What Happened In July 2003 In History

Historical Events for July, 2003

• 1st » Over 500,000 people protest against efforts to pass Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23 e.g anti-sedition legislation in Hong Kong.
• 6th » The 70-metre Eupatoria Planetary Radar sends a Message to Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence METI message (Cosmic Call Cosmic Call 2) to five stars: Cassiopeia (constellation) Hip 4872, Orion (constellation) HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ur
• 7th » NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover – B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket.
• 13th » French Directorate-General for External Security DGSE personnel abort Opération 14 juillet an operation to rescue Íngrid Betancourt from Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia FARC rebels in Colombia, causing a political scandal when details are leaked to
• 15th » Time Warner e.g AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day

Famous Deaths for July 2003

• 1st » Herbie Mann, American flute player and saxophonist (b. 1930)
• 1st » Wesley Mouzon, American boxer (b. 1927)
• 1st » N!xau ǂToma, Namibian actor (b. 1944)
• 3rd » Gaetano Alibrandi, Italian archbishop (b. 1914)
• 4th » Larry Burkett, American author and radio host (b. 1939)
• 4th » André Claveau, French singer (b. 1915)
• 4th » Barry White, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1944)
• 6th » Buddy Ebsen, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1908)
• 7th » Izhak Graziani, Bulgarian conductor (b. 1924)
• 7th » Vlado Kristl, Croatian painter, animator, and director (b. 1923)
• 8th » Ladan and Laleh Bijani, Iranian conjoined twins (b. 1974)
• 10th » Winston Graham, English author (b. 1908)
• 10th » Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross, German-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1902)
• 12th » Benny Carter, American trumpet player, saxophonist, and composer (b. 1907)
• 12th » Mark Lovell, English race car driver (b. 1960)
• 13th » Compay Segundo, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1907)
• 14th » François-Albert Angers, Canadian economist (b. 1909)
• 14th » Éva Janikovszky, Hungarian author (b. 1926)
• 15th » Roberto Bolaño, Chilean author and poet (b. 1953)
• 15th » Tex Schramm, American businessman (b. 1920)
• 15th » Elisabeth Welch, American actress and singer (b. 1904)
• 16th » Celia Cruz, Cuban-American singer (Sonora Matancera) (b. 1924)
• 16th » Carol Shields, American-Canadian author (b. 1935)
• 17th » David Kelly (weapons expert) called David Kelly, Welsh scientist (b. 1944)
• 17th » Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichord player (b. 1914)
• 17th » Walter Zapp, Latvian-Swiss inventor, invented the Minox (b. 1905)
• 19th » Bill Bright, American evangelist and author, founded the Campus Crusade for Christ (b. 1921)
• 19th » Pierre Graber, Swiss politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1908)
• 20th » Lauri Aus, Estonian cyclist (b. 1970)
• 20th » Nicolas Freeling, English author (b. 1927)
• 21st » John Davies (athlete) e.g John Davies, New Zealand runner (b. 1938)
• 21st » Matt Jefferies, American set designer (b. 1921)
• 22nd » Honey Craven, American horse rider and manager (b. 1904)
• 22nd » Qusay Hussein, Iraqi politician (b. 1966)
• 22nd » Uday Hussein, Iraqi son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1964)
• 22nd » Wahome Mutahi, Kenyan journalist (b. 1954)
• 23rd » James E. Davis (councilman) e.g James E. Davis, American police officer and politician (b. 1962)
• 23rd » Yvonne Sanson, Greek-Italian actress (b. 1926)
• 25th » Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (b. 1912)
• 25th » Erik Brann, American singer and guitarist (Iron Butterfly) (b. 1950)
• 25th » John Schlesinger, English-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 27th » Vance Hartke, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1919)
• 27th » Bob Hope, English-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1903)
• 28th » Valerie Goulding, Irish activist and politician (b. 1918)
• 29th » Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean soldier, founded the Revolutionary United Front (b. 1937)
• 30th » Sam Phillips, American record producer, founded Sun Records (b. 1923)
• 31st » Guido Crepax, Italian author and illustrator (b. 1933)

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