What Happened In November 2003 In History

Historical Events for November, 2003

• 5th » Green River Killer Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48 counts of murder.
• 12th » Iraq war: In Nasiriya, Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base.
• 12th » Shanghai Transrapid sets a new Land speed record for rail vehicles world speed record (convert 501 km/h mph) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.
• 14th » Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz discover 90377 Sedna, a Trans-Neptunian object.
• 15th » 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.
• 18th » In the United Kingdom, the Local Government Act 2003, repealing controversial anti-gay amendment Section 28, becomes effective.
• 20th » 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 (Turkey) known as HSBC Bank AS and the British consulate.
• 22nd » 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.
• 23rd » Rose Revolution: Georgia (country) named Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.
• 26th » Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.

Famous Birthdays on November in 2003

• 8th » Lady Louise Windsor, English daughter of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
• 24th » Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman, New Zealand meningococcal disease survivor

Famous Deaths for November 2003

• 2nd » Frank McCloskey, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1939)
• 3rd » Rasul Gamzatov, Russian poet (b. 1923)
• 6th » Just Betzer, Danish production manager and producer (b. 1944)
• 6th » Crash Holly, American wrestler (b. 1971)
• 6th » Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer (b. 1919)
• 6th » Eduardo Palomo, Mexican-American actor (b. 1962)
• 8th » Bob Grant (actor) e.g Bob Grant, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1932)
• 8th » C. Z. Guest, American actress, fashion designer, and author (b. 1920)
• 8th » Guy Speranza, American singer-songwriter (Riot (band) e.g Riot) (b. 1956)
• 9th » Art Carney, American actor and singer (b. 1918)
• 9th » Gordon Onslow Ford, English-American painter (b. 1912)
• 9th » Binod Bihari Verma, Indian physician and author (b. 1937)
• 10th » Canaan Banana, Zimbabwean clergyman and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (b. 1936)
• 10th » Irv Kupcinet, American journalist and talk show host (b. 1912)
• 11th » Miquel Martí i Pol, Catalan poet (b. 1929)
• 12th » Jonathan Brandis, American actor (b. 1976)
• 12th » Cameron Duncan, New Zealand director (b. 1986)
• 12th » Kay E. Kuter, American actor (b. 1925)
• 12th » Penny Singleton, American actress and singer (b. 1908)
• 12th » Tony Thompson (drummer) Tony Thompson, American drummer (Chic (band) Chic and Power Station (band) Power Station) (b. 1954)
• 13th » Kellie Waymire, American actress (b. 1967)
• 14th » Gene Anthony Ray, American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1962)
• 15th » Ray Lewis (track and field athlete) named Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (b. 1910)
• 15th » Dorothy Loudon, American actress and singer (b. 1933)
• 15th » Laurence Tisch, American businessman, co-founded the Loews Corporation (b. 1923)
• 15th » Speedy West, American guitarist and producer (b. 1924)
• 16th » Bettina Goislard, French relief worker (b. 1974)
• 17th » Surjit Bindrakhia, Indian singer (b. 1962)
• 17th » Arthur Conley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
• 17th » Don Gibson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)
• 18th » Michael Kamen, American composer and conductor (b. 1948)
• 20th » Robert Addie, English actor (b. 1960)
• 20th » Loris Azzaro, Tunisian-French fashion designer (b. 1933)
• 20th » David Dacko, African politician, 1st President of the Central African Republic (b. 1930)
• 20th » Eugene Kleiner, American businessman, co-founded Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (b. 1923)
• 20th » Roger Short, English diplomat (b. 1944)
• 20th » Jim Siedow, American actor (b. 1920)
• 20th » Kerem Yılmazer, Turkish actor and singer (b. 1945)
• 24th » Snowflake (gorilla) known as Snowflake, Spanish gorilla (b. 1964)
• 24th » Warren Spahn, American baseball player and coach (b. 1921)
• 26th » Soulja Slim, American rapper (UTP (group) known as UTP) (b. 1978)
• 26th » Stefan Wul, French surgeon and author (b. 1922)
• 28th » Ted Bates (footballer) called Ted Bates, English footballer and manager (b. 1918)
• 28th » Antonia Forest, English author (b. 1915)
• 28th » Mihkel Mathiesen, Estonian engineer and politician (b. 1918)
• 29th » Moondog Spot, American wrestler (b. 1952)
• 30th » Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (b. 1906)

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