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August 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - 'August' - September - October - November - December
★ 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.
★ August 2, 2003 - The United Nations authorizes an international peacekeeping force for Liberia.
★ August 10, 2003 - The highest temperature ever recorded in the UK - 38.5°C (101.3°F) at Brogdale near Faversham in Kent [1]. It is the first time the UK has recorded a temperature over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
★ 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.
★ August 11, 2003 - Jemaah Islamiah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
★ August 14, 2003 - Widespread power outage affects northeast United States and Canada.
★ August 14, 2003 - 6.4 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.
★ August 22, 2003 - 21 killed at the Brazilian rocket complex in Alcântara due to a premature ignition of a solid rocket booster.
★ August 25, 2003 - 52 killed in two bomb blasts in Mumbai, India.
★ 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.
★ August 1, 2003 - Marie Trintignant, French actress (b. 1962)
★ August 4, 2003 - Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1916)
★ August 9, 2003 - Gregory Hines, American dancer and actor (cancer) (b. 1946)
★ August 11, 2003 - Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (b. 1923)
★ August 11, 2003 - Herb Brooks, coach of 1980 Miracle on Ice US Hockey team
★ August 14, 2003 - Helmut Rahn, German footballer (b. 1929)
★ August 16, 2003 - Idi Amin, Ugandan dictator
★ August 19, 2003 - Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (b. 1948)
★ August 19, 2003 - Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (b. 1926)
★ August 23, 2003 - Bobby Bonds, baseball player and manager (b. 1946)
★ August 29, 2003 - Vladimir Vasicek, Czech painter (b. 1919)
★ August 30, 2003 - Charles Bronson, American actor (b. 1921)
August 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - 'August' - September - October - November - December
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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.
★ August 2, 2003 - The United Nations authorizes an international peacekeeping force for Liberia.
★ August 10, 2003 - The highest temperature ever recorded in the UK - 38.5°C (101.3°F) at Brogdale near Faversham in Kent [1]. It is the first time the UK has recorded a temperature over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
★ 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.
★ August 11, 2003 - Jemaah Islamiah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
★ August 14, 2003 - Widespread power outage affects northeast United States and Canada.
★ August 14, 2003 - 6.4 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.
★ August 22, 2003 - 21 killed at the Brazilian rocket complex in Alcântara due to a premature ignition of a solid rocket booster.
★ August 25, 2003 - 52 killed in two bomb blasts in Mumbai, India.
★ 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.
Deaths
★ August 1, 2003 - Marie Trintignant, French actress (b. 1962)
★ August 4, 2003 - Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1916)
★ August 9, 2003 - Gregory Hines, American dancer and actor (cancer) (b. 1946)
★ August 11, 2003 - Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (b. 1923)
★ August 11, 2003 - Herb Brooks, coach of 1980 Miracle on Ice US Hockey team
★ August 14, 2003 - Helmut Rahn, German footballer (b. 1929)
★ August 16, 2003 - Idi Amin, Ugandan dictator
★ August 19, 2003 - Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (b. 1948)
★ August 19, 2003 - Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (b. 1926)
★ August 23, 2003 - Bobby Bonds, baseball player and manager (b. 1946)
★ August 29, 2003 - Vladimir Vasicek, Czech painter (b. 1919)
★ August 30, 2003 - Charles Bronson, American actor (b. 1921)
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