* 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 )

* 2003: Ron Carter & Art Farmer: Live at Sweet Basil with Cedar Walton and Billy Higgins

On October 27, 2003, the Monday Night Football game between the San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins was moved to Sun Devil Stadium because the Cedar Fire in the San Diego area forced the teams to vacate Qualcomm Stadium, which was being used as an evacuation site.

Davis was Governor during the southern California fires of 2003, more commonly known as the Cedar Fire.

Crest was twice devastated by wildfires: first by the Laguna Fire in 1970 then again by the Cedar Fire in 2003.

Harbison Canyon was twice devastated by wildfires, first by the Laguna Fire in 1970 then again by the Cedar Fire on October 26, 2003, the worst firestorm in California history.

The Cedar Fire began in Ramona approximately east of the San Diego Country Estates area, on 25 October 2003.

On October 23, 2003, the Cedar Fire began approximately 3 miles east of the Estates in Cleveland National Forest.

The Cedar Fire is the largest fire in Southern California history and was part of the 2003 Firestorm.

) They have unique red tips to some of the wing feathers where the shafts extend beyond the barbs ; in the Bohemian and Cedar Waxwings, these tips look like sealing wax, and give the group its common name ( Holloway 2003 ).

In 2003, Cedar Point Center opened its doors on the Firelands campus.

For example, while Cedar Fair's flagship Cedar Point debuted Wicked Twister and Top Thrill Dragster in 2002 and 2003, respectively, Paramount's flagship, Paramount's Kings Island opened Tomb Raider: The Ride and Scooby-Doo and the Haunted Castle.

* 2003: Ron Carter & Art Farmer: Live at Sweet Basil with Cedar Walton and Billy Higgins

* Dinda, Joel ( 2003 ), " Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in the Midwest League ," http :// www. mwlguide. com / cities / cedarrapids / index. html

During the Cedar Fire in October 2003 and the October 2007 California wildfires, the stadium served as an evacuation site for those living in affected areas.

On March 10, 2003, Cedar Fair Entertainment Company filed a trademark for the name Top Thrill Dragster.

The Cedar Fire was a human-caused wildfire that burned out of control through a large area of San Diego County, in Southern California, in October 2003.

The Cedar Fire was one of 15 wildfires throughout Southern California that month, which became known as the " 2003 Firestorm " and the " Fire Siege of 2003.

The Cedar Fire began in the Cleveland National Forest and was reported at 5: 37 p. m. PDT on October 25, 2003 south of Ramona in central San Diego County.

In the wake of the 2003 firestorm, including the Cedar Fire, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard to assist in the disaster relief process, and President George W. Bush declared Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Diego and Ventura counties major disaster areas.

The Laguna Fire was surpassed as the second largest fire in California history by the 280, 278 acre ( 1, 134 km² ) Cedar Fire in October 2003.

Before the Cedar Fire of 2003 the community of Cuyamaca consisted of approximately 145 homes on a mountain ( North Peak ) north of the reservoir.

On October 27 and 28th, 2003 most of the Cuyamaca region was consumed by the Cedar Fire.