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unusual facts about October 2003


Shibetsu, Hokkaido

It is situated by the Shibetsu River in the north and its valley and is accessed by an expressway which has its northern terminus in the north, which opened its interchange on October 4, 2003 and route 40 The bypass is not yet planned.


Darin King

The Progressive Conservatives won the October 2003, election but King was narrowly defeated by the Liberal Party incumbent, Judy Foote, by a margin of 43 votes.


see also

5 Tracks

The EP was followed by the album HoboSapiens, which was released in October 2003 and does not contain any songs from this EP.

African Standby Force

A meeting of Defence Chiefs of Staff was held in Brazzaville in October 2003, at which it was decided that a brigade-size peacekeeping force, the Central African Multinational Force (French acronym FOMAC) would be created in order to intervene in unstable Central African areas.

American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence

In October 2003, U.S. Education Secretary Rod Paige announced the American Board would receive a $35 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education for its continued development of a fast-track route into the teaching profession.

Amílcar Méndez Urízar

In October 2003, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights requested that Guatemala adopt precautionary measures to protect the life and person of Méndez in the wake of death threats made against him and the murder of another CERJ activist.

Banknotes of Zimbabwe

It was followed by the $1 000 denomination on 2 October 2003, the sole difference between the two variants of the $1 000 notes (Pick no. 12) only being the typeface of the serial number.

Canal+ Group

The Nordic part was sold in October 2003 to the Telenor-owned Canal Digital, and the Canal+ brand has since been used with license.

Cycle Friendly Awards

The inaugural awards function was held on 10 October 2003 at the Bruce Mason Centre

DARPA XG

In the Wireless World Research Forum of 27 October 2003, Preston Marshall, program manager of DARPA XG Program, said "The primary product of the XG program is not a new radio, but a set of advanced technologies for dynamic spectrum

Erik Reece

Reece's 2006 book Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness (New York: Riverhead Books, 2006), with photos by John J. Cox and a foreword by Wendell Berry, chronicles the devastating effects of mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia from October 2003 through November 2004.

First Liberian Civil War

The Second Liberian Civil War began in 1999 and ended in October 2003, when ECOWAS intervened to stop the rebel siege on Monrovia and exiled Charles Taylor to Nigeria until he was arrested in 2006 and taken to The Hague for his trial.

Good Dancers

"Good Dancers" is a 2003 single released from Australian alternative rock duo The Sleepy Jackson, released on 13 October 2003 from the album Lovers.

Herbert C. Holdridge

He then married a former dancer named Julie Phelps (19 October 1908-24 October 2003), and adopted her daughter Cheryl.

HMLA-773

The squadron activated in October 2003 and deployed to Bagram, Afghanistan, for further deployment along the international border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

I Am Australian

In October 2003, in conjunction with the sponsorship of the 2003 Rugby World Cup, Australian telecommunications giant Telstra launched a new campaign centered on the song remixed and performed by Lo-Tel.

I Made Mangku Pastika

In October 2003 he was appointed an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia, "for service to Australia by heading the investigation into the bombings which occurred in Bali on 12 October 2002".

Illegal logging

The Africa Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (AFLEG) Ministerial Conference was held in Yaoundé, Cameroon in October 2003.

International Church of the Foursquare Gospel

In October 2003, under Risser's tenure, the church sold Los Angeles radio station KFSG-FM to the Spanish Broadcasting System for $250 million.

Ion Dissonance

During April 2003 they started the recording process for their first LP, Breathing Is Irrelevant with sound-engineer Yannick St-Amand (Neuraxis, Martyr, Despised icon, In Dying Days), the album was completed in June 2003, and it came out in October 2003.

Jon Westling

Silber stepped down as chancellor and reassumed the presidency on an interim basis until Aram Chobanian was appointed president ad interim in October 2003.

Jordan Rodrigues

Rodrigues's first professional acting experience was when he played the role of the young Simba in The Lion King's Australian tour at the Capitol Theatre starting in October 2003.

Juan Cuyami

His debut came on 11 October 2003 in a 1–0 win against Togo for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers (eventual 1–2 aggregate loss), in Bata.

Kate Rogers

Kate Rogers Vs Grand Central (October 2003) (This is a collection of all of Rogers' appearances on other Grand Central artists' records.)

KECR

During the October 2003 Cedar Fires, part of KECR's rural transmitter site was destroyed by flames.

Kenneth Binmore

Simon Singh interviews Binmore for BBC Radio 4 on bluffing in poker and the British 3G telecoms auction, 31 October 2003.

Lionel Pickering

In October 2003, Derby County's parent company, Derby County Limited, briefly went into liquidation and Pickering, the majority shareholder, gave way to a new board of John Sleightholme, Jeremy Keith and Steve Harding, who bought the club for £3.

