Armenia joined the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) in January 2003.

In January 2003, the Armenian government and United Company RUSAL signed an investment cooperation agreement, under which United Company RUSAL ( which already owned a 76 % stake ) acquired the Armenian government's remaining 26 % share of RUSAL ARMENAL aluminum foil mill, giving RUSAL 100 % ownership of RUSAL ARMENAL.

* Grand Cross of Order of the Cross of Vytis ( January 8, 2003, posthumously )

On 1 January 2007, the municipality lost its short-lived ( 2003 until 2006 ) county privileges and became part of Region Hovedstaden ( i. e. the Copenhagen Capital Region ).

* Booknotes interview with Andrew Roberts on Napoleon & Wellington: The Battle of Waterloo and the Great Commanders Who Fought It, 12 January 2003.

Bulletins on BBC One moved into a new set in January 2003 although retained the previous ivory Lambie-Nairn titles until February 2004.

Chile has signed free trade agreements ( FTAs ) with a whole network of countries, including an FTA with the United States that was signed in 2003 and implemented in January 2004.

Chile assumed a two-year non-permanent position on the UN Security Council in January 2003 and is an active member of the UN family of agencies, serving as a member of the Commission on Human Rights and participating in UN peacekeeping activities.

In 2003, the NZBS further extended restrictions to preclude permanently donors who had received a blood transfusion in the United Kingdom since January 1980, and in April 2006, restrictions were further extended to include the Republic of Ireland and France.

October 2003: January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – December

On January 6, 2004, Prime Minister Pierre Charles, who had been suffering from heart problems since 2003, died.

A Reality Tour, a double album of live material from the 2003 concert tour, was released in January 2010.

Retired Colonel Lucio Gutiérrez, a member of the military junta that overthrew Mahuad, was elected president in 2002 and assumed the presidency on January 15, 2003.

* EverQuest Hero's Call ( Pocket PC, January 2003 )

Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs ( CFPF ) per US $ 1 – 95. 89 ( 2005 ), 96. 04 ( 2004 ), 105. 66 ( 2003 ), 126. 71 ( 2002 ), 133. 26 ( 2001 ), 117. 67 ( January 2000 ), 111. 93 ( 1999 ), 107. 25 ( 1998 ), 106. 11 ( 1997 ), 93. 00 ( 1996 ), 90. 75 ( 1995 ); note-linked at the exact official rate of 0. 055 French francs to one Pacifique franc.

In January 2003, a 95-year old Wray appeared at the 2003 Palm Beach International Film Festival to celebrate the Rick McKay documentary film Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There, where she was also honored with a " Legend in Film " award.

Satellite image showing the gulf entirely frozen over in January 2003.

Jennifer Granholm became the first female Governor of Michigan on January 1, 2003, when she succeeded John Engler ; she served for 8 years, until January 1, 2011.

* Radio Electronics — July 1948 to January 2003

* Casualty of War: A Childhood Remembered ( Eastern European Studies, 18 ) Luisa Lang Owen and Charles M. Barber, Texas A & M University Press, January, 2003, hardcover, 288 pages, ISBN 1-58544-212-7

The then-proposed 802. 11g standard was rapidly adopted by consumers starting in January 2003, well before ratification, due to the desire for higher data rates as well as to reductions in manufacturing costs.

The January 2003 CIA paper Iraqi Support for Terrorism states that al-Libi told a foreign intelligence service that " Iraq — acting on the request of al-Qa ' ida militant Abu Abdullah, who was Muhammad Atif's emissary — agreed to provide unspecified chemical or biological weapons training for two al-Qa ' ida associates beginning in December 2000.

The highest temperature recorded was 36. 0 ° C on 9 August 2003, and the lowest temperature recorded was-10. 3 ° C on 5 January 1894.

In January 2007, the group publicly announced their reformation and on 23 February, after 20 days of auditions, former Beck drummer Matt Sherrod joined Finn, Seymour and Mark Hart to complete the new line up.

