WHAT HAPPENED IN 2003.
Look what happened the 2003.

Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz discover 90377 Sedna, a Trans-Neptunian object. (14. November 2003)

The first day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings, in which two car bombs, targeting two synagogues, explode, killing 25 people and wounding about 300. Additional bombings follow on November 20. (15. November 2003)

In the United Kingdom, the Local Government Act 2003, repealing controversial anti-gay amendment Section 28, becomes effective. (18. November 2003)

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules 4 to 3 in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and gives the state legislature 180 days to change the law making Massachusetts the first state in the United States to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples. (18. November 2003)

After the November 15 bombings, a second day of the 2003 Istanbul Bombings occurs in Istanbul, Turkey, destroying the Turkish head office of HSBC Bank AS and the British consulate. (20. November 2003)

2003 Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident: Shortly after takeoff, a DHL Express cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile and forced to land. (22. November 2003)

Rose Revolution: Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections. (23. November 2003)

Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England. (26. November 2003)

The Conservative Party of Canada is officially registered, following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. (7. December 2003)

A blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more. (9. December 2003)

Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn – Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit. (13. December 2003)

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt. (14. December 2003)

The Soham murder trial ends at the Old Bailey in London, England, with Ian Huntley found guilty of two counts of murder. His girlfriend Maxine Carr is found guilty of perverting the course of justice. (17. December 2003)

SpaceShipOne, piloted by Brian Binnie, makes its first powered and first supersonic flight. (17. December 2003)

PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, killing at least 234. (23. December 2003)

The Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50 kg of explosives at 3:55 p.m. inside Madrid's busy Chamartín Station. (24. December 2003)

The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express Spacecraft on December 19, disappears shortly before its scheduled landing. (25. December 2003)

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake devastates southeast Iranian city of Bam, killing tens of thousands and destroying the citadel of Arg-é Bam. (26. December 2003)

The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct. (29. December 2003)