WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 2003
Find out what all happened January to October 2003

A Neoplan bus, owned by Kowloon Motor Bus, collides with a truck, falls off a bridge on Tuen Mun Road, Hong Kong, and plunges into the underlying valley, killing 21 people. This is the deadliest traffic accident to date in Hong Kong. (10. July 2003)

In Fort Worth, Texas, Annika Sörenstam becomes the first woman to play the PGA Tour in 58 years. (22. May 2003)

Widescale power blackout in the northeast United States and Canada. (14. August 2003)

Smart 1 satellite is launched. (27. September 2003)

Iraq War: In Fallujah, U.S. forces mistakenly shoot and kill eight Iraqi police officers. (12. September 2003)

Maldives civil unrest: the death of prisoner Hassan Evan Naseem sparks a day of rioting in Malé. (20. September 2003)

The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns as a result of the North Korean nuclear weapons program. (27. August 2003)

While being towed across the Barents Sea, the de-commissioned Russian submarine K-159 sinks, taking 9 of her crew and 800 kg of spent nuclear fuel with her. (30. August 2003)

The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission. (10. June 2003)

A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes the Mexican state of Colima, killing 29 and leaving approximately 10,000 people homeless. (21. January 2003)

The Waterfall rail accident occurs near Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia. (31. January 2003)

Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year old son, and a bodyguard. (22. July 2003)

AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day (15. July 2003)

The Riyadh compound bombings, carried out by Al Qaeda, kill 26 people. (12. May 2003)

Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American woman involved with the International Solidarity Movement, is killed trying to prevent a Palestinian home from being destroyed by a bulldozer in Rafah. (16. March 2003)

2003 invasion of Iraq: Baghdad falls to American forces; Iraqis turn on symbols of their former leader Saddam Hussein, pulling down a grand statue of him and tearing it to pieces. (9. April 2003)

China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission. (15. October 2003)

In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed by a Hamas suicide bomb in the Haifa bus 37 massacre. (5. March 2003)

The Bengali Hindus declares the independence of the Republic of Bangabhumi from Bangladesh. (4. February 2003)

The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%. (14. April 2003)