The Seattle Times: 2003: The Year in Review

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Monday, December 29, 2003

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SARS or sniper trials? Jessica Lynch or Gary Ridgway? We want to know what you think the top stories were in 2003. Check up to 10 items from the chronological list below to make your selections. (Complete chronology of major news events in 2003)

Jan. 7 — President Bush unveils $674 billion economic stimulus plan.

Jan. 10 — North Korea, warning of world war, withdraws from nuclear

treaty.

Jan. 15 — White House budget chief envisions deficits in $200 billion to

$300 billion range over next two years.

Jan. 21 — Grand jury indicts 17-year-old Lee Boyd Malvo on murder

charges for alleged role in Washington-area sniper attacks.

Jan. 27 — Bush administration dismisses Iraq’s response to U.N.

disarmament demands as inadequate.

Feb. 1 — Space shuttle Columbia falls to pieces during descent;

seven astronauts die.

Feb. 3 — President Bush sends lawmakers $2.23 trillion budget for

2004.

Feb. 15 — Millions of protesters demonstrate worldwide against

possible U.S. attack on Iraq.

Feb. 21 — Rhode Island nightclub goes up in flames during rock

concert; death toll eventually reaches 100.

March 12 — Elizabeth Smart, 15, found with two drifters, nine months

after her abduction from Utah home.

March 19 — President Bush declares war with Iraq.

April 1 — American troops rescue Pfc. Jessica Lynch, held as POW in

Iraq since her unit was ambushed March 23.

April 7 — U.S. troops roll into Baghdad, taking over major roads and

settling into a presidential palace.

April 23 — World health officials warn travelers to avoid Beijing and

Toronto because of SARS virus.

May 1 — President Bush lands aboard aircraft carrier, declares major

combat over in Iraq.

May 13 — Car bombings in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, kill 34, including

eight Americans.

May 22 — U.N. Security Council gives U.S. and Britain mandate to

rule Iraq, ends 13 years of economic sanctions.

May 29 — AOL Time Warner and Microsoft announce $750 million

settlement in battle over Internet browsers.

June 2 — Federal Communications Commission eases limits on media

ownership.

June 6 — U.S. unemployment hits 9-year high of 6.1 percent.

June 23 — Supreme Court allows colleges to select students based

in part on race.

June 26 — Supreme Court strikes down state bans on homosexual

sex.

July 10 — Astronomers find oldest, most distant planet ever

discovered.

July 18 — NBA star Kobe Bryant charged with sexual assault.

Aug. 14 — Huge blackout hits northeast U.S., part of Canada;

50 million lose power.

Aug. 19 — Suicide bomb strikes U.N. headquarters in Baghdad,

killing 23, including top U.N. envoy.

Sept. 17 — Retired Army general Wesley Clark enters race for

Democratic presidential nomination.

Sept. 25 — France says nearly 15,000 killed in summer heat wave.

Oct. 7 — California voters recall Gov. Gray Davis, elect Arnold

Schwarzenegger as new governor.

Oct. 24 — Last scheduled Concorde flight lands at London’s

Heathrow Airport.

Nov. 2 — V. Gene Robinson consecrated as first openly gay bishop

in Episcopal Church.

Nov. 5 — Green River serial killer Gary Leon Ridgway confesses to

strangling four dozen women over two decades.

Nov. 6 — President Bush signs $87.5 billion package for Iraq,

Afghanistan.

Nov. 15 — Two Black Hawk helicopters crash in Iraq; 17 U.S.

soldiers killed.

Nov. 17 — John Allen Muhammad convicted of capital murder in

Washington-area sniper shootings.

Dec. 1 — Boeing Co. chairman and chief executive Phil Condit

resigns amid shakeup.

Dec. 8 — President Bush signs $400 billion Medicare overhaul

that includes prescription drug plan for seniors.

Dec. 9 — Dow Jones industrials move past 10,000 for first time

since May 2002.

Dec. 14 — U.S. announces it has captured former Iraqi leader

Saddam Hussein.

Dec. 18 — RealNetworks files $1 billion antitrust suit against

rival Microsoft.

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