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2 unusual facts about August 2003


Ambassador International

Dr. Nikaidoh wrote the book about his experience of losing his son Hitoshi in a sudden accident in August of 2003.

Bramalea GO Station

In August of that year, construction began of a new rail platform which was required in order to provide for all-day train service for the station, as the station is located on a busy railway corridor used by Canadian National Railways freight trains bypassing Toronto.



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Albert Hall, Nottingham

Benazir Bhutto Addresses the Pakistani community as part of Independence Day celebrations, 17 August 2003

Atay Aktuğ

He was voted in as president after his predecessor Özkan Sümer suddenly resigned in August 2003.

Bain Capital

In August 2003, Bain acquired a 50% interest in Bombardier Inc.'s recreational products division, along with the Bombardier family and the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, and created Bombardier Recreational Products or BRP.

Baudoin Liwanga

He was chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from July–August 2003 to 2004.

Beriev Be-103

On 1 August 2003, FAA Director Marion Blakey visited the Be-103's display area at the exhibition in order to familiarize herself personally with the aircraft and to meet representatives of the developer, manufacturer and Air Register.

Buzz Bissinger

The New York Times bestselling Three Nights in August, published in 2005, chronicles a series in August 2003 between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs through the perspective of Cardinals manager Tony La Russa.

Carole Kaboud Mebam

She also holds the national record in 4 x 400 metres relay with 3:27.08 minutes, achieved together with teammates Mirelle Nguimgo, Delphine Atangana and Hortense Béwouda in August 2003 in Paris.

Charles Adamu

He fought seven more times winning on each occasion before on 1 August 2003 travelling to the United Kingdom and defeating England's Matthew Barney for the Commonwealth super middleweight title.

Conqueyrac

A temperature of 44.1 degrees celsius was recorded on the 12th of August 2003 - during the 2003 European heat wave.

E-agriculture

In August 2003, the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) joined together in a collaborative research project to look at bringing together livelihoods thinking with concepts from information and communication for development, in order to improve understanding of the role and importance of information and communication in support of rural livelihoods.

Eric Angle

In August 2003, Angle returned to wrestling in a local Pittsburgh independent promotion, International Wrestling Cartel (IWC).

Evdokia Tsamoglou

Her personal best throw is 68.12 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Nikiti, Sithonia.

Evil Dead: The Musical

With the approval of both Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell, a musical version of the film was first staged as a workshop in Toronto in August 2003 and performances at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal in 2004.

François Missoffe

François Missoffe (13 October 1919; Toulon, France – 28 August 2003; Rouen) was a French politician and diplomat.

Haruna Babangida

He made his debut for Nigeria on 20 August 2003, in a friendly match which Nigeria lost 0–3 to Japan in Tokyo.

Heartless Bastards

They played their first live show at The Comet, a bar in the Cincinnati community of Northside, in August 2003.

Jonathan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne

Moyne and his daughter, Daphne, both had letters published in the same edition of The Daily Telegraph (16 August 2003) attacking the writer Andrew Roberts over his criticism in the same newspaper on the 13th inst.

José Júnior

Despite the best efforts of Walsall manager Colin Lee to sign him permanently, Júnior moved on to Derby County in August 2003; in his final game at Bescot Stadium, he had demonstrated his skills perfectly by scoring a hat-trick against the Rams.

Joseph C. Hare

In August 2003, a new state park in the Hares Canyon was to be named Hares Canyon State Park, but the name was later changed to L. L. "Stub" Stewart State Park.

Joseph Maina Mungai

Joseph Maina Mungai (born in Kenya, 1932; died August 2003) was the first African to become Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Nairobi.

Julio Franco

Franco was talking in the weight room in August 2003 with Jason Marquis, when he leaned on the wrong stand at the wrong time and inspired an 80-pound weight to roll over his finger, breaking it.

Kokhav Nolad

The finale was held on 28 August 2003 at the Nitzanim beach in front of a live audience of 7,000 people.

Kosheen

Their second album, Kokopelli—released in August 2003 on Moksha recordings/Sony and named after a mythical Native American spirit—focused less on drum and bass beats and more on guitar riffs and darker-toned lyrics.

Larry Thompson

In August 2003 Thompson left the Justice Department and was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution for a year before accepting the position of senior vice-president for government affairs and general counsel at Pepsico in Purchase, New York.

Leonardo Carson

Beginning June 14, 2004, Carson began serving a 30-day sentence at the Mobile County Metro Jail on two misdemeanor counts of kidnapping and burglary relating to an August 2003 incident where he broke into the home of his ex-girlfriend's sister, Tasha Locke.

