) (b. [[1949]]) * [[January 12]] – [[Leopoldo Galtieri]], 44th [[President of Argentina]] (b. [[1926]]) * [[January 17]] – [[Richard Crenna]], American actor (b.