Mötley Crüe was formed on January 17, 1981 when bass guitarist Nikki Sixx left the band London and began rehearsing with drummer Tommy Lee and vocalist / guitarist Greg Leon.

Paul Wertico ( born January 5, 1953 in Chicago ) is an American drummer.

Bassist Bill Wyman joined in December 1962 and drummer Charlie Watts the following January 1963 to form the band's long-standing rhythm section.

* January 10 – Max Roach, American percussionist, drummer, and composer ( d. 2007 )

* January 31 – Cozy Cole, American jazz drummer ( b. 1909 )

In January 2007, it was announced that Crowded House were reforming with Neil, Nick Seymour, Mark Hart and new drummer Matt Sherrod ( following the suicide of Paul Hester in 2005 ).

Upon their return to the United States the Misfits released the Beware EP in January 1980, then took a four-month break before adding Joseph McGuckin as their new drummer under the pseudonym Arthur Googy.

On January 14, 2011, while talking about the recording of the new album, drummer Stephen Perkins mentioned that although Sitek was a " stabilizing force " for Jane's Addiction, and was to appear on the upcoming album, he was not the band's full-time bassist as was previously reported.

" According to the band's Ten Imaginary Years biography, between January and December of 1976, the shifting line-up for Malice featured several " other blokes ", with founding guitarist Marc Ceccagno being replaced by Porl Thompson, an early drummer known only as " Graham " replaced by Lol Tolhurst, and " Graham's brother " replaced for one show only by vocalist Martin Creasy.

Maxwell Lemuel " Max " Roach ( January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007 ) was an American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer.

* January 17 – The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts ' book, Ode to a High Flying Bird, a tribute to jazz great Charlie Parker, is published.

* January 7 – Kenneth Moss, a former record company executive, is sentenced to 120 days in the Los Angeles County Jail and four years probation for involuntary manslaughter in the 1974 drug-induced death of Average White Band drummer Robbie McIntosh.

The band effectively dissolved in January 2002 with the departure of drummer Steve Gorman and an announcement that the band was " taking a hiatus.

* January 10 – Max Roach, jazz drummer ( d. 2007 )

In January 2008, Solomon returned to the recording studio to record with the producer / drummer Steve Jordan.

Orleans was formed in Woodstock, New York in January 1972 by vocalist / guitarist / songwriter John Hall, vocalist / guitarist Larry Hoppen and drummer / percussionist Wells Kelly.

Paul Newell Hester ( 8 January 1959 – 26 March 2005 ) was an Australian musician and television personality ; he was the drummer for the related bands Split Enz and Crowded House.

After spending January 1979 demoing songs, Page and Cairns enlisted the services of bassist Dennis Smith from the power pop band Advertising and Young Bucks drummer Seb Shelton.

Eugene Bertram " Gene " Krupa ( January 15, 1909 – October 16, 1973 ) was an American jazz and big band drummer and composer, known for his highly energetic and flamboyant style.

Released in January 1968, the album was the first to feature the band's classic lineup of vocalist and bassist Dickie Peterson, guitarist Leigh Stephens and drummer Paul Whaley.

In a return to Scofieldesque " straight ahead " jazz, he went to the studio in January 2011 with pianist / organist Larry Goldings, bassist Scott Colley and drummer Brian Blade, laying the tracks for a ballads album scheduled for a May 2011 release on EmArcy Records.

Boon formed Minutemen in January 1980 with childhood friend Mike Watt on bass, from their previous band, The Reactionaries, later adding former Reactionaries drummer George Hurley.

In January of 2012, drummer Mark Castillo announced on his Facebook that he had left Crossfade to pursue a career in deathcore band Emmure.

Chad Channing ( born January 31, 1967 in Santa Rosa, CA ) is an American musician who is best known for being the drummer of the band Nirvana from 1988 until 1990, during which time they recorded and released their debut album Bleach.