What Happened In October 2003 In History

Historical Events for October, 2003

• 4th » Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Haifa, Israel: 21 Israelis, Jews and Arabs, are killed, and 51 others wounded.
• 7th » A historic California gubernatorial recall election e.g recall election takes place in the U.S. State of California in which the sitting Governor Gray Davis, a Democrat, is overwhelmingly voted out of office. Actor, bodybuilder and Republican candidate Ar
• 9th » Mission: SPACE opens to the public in the Epcot park at Walt Disney World. The opening ceremony included several astronauts from all eras of space exploration.
• 14th » Chicago Cubs fan Steve Bartman incident called Steve Bartman becomes infamously known as the scapegoat for the Cubs losing game 6 of the 2003 National League Championship Series to the Florida Marlins.
• 15th » China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.
• 15th » The Staten Island Ferry boat 'Andrew J. Barberi' 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash e.g runs into a pier at the St. George Ferry Terminal in Staten Island, killing 11 people and injuring 43.
• 18th » Bolivian Gas War: List of presidents of Bolivia or President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
• 19th » Mother Teresa is Beatification or beatified by Pope John Paul II.
• 24th » Concorde makes its last commercial flight.
• 26th » The Cedar Fire, the second-largest fire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes convert 250,000 acre km2, and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.

Famous Birthdays on October in 2003

• 16th » Princess Kritika of Nepal

Famous Deaths for October 2003

• 2nd » John Thomas Dunlop, American scholar and politician, 14th United States Secretary of Labor (b. 1914)
• 3rd » Florence Stanley, American actress and director (b. 1924)
• 3rd » William Steig, American sculptor, author, and illustrator (b. 1907)
• 4th » Sid McMath, American lawyer and politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1912)
• 5th » Denis Quilley, English actor (b. 1927)
• 5th » Dan Snyder, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1978)
• 5th » Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist, director, and producer (b. 1957)
• 7th » Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
• 7th » Arthur Berger, American composer (b. 1912)
• 7th » Wally George, American talk show host (b. 1931)
• 9th » Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American author and academic (b. 1926)
• 10th » Eugene Istomin, American pianist (b. 1925)
• 10th » Eila Hiltunen, Finnish sculptor. (b. 1922)
• 12th » Jim Cairns, Australian politician (b. 1914)
• 12th » Joan Kroc, American philanthropist (b. 1928)
• 12th » Bill Shoemaker, American jockey (b. 1931)
• 13th » Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 14th » Patrick Dalzel-Job, English linguist, commander, and navigator (b. 1913)
• 15th » Ben Metcalfe, Canadian journalist and activist (b. 1919)
• 18th » Preston Smith (governor) called Preston Smith, American politician, 40th Governor of Texas (b. 1912)
• 18th » Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Spanish journalist, author, and critic (b. 1939)
• 19th » Road Warrior Hawk, American wrestler (b. 1960)
• 19th » Alija Izetbegović, Bosniak lawyer and politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (b. 1925)
• 19th » Margaret Murie, American environmentalist and author (b. 1902)
• 20th » Čkalja, Serbian actor and singer (b. 1924)
• 20th » Jack Elam, American actor (b. 1918)
• 21st » Fred Berry, American actor and dancer (b. 1951)
• 21st » Louise Day Hicks, American lawyer and politician (b. 1916)
• 21st » Luis A. Ferré, Puerto Rican engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1904)
• 21st » Elliott Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Heatmiser) (b. 1969)
• 22nd » Tony Renna, American race car driver (b. 1976)
• 23rd » Tony Capstick, English actor (b. 1944)
• 23rd » Soong May-ling, Chinese wife of Chiang Kai-shek (b. 1897)
• 25th » Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian spiritual leader and philosopher (b. 1920)
• 25th » Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier (b. 1925)
• 25th » Robert Strassburg, American conductor and composer (b. 1915)
• 27th » Rod Roddy, American game show announcer (b. 1937)
• 27th » Stephanie Tyrell, American songwriter and producer (b. 1949)
• 29th » Hal Clement, American pilot, author, and educator (b. 1922)
• 29th » Franco Corelli, Italian tenor (b. 1921)
• 31st » Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Indian singer (b. 1908)
• 31st » Richard Neustadt, American political scientist and historian (b. 1919)

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