2003

2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2003rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 3rd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2000s decade.

Space Shuttle Columbia disaster2002–2004 SARS outbreak2003 Bam earthquakeIraq WarBattle of Baghdad (2003)Mission Accomplished speechProtests against the Iraq WarAbu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse
From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A destroyed building in Bam, Iran after the 2003 Bam earthquake killed 30,000 people; A U.S. Army M1 Abrams tank patrols the streets of Baghdad after the city fell to U.S.-led forces; Abuse and torture of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison by U.S. personnel; Protests in London against the Invasion of Iraq; "Mission Accomplished" became an ironic symbol of the protractedness of the Iraq War after President George W. Bush's infamous speech; a statue of Saddam Hussein is toppled in Baghdad after he was deposed during the Iraq War.
Greta Thunberg
Jude Bellingham
Olivia Rodrigo
Maurice Gibb
The crew of STS-107
Fred Rogers
Zoran Đinđić
Nina Simone
Dame Wendy Hiller
Robert Stack
Gregory Peck
Katharine Hepburn
Barry White
Bob Hope
Idi Amin
Charles Bronson
John Ritter
Johnny Cash
Elia Kazan
Bertram Brockhouse
Alija Izetbegović
Jonathan Brandis
Penny Singleton
Heydar Aliyev