What Happened in 2003

Helloween Releases "Rabbit Don't Come Easy"

Rabbit Don't Come Easy is the eleventh album by the German power metal/heavy metal band Helloween. It is something of a return to the roots for the... Read more

Planetside Launches

PlanetSide is a massively-multiplayer online first-person-shooter computer game published by Sony Online Entertainment and released on May 20,... Read more

LeBron James Signs Endorsement Deals Worth Over $90 Million

LeBron James hit the jackpot Wednesday night. The USA TODAY basketball player of the year from St. Vincent-St. Mary High (Akron, Ohio) signed a... Read more

Ruben Studdard Wins the Second Season of 'American Idol'

In season two, Seacrest surfaced as the lone host. Brian Dunkleman reportedly hated working on the show and the studio was dissatisfied with his... Read more

My Way Entertainment Releases, "The Juggernaut, Bitch!!"

On May 22, 2003, the parody troupe My Way Entertainment released "The Juggernaut Bitch!!", an overdub of part of the X-Men animated TV series... Read more

Jeremy Michael Ward

Jeremy Michael Ward (May 5, 1976 – May 25, 2003) was the sound technician and vocal operator for The Mars Volta and for the dub outfit De Facto. He... Read more

Adult Swim Changes Its Bump Format to the Current 'Black Cards'

Originally, all of the bumpers shown in between shows featured footage of senior citizens swimming in public pools, eating, exercising, and doing... Read more

Radiohead releases "There There" single

"There There" is a song by the English alternative rock band Radiohead, featured on their album Hail to the Thief (2003) and released prior to the... Read more

Sepultura release Roorback

Roorback is the ninth studio album by Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura, released in 2003. It is their first release through SPV Records. The... Read more

New Jersey Devils Win 2003 Stanley Cup

The 2003 Stanley Cup Finals featured the Eastern Conference finalist, the second-seeded New Jersey Devils, against the Western Conference finalist,... Read more

Finding Nemo released

Finding Nemo is a 2003 American CGI animated film. It was written by Andrew Stanton, directed by Stanton and Lee Unkrich and produced by Walt... Read more

Construction Begins on the Three Gorges Dam

The Three Gorges Dam (simplified Chinese: 长江三峡大坝; traditional Chinese: 長江三峽大壩; pinyin: Chángjiāng Sānxiá Dàbà) is a hydroelectric river dam that... Read more

European Heat Wave of 2003

Neither Europeans, nor people around the world, can erase the memory of the thousands of people who lost their lives in the worst weather disaster... Read more

Iraqi Insurgency Begins to Swell

After President Bush's speech on May 1, 2003 (the "Mission Accomplished" speech), coalition forces noticed a gradually increasing flurry of attacks... Read more

2003 NBA Finals - Spurs Beat Nets

Spurs Cut Down Nets to Win NBA Title With it all on the line, Tim Duncan did it all. The San Antonio Spurs won their second title as Duncan... Read more

Metallica releases St. Anger

St. Anger is the eighth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica. Released on June 5, 2003, this album marks the longest time span... Read more

FDA Approves Daiichi-Sankyo's Benicar HCT to Lower Hypertension

Benicar HCT belongs to a class of drugs called angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), also called antihypertensives, or angiotensin II receptor... Read more

UFC 43: Meltdown

UFC 43: Meltdown was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 6, 2003, at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las... Read more

Radiohead releases sixth studio album "Hail to the Thief"

Hail to the Thief is the sixth studio album by English alternative rock band Radiohead, released on 9 June 2003. It debuted at number one in the... Read more

Operation Peninsula Strike

Operation Peninsula Strike was a series of raids conducted by American troops from June 9 to June 13, 2003 as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. It... Read more

Jim Furyk wins the 103rd U.S. Open

The tournament was won by Jim Furyk, for whom it was his first (and as of 2009, only) major championship win. In doing so he tied for the record... Read more

Gregory Peck Dies

On June 12, 2003, Peck died in his sleep at home from bronchopneumonia, at the age of 87. His wife Veronique was by his side. Peck is entombed in... Read more

A Tale of Two Sisters (2003 film) is Released

A Tale of Two Sisters (장화, 홍련 Janghwa, Hongryeon literally 'Rose Flower, Red Lotus') is a 2003 South Korean psychological horror film by Kim... Read more

"Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners" Premieres

Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners is an anthology-style play compiled and written by Carry On... writer Norman Hudis and producer Marc Sinden,... Read more

Benton Harbor, MI Erupts into Violence after Death of Black Motorcyclist in High-Speed Police Chase

When they threw the bricks and smashed the windows, when they set the blazes that devoured a dozen buildings over the past two harrowing nights,... Read more