Luskintyre Airfield

In October 2003, Tiger Moths from Luskintyre participated in The Great Tiger Moth Air Race, an event celebrating 100 years of powered flight and sponsored by aircraft manufacturer Airbus.

Marine Air Support Squadron 3

MASS-3 provided air support for the 1st Marine Division from the Kuwaiti border to Tikrit and had units remain in country until the division redeployed in October 2003.

Mohammed Khalid

In October 2003, when it was announced that Lebanese singer, Nancy Ajram, was to perform in Bahrain, Mr Khalid along with other Islamists in parliament put forward an emergency motion to ban her concert on the grounds of ‘immorality’.

Mushaukwa Mukunyandela

In October 2003, he was honoured by the late Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa with the Order of Distinguished Service, First Division.

NightWash

NightWash was initially shown from 2001 to 2006 on WDR television and Das Erste (one series, October 2003).

One Voice: Greatest Hits

The album was released in Australia on 20 October 2003, and was accompanied by a DVD of music videos titled One Voice: The Greatest Clips.

Parque de la Ciudad

The park's deteriorating condition led to its closure by Mayor Aníbal Ibarra in October 2003, and though it was reopened three years later, ongoing safety concerns led to its renewed closure in March 2008 by Mayor Mauricio Macri.

PHP-GTK

PHP-GTK 1.0 was released in October 2003 alongside several extensions — including a wrapper for libglade, which allowed the cross-platform Glade UI builder to be used in creating PHP-GTK applications.

Political groups under Vladimir Putin's presidency

The Family group has also almost entirely lost its influence by 2004 after the dismissals of Alexander Voloshin (October 2003), Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (February 2004) and some key figures of his Cabinet, but some of the group's members secured their political survival.

Renato D'Aiello

Since October 2003 D'Aiello has been saxophone teacher at Sherborne School, Dorset.

Rich Seubert

During a game against Philadelphia in October 2003, Seubert was blocking when his opponent N. D. Kalu stepped on the back of his right leg, breaking Seubert's tibia, fibula, and ankle.

Richardson v Schwarzenegger

Claimant Anna Richardson, a prominent British television presenter, claimed to have been libeled in the 2 October 2003 issue of the Los Angeles Times, which was available in print and online in the UK, as a result of statements made by Arnold Schwarzenegger’s then gubernatorial campaign manager.

Ron Hutchinson

He would later co-promote Carmen Electra's female wrestling promotion, the Naked Women's Wrestling League, serving as the promotion's head trainer and consultant in October 2003.

Room on Fire

Released in October 2003, the album follows 2001's Is This It and includes three singles: "12:51", "Reptilia", and "The End Has No End." Grammy-winning producer Nigel Godrich was initially in charge of production, but The Strokes felt he made the songs seem "soulless".

Seven Ways to Scream Your Name

The EP was released on 21 October 2003 (see 2003 in music) through Ferret Records and was produced by Joe Gibb (selected tracks), Colin Richardson (selected tracks) and the band (selected tracks).

Steve Askew

In October 2003, he appeared in a Kajagoogoo reunion on VH1's Bands Reunited.

Susan Crowe

In October 2003, Crowe released her fourth CD, Book of Days, produced by Danny Greenspoon, which garnered her nominations from the East Coast Music Awards and the 2004 Juno Awards, for Best Roots/Traditional Solo Recording.

The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy

The Hollow Kingdom is the October 2003 first book in The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy by Clare B. Dunkle.

The Very Best of Asha Bhosle, the Queen of Bollywood

The Very Best of Asha Bhosle, The Queen of Bollywood, released in October 2003, is a compilation album of songs recorded by the Indian playback singer Asha Bhosle for albums and Bollywood films released during 1966-2003.

Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics

A pre-Olympic test event was staged over the Olympic course in October 2003, and saw Denmark's Rasmus Henning and Australia's Michellie Jones winning the men's and women's events.

Trivium discography

The band signed with German label Lifeforce Records and released their full-length debut studio album, Ember to Inferno, in October 2003, with a lineup that included vocalist and guitarist Matt Heafy, bassist Brent Young, and drummer Travis Smith.

Volvo S40

It is set on 25 October 2003, where 32 people supposedly purchased a Volvo S40, at the same local Volvo dealership in Dalarö, a small village to the south-east of Stockholm.

Warburtons

In October 2003, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh opened Warburtons eleventh bakery in Enfield, North London.

World's End Murders

On 15 October 2003, it was reported in the press, that Lothian and Borders Police had enlisted the help of the Forensic Science Service (FSS) to try and determine the identity of the person whom the unknown DNA sample belonged to.

Xia–Shang–Zhou Chronology Project

An international conference on chronology arranged for October 2003 was postponed due to the SARS outbreak, but never rescheduled.