Editing 2003 (section)

===May===
* [[May 1]]
** [[2003 Bingöl earthquake]]: A 6.4 {{M|w}} earthquake strikes in [[Bingöl]], Turkey, killing 177 people.<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://www.iitk.ac.in/nicee/wcee/article/13_888.pdf |title=The 1st of May 2003, Bingol, Turkey, Earthquake, A Study of the Performance of the Building Stock |last1=Ellul |first1=Frederick |last2=D'Ayala |first2=Dina |date=2004 |last3=Calayir |first3=Yusuf |access-date=December 13, 2022 |archive-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314234154/https://www.iitk.ac.in/nicee/wcee/article/13_888.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
** U.S. President George W. Bush declares an end to the invasion of Iraq in the [[Mission Accomplished speech]]. Hostilities would continue for several years during a period of [[Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)|Iraqi insurgency]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cline |first=Seth |date=2013-05-01 |title=The Other Symbol of George W. Bush's Legacy |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/press-past/2013/05/01/the-other-symbol-of-george-w-bushs-legacy |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=U.S. News & World Report |archive-date=March 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320154431/https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/press-past/2013/05/01/the-other-symbol-of-george-w-bushs-legacy |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[May 11]]
** [[Benvenuto Cellini]]'s ''[[Cellini Salt Cellar]]'' table sculpture is stolen from the [[Kunsthistorisches Museum]] in [[Vienna]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/26/arts/design/for-stolen-saltcellar-a-cellphone-is-golden.html|title=For Stolen Saltcellar, A Cellphone Is Golden|last=Bernstein|first=Richard|date=2006-01-26|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-07-01|archive-date=November 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120233150/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/26/arts/design/for-stolen-saltcellar-a-cellphone-is-golden.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Lithuania]] approves joining the European Union in [[2003 Lithuanian European Union membership referendum|a referendum]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3018983.stm|title=EU welcomes Lithuania vote|date=2003-05-12|newspaper=BBC|access-date=2016-07-01|archive-date=November 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104125959/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3018983.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[2003 Sri Lanka cyclone]]: A cyclone makes landfall in Sri Lanka, killing 260 people and causing the country's worst natural disaster in 50 years.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Zubair |first=Lareef |date=2004 |title=May 2003 Disaster in Sri Lanka and Cyclone 01-B in the Bay of Bengal |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1023/B:NHAZ.0000048462.21938.d6 |journal=Natural Hazards |language=en |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=303–318 |doi=10.1023/B:NHAZ.0000048462.21938.d6 |bibcode=2004NatHa..33..303Z |s2cid=128560863 |issn=0921-030X}}</ref>
* [[May 12]]
** In [[Riyadh]], Saudi Arabia, over 30 people are killed in [[Riyadh compound bombings|multiple bombings at a housing compound]], mostly foreign expatriates.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://english.aawsat.com/2013/05/article55301428/the-riyadh-compound-bombings-ten-years-and-ten-lessons-later|title=The Riyadh Compound Bombings: Ten Years, and Ten Lessons, Later|date=2013-05-12|access-date=2016-07-01|archive-date=August 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806115547/http://english.aawsat.com/2013/05/article55301428/the-riyadh-compound-bombings-ten-years-and-ten-lessons-later|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** [[2003 Znamenskoye suicide bombing]]: Chechen suicide bombers attack a government office in [[Znamenskoye, Chechen Republic|Znamenskoye]], Russia, killing at least 59 people.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-05-14 |title=Chechnya hit by new suicide attack |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3027343.stm |access-date=2022-12-13 |archive-date=March 14, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060314132951/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3027343.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[May 15]] – [[2003 Argentine general election]]: [[Néstor Kirchner]] becomes president-elect of Argentina after [[Carlos Menem]] withdraws from the runoff election.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-05-15 |title=Menem withdraws from Argentina's presidential runoff |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2003/05/15/menem-withdraws-from-argentina-s-presidential-runoff/ |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en |archive-date=December 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213211540/https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2003/05/15/menem-withdraws-from-argentina-s-presidential-runoff/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[May 16]] – [[2003 Casablanca bombings]]: Islamist militants affiliated with [[Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb]] carry out a series of suicide bombings in [[Casablanca]], Morocco, killing at least 41 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Bright |first1=Martin |last2=Harris |first2=Paul |last3=Bouzerda |first3=Ali |last4=Daly |first4=Emma |date=2003-05-18 |title=Horror in Casablanca as al-Qaeda toll hits 41 |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/may/18/alqaida.terrorism2 |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=December 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213183335/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/may/18/alqaida.terrorism2 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[May 17]] – [[Slovakia]] approves joining the European Union in [[2003 Slovak European Union membership referendum|a referendum]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.neweurope.eu/article/slovakia-welcomes-eu-membership-thumping-referendum-results/|title=Slovakia welcomes EU membership with thumping referendum results|date=May 25, 2003|website=New Europe|access-date=July 1, 2016|archive-date=August 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815182742/https://www.neweurope.eu/article/slovakia-welcomes-eu-membership-thumping-referendum-results/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[May 21]] – The 6.8 {{M|w}} [[2003 Boumerdès earthquake|Boumerdès earthquake]] strikes in Algeria, killing over 2,200 people.<ref name=":10" />
* [[May 23]] – [[Dewey (deer)|Dewey]], the world's first [[Cloning|cloned]] [[deer]] is born, at [[Texas A&M University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/3316718/Dewey-the-deer-is-latest-clone.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/3316718/Dewey-the-deer-is-latest-clone.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Dewey the deer is latest clone|last=Highfield|first=Roger|date=December 24, 2003|website=The Telegraph|access-date=July 1, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* [[May 24]] – The [[Eurovision Song Contest 2003]] takes place in [[Riga]], Latvia, and is won by [[Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest|Turkish]] entrant [[Sertab Erener]] with the song "[[Everyway That I Can]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2935874.stm|title=UK act hits Eurovision low|website=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=25 May 2003|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=26 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826210526/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2935874.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[May 26]] – A [[2003 Rwandan constitutional referendum|constitutional referendum]] is held in Rwanda.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-05-26 |title=Rwanda votes on constitution |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2937890.stm |access-date=2022-12-13 |archive-date=October 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022152150/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2937890.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[May 28]] – [[Prometea]], the world's first cloned [[horse]], is born.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn4026-worlds-first-cloned-horse-is-born|title=World's first cloned horse is born|last=Bhattacharya|first=Shaoni|date=August 6, 2003|website=New Scientist|access-date=July 1, 2016|archive-date=April 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413052622/https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn4026-worlds-first-cloned-horse-is-born/|url-status=live}}</ref>