July 2003

Tuesday 01:

In Hong Kong, 500,000 people march to protest a new anti-subversion law.

Wednesday 02:

International Olympic Committee session in Prague. Vancouver is declared the Host City for the XXI Olympic Winter Games in 2010.

Saturday 05:

Taiwan is the last territory to be removed from the WHO's list of SARS affected areas.

Sunday 06:

The Corsicans rejected a referendum for increased autonomy from France by a very thin majority: 50.98 percent against, and 49.02 percent for.

Thursday 10:

A Neoplan bus, owned by Kowloon Motor Bus, collides with a truck, falls off a bridge on Tuen Mun Road, Hong Kong, and plunges into the underlying valley, killing 21 people. This is the deadliest bus accident to date in Hong Kong. jjj

Tuesday 15:

AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape Communications Corporation. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.

Wednesday 16:

The Corsicans reject a referendum for increased autonomy from France by a very thin majority: 50.98 percent against, and 49.02 percent for.

Friday 18:

2003 - David Kelly is discovered dead after committing suicide.

Monday 21:

The last Volkswagen old-style Beetle rolls off the assembly line at Puebla, Mexico.

Tuesday 22:

Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year old son, and a bodyguard.

Wednesday 23:

Operation Warrior Sweep is the first major military deployment of the Afghan National Army.

Monday 28:

NPR broadcasts the first episode of Day to Day, a one-hour radio newsmagazine

Wednesday 30:

In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.

Thursday 31:

WON is shut down.