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Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 2003, the world population was approximately 6,420,361,634 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 22, 2003, covering January 26, 2003.
Norah Jones
Jennifer Lopez
Avril Lavigne
Dixie Chicks
Soundtrack
Justin Timberlake
Shania Twain
Missy Elliott
Aaliyah
Christina Aguilera
2003Valeriy Brumel, Russian high jumper (born 1942)[†]
Valeriy Nikolayevich Brumel was a Soviet-Russian high jumper. The 1964 Olympic champion and multiple world record holder, he is regarded as one of the greatest athletes ever to compete in the high jump. His international career was ended by a motorcycle crash in 1965.
2003Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic (born 1917)[†]
Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, was an English historian. He was Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford.
2003George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, Scottish banker and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (born 1931)[†]
George Kenneth Hotson Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, Baron Younger of Prestwick,, was a British Conservative Party politician and banker. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayr from 1964 to 1992. During the premiership of Margaret Thatcher, Younger served as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1979 to 1986, and as Secretary of State for Defence from 1986 to 1989.
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Bob Knoll Behind the Wheel column reviews 2003 Mitsubishi Outlander, smallest of Mitsubishi's SUV's; photos; chart compares features with similar models (M)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense, considered best in NFL, prepares to face Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl; photos (M)
Terrence Rafferty article on films of Roman Polanski focuses on his latest The Pianist, about loner who hid during Holocaust and survived; holds that film, starring Adrien Brody; is at heart tale of man alone, and Polanski has been for past four decades cinema's pre-eminnent connoisseur of solitude; photos (M)
WHY would a neighborhood yearn for something as prosaic as an International House of Pancakes or an Applebee's Neighborhood Grill and Bar? Kenneth Adams, the president of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, calls it Ford Explorer Syndrome. On Saturdays, many people in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn pile their families into the car and head for Park Slope, Cobble Hill and other neighborhoods to shop or have a meal.
Agassi Wins in Australia Andre Agassi routed Rainier Schuettler to win his fourth Australian Open. At 32, he became the oldest man to win a Grand Slam singles title in 31 years. SPORTSSUNDAY Israeli Forces in Gaza City At least a dozen Palestinians were killed as Israeli troops, tanks and helicopters struck deeper into Gaza City than at any time in the past two years of fighting. PAGE 6
Health insurance companies and Congress are scrutinizing million of dollars that cancer specialists make by selling chemotherapy drugs, pocketing difference between what they pay manufacturers, usually at steep discount, and what they charge insurers and government programs; practice, which is not seen in other specialties, also creates potential conflict of interest for doctors, who must help patients decide whether to undergo or continue chemotherapy if it is not proving to be effective, and which drugs to use; oncologists have successfully resisted most government efforts to take away their 'chemeotherapy concession,' arguing that they need payments to offset high cost in rest of their practice; support for change is growing, and some changes are beginning to take place; photo; graph (M)
Article on intense devotion of Dolly Parton admirers; fans, and employees at Dollywood theme park as well, consider her their close friend, despite fact that personal meetings with singer are rare; Parton discusses possible reasons for this phenomenon; photos (L)
State University of New York at Stony Brook will open building designed as showcase for art and cultures of Asia; building, which will open in spring, is named for Charles B Wang, founder of Computer Associates International, who financed project; photo (M)
Pentagon debates whether too many vital missions are performed by reservists; Gen Richard B Myers, chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, says he is reviewing decisions dating to post-Vietnam era that removed many important missions from active-duty military, reassigning them to part-time forces; says current approach has created situation where 100 percent of American capability in some areas is in reserve component; heavy reliance on National Guard and Reserve remain legacy of armed service's frustration with Vietnam war, when Pres Lyndon B Johnson and Pres Richard M Nixon refused to call up reserves for fear of generating greater opposition to it; Gen Creighton W Abrams, then Army chief of staff, shaped post-Vietnam mix of active and reserve forces to make sure that when America next went to war its new all-volunteer force, hometown America would have to go along too; photos; map; graphs (M)
Oakland Raiders, team generally believed to have best offense in NFL, prepare to face Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl; photos (M)
Town & Country Developers and Affiliated Companies have contracted to buy 15-acre site in Fort Lee, NJ, from Owners Maintenance Corp and build mixed-use development; proposal is subject to approval and requires zoning change (M)
Gretchen Morgenson Market Watch column on Prof Owen A Lamont's study that found that stocks of companies that try to thwart short sellers are generally overpriced and lag general market after companies wage public battles with short sellers; study also found that short sellers are often dead right in their assessments; graph (M)