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June 5, 2003

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Headlines from June 5, 2003

At Crime Scene, Sosa Hears Mostly Cheers

By Ira Berkow

Sammy Sosa's use of cork-filled bat has cast pall over his reputation and is subject of inquiry, but fans show support; Major League Baseball officials confiscated the Chicago Cubs slugger's 76 remaining bats after game against Tampa Bay Devil Rays, but executive vice president Sandy Alderson says examination revealed that none contained cork; says Bob Watson, baseball's vice president for on-field affairs, will determine what penalties to levy; Sosa is given standing ovation from majority of Chicago Cubs fans when he appears on field for game in which Cubs lose to Tampa Bay, 5-2; Sosa continues to insist that he used bat by mistake, and says he understands he must take the blame but is dismayed at news coverage; will likely play in upcoming series against New York Yankees; several officials, players and others comment (M)

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 4, 2003, covering June 5, 2003.

  1. 1
    Album cover for 14 Shades Of Grey by Staind

    14 Shades Of Grey

    Staind

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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for Deftones by Deftones

    Deftones

    Deftones

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    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    1
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    Album cover for Thankful by Kelly Clarkson

    Thankful

    Kelly Clarkson

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  4. 4
    Album cover for Fallen by Evanescence

    Fallen

    Evanescence

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    12
  5. 5
    Album cover for Get Rich Or Die Tryin' by 50 Cent

    Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

    50 Cent

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    16

Notable Deaths

Jürgen Möllemann

2003Jürgen Möllemann, German soldier and politician, 10th Vice-Chancellor of Germany (born 1945)[†]

Jürgen Wilhelm Möllemann was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as Minister of State at the Foreign Office (1982–1987), as Minister of Education and Research (1987–1991), as Minister of Economics (1991–1993) and as the vice chancellor of Germany (1992–1993) in the government of Chancellor Helmut Kohl.

Manuel Rosenthal

2003Manuel Rosenthal, French composer and conductor (born 1904)[†]

Manuel Rosenthal was a French composer and conductor who held leading positions with musical organizations in France and the United States. He was friends with many contemporary composers, and despite a considerable list of compositions is mostly remembered for having orchestrated the popular ballet score Gaîté Parisienne from piano scores of Offenbach operettas, and for his recordings as a conductor.

Historical Events

Heat wave

2003A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50 °C (122 °F) in the region.[†]

A heat wave or heatwave, sometimes described as extreme heat, is a period of abnormally hot weather generally considered to be at least five consecutive days. A heat wave is usually measured relative to the usual climate in the area and to normal temperatures for the season. The main difficulties with this broad definition emerge when one must quantify what the 'normal' temperature state is, and what the spatial extent of the event may or must be. Temperatures that humans from a hotter climate consider normal can be regarded as a heat wave in a cooler area. This would be the case if the warm temperatures are outside the normal climate pattern for that area. Heat waves have become more frequent, and more intense over land, across almost every area on Earth since the 1950s, the increase in frequency and duration being caused by climate change.

Historical Context for June 5, 2003

In 2003, the world population was approximately 6,420,361,634 people[†]