2003International Year of Freshwater
January 18 – The Canberra Bushfires in Canberra, Australia kill 4 people
March 13 – The journal Nature reports that 350,000-year-old upright-walking human footprints had been found in Italy.
April 14 – The Human Genome Project is completed, with 99% of the human genome sequenced to 99.99% accuracy.
June 22 – The largest hailstone ever recorded falls in Aurora, Nebraska.
July 6 – The 70-meter Eupatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message Cosmic Call 2 to 5 stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri, HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris, that will arrive at these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044, 2044 and 2049 respectively
August 28 – Bank robber Brian Douglas Wells is killed when a time bomb around his neck explodes, allegedly in an act of betrayal by his co-conspirators.
September 3 – The Hubble Space Telescope starts Hubble Ultra Deep Field.
October 15 – The 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash kills 11 after one of its ferries slams into a pier.
November 23 – A total solar eclipse is seen over Antarctica.
December 25 – Beagle 2 is scheduled to land on Mars, but nothing is heard from the lander.
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