Health of Barack Hussein Obama
Appointed Chairman of the Illinois Senates Health and Human Services Committee when Democrats, after a decade in the minority, regained a majority
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Historical records for United States of America in 2003
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his memoirs, "Every Second Counts
Publishes his memoirs, "Every Second Counts"
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)
Used various films from the day of the shooting to plot the locations and speeds of the motorcycle police officers during the assassination, and concluded that no police motorcycles were anywhere near a microphone concluded by the HSCA
Hubble Supernova Constraints
Knop leads analysis of Supernova Cosmology Project events observed with Hubble, tightening constraints on matter density and the dark-energy component.
James Tague writes a book, Truth Withheld, detailing
James Tague writes a book, Truth Withheld, detailing his experiences during and after the assassination
Jayson Blair Fabrication Scandal
The Times exposed extensive fabrication and plagiarism by reporter Jayson Blair, prompting institutional scrutiny and editorial changes.
Kill Bill Volume 1
Directs Kill Bill: Volume 1, a stylized revenge film starring Uma Thurman.
Lost in Translation
Writes and directs Lost in Translation, following two Americans who form a friendship in Tokyo.
Magic Bullet
Myers uses a close-up examination of the Zapruder film to justify the "single bullet theory". Myers animation finds that the bullet wounds were consistent with JFKs and Connallys positions at the time of shooting, and that by following the bullets trajectory backwards could be found to have originated from the Texas School Book Depository
memoirs, "Every Second Counts
Publishes his memoirs, "Every Second Counts"
Metallica
Metallicas eighth full-length recording, St. Anger, debuts at number one on the album charts
Metallica
Robert Trujillo, formerly of Suicidal Tendencies, and Ozzy Osbournes band, is chosen as the new bassist. Metallicas eighth full-length recording, St. Anger, debuts at number one on the album charts
Metallica
Metallicas eighth full-length recording, St. Anger, debuts at number one on the album charts
Mystic River
Directs Mystic River, a crime drama starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon.
Nip Tuck Television Launch
Ryan Murphy co created Nip Tuck, a provocative drama examining the professional and personal lives of two plastic surgeons.
Piano Blues
Directs Piano Blues, part of Martin Scorsese's documentary series on blues music.
Pluto
Hubble completes a series of observations later combined into detailed maps showing changes in Pluto's surface appearance.
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House from President George W. Bush
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone names Hendrix number 1 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time
S0-2 Galactic Centre Orbit
Her team uses the orbit of S0-2 around the Galactic Centre to strengthen the case for a compact supermassive black hole.
Sportsman of the Year
Reuters Sportsman of the Year
Texas School Book Depository
Myers animation finds that the bullet wounds were consistent with JFKs and Connallys positions at the time of shooting, and that by following the bullets trajectory backwards could be found to have originated from the Texas School Book Depository
The Company Film
Robert Altman directed The Company in 2003, a drama observing the backstage and personal world of a ballet company.
Three New Neptune Moons Announced
Holman's team announces three newly discovered irregular satellites around Neptune, the first ground-based finds there since 1949.
Toby Award Hairspray Actress
Marissa Jaret Winokur won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for originating Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray.
Tour de France
Winner of the Tour de France, 5th time
UN Security Council
The UK & USA attempt to get a United Nations Security Council resolution authorising military force, but withdraw because of a possible veto by France, Russia & China
United Nations
The UK & USA attempt to get a United Nations Security Council resolution authorising military force, but withdraw because of a possible veto by France, Russia & China
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
As of February 2003, the IAEA "found no evidence or plausible indication of the revival of a nuclear weapons program in Iraq"; the IAEA concluded that certain items which could have been used in nuclear enrichment centrifuges, such as aluminum tubes, were in fact intended for other uses.
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
Despite the discovery of chemicals that are part of legitimate industrial use & could be possibly used as potential components of WMD, no actual weapons of mass destruction are found
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
Inspections by the United Nations restarted from November 2002 until March 2003 but hadn't turned up any evidence of actual WMDs when the United States and the "Coalition of the Willing" invaded Iraq and overthrew Saddam Hussein in March 2003.
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
The United States and the UK asserted that Saddam Hussein still possessed large hidden stockpiles of WMD and that he was clandestinely procuring and producing more.
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
UNMOVIC "did not find evidence of the continuation or resumption of programs of weapons of mass destruction" or significant quantities of proscribed items.
WMAP
Page contributes microwave background analysis from WMAP that sharpens cosmological parameters
WMAP
Spergel interprets WMAP data to constrain the standard model of Big Bang cosmology
WMAP First Year Cosmic Census
Bennett leads WMAP's first-year release, establishing a precision cosmic inventory in which dark energy is the dominant component of a nearly flat universe.
WMAP Lambda CDM Parameters
Spergel leads interpretation of WMAP first-year data, showing strong consistency with a flat Lambda-CDM universe containing a large dark-energy fraction.
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