What Happened In September 2003 In History

Historical Events for September, 2003

• 10th » Anna Lindh, the foreign minister of Sweden, is fatally stabbed while shopping, and dies the following day.
• 12th » The United Nations lifts International sanctions known as sanctions against Libya after that country agreed to accept responsibility and recompense the families of victims in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
• 12th » Iraq War: In Fallujah, U.S. forces mistakenly shoot and kill eight Iraqi police officers.
• 14th » In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
• 20th » 2003 Maldives civil unrest known as Maldives civil unrest: the death of prisoner Hassan Evan Naseem sparks a day of rioting in Malé.
• 25th » A Richter magnitude scale or magnitude-8.0 earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.
• 27th » Smart 1 satellite is launched.

Famous Deaths for September 2003

• 1st » Rand Brooks, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1st » Terry Frost, English painter (b. 1915)
• 3rd » Alan Dugan, American poet (b. 1923)
• 3rd » Paul Jennings Hill, American murderer (b. 1954)
• 3rd » Rudolf Leiding, German businessman (b. 1914)
• 4th » Tibor Varga (violinist) or Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (b. 1921)
• 4th » Lola Bobesco, Romanian-Belgian violinist and educator (b. 1921)
• 5th » Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer and actress (b. 1927)
• 6th » Harry Goz, American actor and singer (b. 1932)
• 6th » Mohammad Oraz, Iranian mountaineer (b. 1969)
• 7th » Great Antonio, Croatian-Canadian strongman (b. 1925)
• 7th » Warren Zevon, American singer-songwriter (Hindu Love Gods (band) called Hindu Love Gods and lyme and cybelle) (b. 1947)
• 8th » Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian voice actress (b. 1986)
• 8th » Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 9th » Larry Hovis, American actor and singer (b. 1936)
• 9th » Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (b. 1908)
• 9th » Don Willesee, Australian politician (b. 1916)
• 11th » Anna Lindh, Swedish politician, 39th Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden) known as Minister of Foreign Affairs for Sweden (b. 1957)
• 11th » John Ritter, American actor and producer (b. 1948)
• 14th » Jerry Fleck, American actor and director (b. 1947)
• 14th » Garrett Hardin, American ecologist and author (b. 1915)
• 14th » Murder of Yetunde Price known as Yetunde Price, American murder victim (b. 1972)
• 14th » John Serry, Sr., American accordion player and composer (b. 1915)
• 15th » Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist (b. 1930)
• 15th » Jack Brymer, English clarinet player and educator (b. 1915)
• 15th » Josef Hiršal, Czech author and poet (b. 1920)
• 16th » Sheb Wooley, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1921)
• 17th » Erich Hallhuber, German actor (b. 1951)
• 18th » Emil Fackenheim, German rabbi and philosopher (b. 1916)
• 18th » Bob Mitchell (British politician) e.g Bob Mitchell, English politician (b. 1927)
• 19th » Slim Dusty, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1927)
• 20th » Gordon Mitchell, American bodybuilder and actor (b. 1923)
• 20th » Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician, 1st Vice President of Zimbabwe (b. 1922)
• 20th » Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn, Welsh lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1941)
• 22nd » Gordon Jump, American actor (b. 1932)
• 22nd » Hugo Young, English journalist and author (b. 1938)
• 23rd » Zubayr Al-Rimi, Saudi Arabian terrorist (b. 1974)
• 23rd » Yuri Senkevich, Russian physician and journalist (b. 1937)
• 24th » Rosalie Allen, American singer and radio host (b. 1924)
• 24th » Lyle Bettger, American actor (b. 1915)
• 25th » Aqila al-Hashimi, Iraqi politician (b. 1953)
• 25th » Herb Gardner, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
• 25th » Franco Modigliani, Italian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize in Economics named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 25th » George Plimpton, American journalist, author, and actor (b. 1927)
• 25th » Edward Said, Palestinian-American philosopher and critic (b. 1935)
• 26th » Shawn Lane, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Black Oak Arkansas) (b. 1963)
• 26th » Robert Palmer (singer) Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter (The Power Station (band) The Power Station and Vinegar Joe (band) Vinegar Joe) (b. 1949)
• 28th » Althea Gibson, American tennis player and golfer (b. 1927)
• 28th » Elia Kazan, Turkish-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1909)
• 28th » George Odlum, Saint Lucian politician and diplomat (b. 1934)
• 30th » Yusuf Bey, American activist, founded Your Black Muslim Bakery (b. 1935)
• 30th » Ronnie Dawson (musician) named Ronnie Dawson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)
• 30th » Robert Kardashian, American lawyer and businessman (b. 1944)

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