* Neil Postman, ( 1931 – 2003 ) author, media theorist and cultural critic,

The first surviving edition ( bilingual Swedish – Esperanto ) was published in Sweden in 2003.

* 1907 – Felix de Weldon, Austrian sculptor ( d. 2003 )

* 1924 – Peter Safar, Austrian physician ( d. 2003 )

* 2003 – Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60, 000 years, passing distant.

* 2003 – The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns as a result of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.

* 1900 – Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist ( d. 2003 )

* 1944 – Inday Badiday, Filipino journalist ( d. 2003 )

* 1955 – Rusty Magee, American composer ( d. 2003 )

* 1969 – Elliott Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Heatmiser ( d. 2003 )

* 1972 – Yetunde Price, American murder victim ( d. 2003 )

* 1941 – Erin Fleming, Canadian actress ( d. 2003 )

Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka ( Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003 ), pp. 67 – 89

* 1930 – Vali Myers, Australian painter ( d. 2003 )

* 2003 – Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer ( b. 1956 )

"--- what Jesus ’ immortal spirit did after His death and before His Resurrection is a mystery to all but the Latter-day Saints ---" ( Elder Spencer J. Condie, Liahona ,-Church magazine – July, 2003 ) "--- unto the wicked he did not go, and among the ungodly and the unrepentant-- his voice was not raised.

* 1910 – Walter Scharf, American composer ( d. 2003 )

* 1952 – Zoran Đinđić, Serbian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia ( d. 2003 )

* 1924 – Leon Uris, American novelist ( d. 2003 )

* 2003 – Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( b. 1954 )

" Everyday Life and the Challenge to History in Postwar France: Braudel, Lefebvre, Certeau ," Diacritics, Volume 33, Number 1, Spring 2003, pp. 23 – 40 in Project Muse

* 1925 – Felice Bryant, American songwriter ( d. 2003 )

* 1927 – Art Houtteman, American baseball player ( d. 2003 )

* 1907 – Benny Carter, American musician, composer, and bandleader ( d. 2003 )

* 1925 – Alija Izetbegović, Bosniak politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( d. 2003 )

Carmita Jiménez ( c. 1944 – August 10, 2003 ) was a Puerto Rican singer who was considered a diva in Puerto Rico.

* Carmita Jiménez ( 1944 – 2003 ), Puerto Rican singer

* 2003: " Tributo a José Alfredo Jiménez XXX " with Tu recuerdo y yo

* Jiménez, Mariano II & Jiménez, Mariano G. ( 2003 ): El Zoológico Electrónico – El Halcón Guaicurú Herpetotheres cachinnans.

Wolfgang Enrique Larrazábal Ugueto ( 5 March 1911 – 27 February 2003 ), commander of the Venezuelan Navy, became President of Venezuela following the overthrow of Marcos Pérez Jiménez on 23 January 1958.

María Teresa (" Mayte ") Martínez Jiménez ( born May 17, 1976 in Valladolid ) is a Spanish athlete competing in the 800 m. She has reached 4 consecutive finals in the World Championships ( she did not take part on 2003 Championships in Paris ), being third with an incredible last straight in Osaka.

* Mastophora alvareztoroi Ibarra & Jiménez, 2003 ( USA, Mexico )

In essence, Puerto Rican rap became the voice of Puerto Rican youth like dancehall and rap music are methods of expression for their Jamaican and lower-class U. S. youth counterparts as they made it in France too since 2003 " 1492 Army ".

* March 19 – Iván Calderón, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player ( d. 2003 )

" The song " Asignatura Pendiente " from Almas del Silencio ( 2003 ) was inspired by the first time Martin left Puerto Rico to tour with Menudo.

The boxing undercard Latin Fury, shown on June 28, 2003, became ESPN's first boxing pay-per-view card and also the first pay-per-view boxing card held in Puerto Rico.

* On 30 December 2003, Douglas DC-3C N781T was substantially damaged when the starboard undercarriage collapsed on landing at Cyril E. King Airport, Charlotte Amalie after a flight that originated at San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Since 2003 Roy lives between Puerto Rico and Brazil, spending more time in Brazil, where he has four children, all Brazilians.

In April 2003, Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin let Arrarás have the first interview that he had done in Spanish in two years.

In January 2001, she was elected as vice-president of her political party, and in 2003 announced her candidacy as Senator for the Puerto Rico General Elections of 2004.

In 2003 the estimated population of Puerto Barrios was 40, 900 people.

On October 26, 2003, the airport made history by becoming the first Puerto Rican site of a SCCA Grand Prix race.

Subsequently, there were confirmed records from Guadeloupe ( winter of 2002 / 2003 ) and from Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuge on Puerto Rico ( early 2004 and January / February 2006 ).

Anna Santisteban ( November 3, 1914 – May 18, 2003 ) was a Puerto Rican businesswoman and beauty entrepreneur who presided the Miss Puerto Rico beauty pageant.

Another hometown hero is Ivelisse Echevarria, who was inducted into the International Federation Softball Hall of Fame in 2003 and is considered by many to be the greatest softball pitcher born in Puerto Rico. Myrian " Betty " Segarra, who was inducted into the International Federation Softball Hall of Fame in 2003 and the best first base in the woman softball in Puerto Rico.

* Suarez, Manuel ( January 2003 ), Two Lynchings on Cerro Maravilla: The Police Murders in Puerto Rico and the Federal Government Cover Up, Institute of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture ( IPRAC ) Editorial House ( Editorial Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña ), ISBN 0-86581-588-7

Years later, in 2003, an independent investigation into Dr. Rhoads ' " cancer research " in Puerto Rico was led by the eminent bioethicist Dr. Jay Katz of Yale University.

In 2003, ATSDR released public health assessments that evaluated the potential health effects of pollution left behind by the United States Navy in Vieques, Puerto Rico.