October 2003

Saturday 04:

Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Haifa, Israel: 21 Israelis, Jews and Arabs, were killed, and 51 others were wounded.

Sunday 05:

Akhmad Kadyrov elected President of Chechnya.

Tuesday 07:

California recall: California governor Gray Davis is recalled from office and replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Wednesday 08:

Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark's engagement to Australian lawyer Mary Donaldson is announced

Sunday 12:

Michael Schumacher clinches his 6th Formula One championship, an all-time record

Monday 13:

The Public Library of Science commences publication of an open-access scientific journal, PLoS Biology.

Wednesday 15:

Ilham Aliyev becomes President of Azerbaijan succeeding his father Heydar Aliyev.

Thursday 16:

iTunes released for Windows XP and Windows 2000.

Friday 17:

The pinnacle was fitted on the roof of Taipei 101, a 106-floor skyscraper in Taipei, allowing it to surpass the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur by 50 meters (165 feet) and become the World's tallest highrise.

Saturday 18:

Bolivian Gas War: President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.

Sunday 19:

Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.

Thursday 23:

George W. Bush addresses a joint sitting of the houses of the Australian Parliament and is shouted down by Green Party senators Kerry Nettle and Bob Brown.

Friday 24:

Concorde makes its last commercial flight, bringing the era of airliner supersonic transport to a close, at least for the time being.

Saturday 25:

The Cedar Fire is reported at 5:37 pm. It becomes the largest wildfire in California history.

Friday 31:

Mahathir bin Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia after 22 years in power.