* 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 )

In 2003, mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli released The Salieri Album, a CD with 13 arias from Salieri's operas, most of which had never been recorded before.

* 2003: Inspirational Album of the Year – Legacy ... Hymns & Faith

** 2003, Favorite Pop / Rock Album: Cocky ( Nominated )

* Jazz Album ( 2003 )

* Babylon Deluxe – ( CD Album ) 2003 – Accession Records • ( 2xCD Album, Ltd.

Two albums that show substantive jazz influence were available commercially at record stores: 2001's The Rainbow Children, and the 2003 instrumental record N. E. W. S which was nominated for a Best Pop Instrumental Album Grammy Award.

Anoushka Shankar was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best World Music Album in 2003.

After becoming a prolific producer in the late 1990s, Hindalong received several Dove awards ( 2001 and 2003, " Special Event Album of the Year ") for his work on the City on a Hill project.

* The Black Album ( Jay-Z album ) ( 2003 )

:* 2003 – " Ensemble / Orchestral Album of the Year " – Sir Simon Rattle, Mahler: Symphony No. 5 ( EMI, 2002 )

His album Don't Give Up on Me won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 45th Grammy Awards in 2003.

" Don't Give Up on Me, which was ranked the # 12 album in The 2002 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll, won Burke his only Grammy, the Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 45th Grammy Awards on February 22, 2003.

In December 2003 Burke sang " I Pray on Christmas " on the Go Tell It on the Mountain Christmas album ( Real World ) of the Blind Boys of Alabama, which won for them a Grammy for Best Traditional Gospel Album.

After the votes of more than 30, 000 international blues fans and industry professionals, on May 22, 2003 Burke won four Living Blues Awards in a ceremony at the Orpheum Theater in Memphis, Tennessee: Critics ' Award for Most Outstanding Musician ( Vocals ), Readers ' Award for Best Live Performer, Readers ' Award for Most Outstanding Blues Singer, and Album of the Year for Don't Give Up on Me.

Two other albums have also won awards, Let's Roll ( Best Contemporary Blues Album ) in 2003, and Blues to the Bone ( Best Traditional Blues Album ) in 2004.

In addition, the albums Life, Love, & The Blues ( 1999 ), Burnin ' Down The House ( 2003 ), and Let's Roll ( 2004 ) were awarded Soul / Blues Album of the Year, and in 2001 she was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.

At the 2003 Academy of Country Music Awards, Jackson won Album of the Year for Drive and Video of the Year for the video to " Drive ( For Daddy Gene ).

** 2003: Nominee – Best Score Soundtrack Album – Monsters, Inc.

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From then through 2003, it was awarded as the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album.

: 2003 Nominated " Best Contemporary Folk Album " for Jerusalem.

Only four artists have won both Best New Artist and Album of the Year in the same year: Bob Newhart in 1961, Christopher Cross in 1981, Lauryn Hill in 1999 and Norah Jones in 2003.