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2003 in the United Kingdom:  |
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Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun
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| 2003 in British music |
Events from the year 2003 in the United Kingdom.
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Contents
- 1 Events
- 1.1 January
- 1.2 February
- 1.3 March
- 1.4 April
- 1.5 May
- 1.6 June
- 1.7 July
- 1.8 August
- 1.9 September
- 1.10 October
- 1.11 November
- 1.12 December
- 2 Births
- 3 Deaths
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Events
January
- January 25 - Central Line underground train crashes into the tunnel wall at Chancery Lane tube station in London, injuring 34 people.
February
- February 1 - In Northern Ireland, The Protestant UDA Belfast leader John Gregg is killed by a loyalist faction.
March
- March 12 - Iraq disarmament crisis: British prime minister Tony Blair proposes an amendment to the possible 18th U.N. resolution, which would call for Iraq to meet certain benchmarks to prove that it was disarming. The amendment is immediately rejected by France, who promises to veto any new resolution.
- March 20 - 2003 Iraq war: Land troops from United Kingdom join troops from the United States, Australia and Poland in the invasion of Iraq.
- March 22 - Tomahawk cruise missiles fired from Royal Navy submarines take part in a massive air and missile strike on military targets in Baghdad.
April
- April 6- British forces capture the city of Basra during the Iraq war.
May
- May 1
- Scottish parliamentary election, 2003- the Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition led by Jack McConnell win a majority of the seats and remain in power. The Scottish Green Party and the Scottish Socialist Party significantly increase their representation.
- Welsh Assembly election, 2003- the Labour Party remain in power.
June
July
August
- September 4 - The Bullring Shopping Centre in Birmingham, is officially opened by Sir Albert Bore.
September
October
November
- November 18 - U.S. President George W. Bush makes a state visit to London in the midst of massive protests.
- November 20 - Several bombs explode in Istanbul, Turkey at several British targets. The Turkish head office of HSBC and the British consulate are detroyed, and the British Consulate-General, Roger Short is killed.
- November 22 - England wins the Rugby World Cup defeating Australia 20-17 after extra time.
- November 24 - The High Court in Glasgow imposes a minimum sentence of 27 years for Al Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
December
- December 16 - The Government announces plans to build a new runway at Stansted Airport in Essex and a short-haul runway at Heathrow Airport sparking anger from environmental groups.
Births
- November 8 - Lady Louise Windsor, daughter of Earl and Countess of Wessex
Deaths
- April 11 - Cecil Howard Green, geophysicist and businessman (b. 1900)
- May 14 - Wendy Hiller, actress (b. 1912)
- June 10 - Bernard Williams, philosopher (b. 1929)
- July 10 - Winston Graham, writer (b. 1908)
- July 10 - Hartley Shawcross, chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials (b. 1902)
- July 25 - John Schlesinger, film director (b. 1926)
- July 27 - Bob Hope, comedian (b. 1902)
- September 26 - Robert Palmer, singer (b. 1949)
- October 5 - Denis Quilley, actor (b. 1927)
- December 29 - Dinsdale Landen, actor (cancer) (b. 1932)
- December 29 - Bob Monkhouse, comedian and game show host (b. 1928)
Category: 2003 in the United Kingdom
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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