Liz McDonald

In August 2003, it was reported that three big Coronation Street characters would be returning; Bet Lynch (Julie Goodyear), Jim McDonald (Charlie Lawson) and Liz for a six week stint.

Lydia Greenway

In the first Test against South Africa in August 2003 she put on a world record 203 for the fourth wicket with Claire Taylor.

Maeve Sherlock

Maeve Christina Mary Sherlock, Baroness Sherlock OBE (born 10 November 1960) is a Labour Party life peer who was the chief executive of the Refugee Council, a charity supporting refugees and asylum seekers in the UK, between August 2003 and October 2006.

Marie Trintignant

Marie Trintignant died aged 41 of a cerebral edema on 1 August 2003 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, as a result of being repeatedly punched by her boyfriend Bertrand Cantat, lead singer with the French rock group, Noir Désir.

Michel Virlogeux

The Award Presentation took place during the Opening of the IABSE Symposium 'Structures for High-Speed Railway Transportation', Antwerp, Belgium on 27 August 2003.

Mireille Nguimgo

She also holds the national record in 4 x 400 metres relay with 3:27.08 minutes, achieved together with teammates Carole Kaboud Mebam, Delphine Atangana and Hortense Béwouda in August 2003 in Paris.

Möhlintal

On 5 August 2003 the private weather service Meteomedia recorded a temperature of 40.3°C in Möhlin, a record for Switzerland.

Morag Pirie

In August 2003 Pirie became the first female to referee a senior football match in Scotland, when she took charge of Huntly's 1–0 win over Wick Academy at Christie Park in the Highland Football League.

Mumbai Matinee

Director Anant Balani died before the film was released on 29 August 2003.

Neil Brisco

He was allowed a move to Stockport County in August 2003, with manager Carlton Palmer wanting a dominant midfielder; however Brisco failed a medical because of a knee injury and the move did not go through.

Netfilter

In August 2003 Harald Welte was made chairman of the coreteam, and in April 2004, following a crack-down by the project on those distributing the project's software embedded in routers without complying with the GPL, Welte was granted a historic injunction by a German court against Sitecom Germany, who refused to follow the GPL's terms (see GPL-related disputes).

Noam Behr

Behr and his Czech partner Ota Fukárek won the annual Gratz doubles tournament held in Austria in August 2003.

Ontario Liberal Party candidates, 1999 Ontario provincial election

In 2003, he spoke out against plans for a logging road network near Pukaskwa National Park in Northern Ontario (Broadcast News, 12 August 2003).

Palestine Hotel

A U.S. military investigation in August 2003 cleared Philip DeCamp and the other two soldiers concerned, Sgt. Shawn Gibson and Capt. Philip Wolford, of wrongdoing, saying they acted properly because they believed they were firing on enemy troops.

Robert I. Levy

Robert I. Levy (b 1924, d. 29 August 2003, Asolo, Veneto, Italy) was an American psychiatrist and anthropologist known for his fieldwork in Tahiti and Nepal and on the cross-cultural study of emotions.

Russ Hodge

In August 2003, both Hodge and his mother were honoured with the Sullivan County Historical Society "History Maker" award.

Sanja Papić

She had been Omega Watches Ambassador (alongside Michael Schumacher, Anna Kournikova and Cindy Crawford), following a contract between Omega and Sanja signed in August 2003.

Susumu Kajiyama

In August 2003, Shizuka Kamei, then a senior member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and former Senior Superintendent of the National Police Agency, acknowledged receiving political donations from Kajiyama.

TallyGenicom

TallyGenicom was formed in August 2003 with the merger of Tally and GENICOM.

The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

The idea for a film based on the Cuban recovery first arose in August 2003 when Morgan traveled to Cuba as part of the Global Exchange program.

Toll Collect

The rollout was first scheduled for the end of August 2003, but was delayed repeatedly, causing the government to forfeit toll collection on trucks using the Autobahn.

Tomasz Mateusiak

His personal best jump was 8.08 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Königs Wusterhausen.

Vida TV

It was created in August 2003 and can be seen in the community of Ureña in the Pedro Maria Ureña Municipality of the Tachira State of Venezuela on UHF channel 51.

VP-8

From February to August 2003, VP-8 deployed to NAF Sigonella and Souda Bay, Crete, to provide 24-hour P-3 support for the two carrier battle groups in the Mediterranean during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), flying nearly 100 overland combat missions and over 4,000 flight hours from Italy, Greece, Germany, Spain, and Senegal.