Editing 2003 (section)

===August===
* [[August 1]] – Social networking service [[Myspace]] is launched.<ref>{{Cite web |last=La |first=Lynn |date=2018-08-01 |title=15 years later MySpace is still alive -- but it's nothing like it was before |url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/myspace-memories-15-years-later-facebook-social-media/ |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=CNET |language=en |archive-date=December 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214013023/https://www.cnet.com/culture/myspace-memories-15-years-later-facebook-social-media/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[August 2]] – President [[Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)|Charles Taylor]] of Liberia resigns, effectively ending the [[Second Liberian Civil War]].<ref name=":3" />{{Rp|page=118}}
* [[August 5]] – [[2003 Marriott Hotel bombing|A car bomb]] exploded at the [[JW Marriott Jakarta|Marriott Hotel]] in [[Jakarta]], Indonesia, killing 12 people and injuring 150.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/05/international/asia/deadly-car-bombing-shakes-marriott-hotel-in-jakarta.html|title=Deadly Car Bombing Shakes Marriott Hotel in Jakarta|date=2003-08-05|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2019-10-30}}</ref>
* [[August 11]]
** The [[Second Liberian Civil War]] comes to an end after President [[Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)|Charles Taylor]] resigns and flees the country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/aug/11/westafrica|title=Liberian president Taylor steps down|last=Agencies|date=2003-08-11|website=The Guardian|access-date=2016-07-02|archive-date=October 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005014731/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/aug/11/westafrica|url-status=live}}</ref>
** NATO takes over command of the [[International Security Assistance Force|peacekeeping force]] in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/aug/11/afghanistan|title=Nato takes control of Afghanistan peace mission|agency=Associated Press|date=2003-08-11|website=The Guardian|access-date=2016-07-02|archive-date=October 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005000850/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/aug/11/afghanistan|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 14]] – The [[Northeast blackout of 2003]] cuts electricity to the northeastern United States and parts of Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Minkel |first=J. R. |date=August 13, 2008 |title=The 2003 Northeast Blackout--Five Years Later |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/2003-blackout-five-years-later/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124003813/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/2003-blackout-five-years-later/ |archive-date=November 24, 2022 |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=Scientific American |language=en}}</ref>
* [[August 19]]
** In the [[Canal Hotel bombing]] in Baghdad 22 people are killed, among them United Nations' Special Representative in Iraq [[Sérgio Vieira de Mello]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=In Memoriam: Baghdad, 19 August 2003 |url=https://www.un.org/en/memorial/baghdad2003.shtml |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=United Nations |language=EN |archive-date=December 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219031227/https://www.un.org/en/memorial/baghdad2003.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing]]: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills at least 18 people in a bus bombing in [[Jerusalem]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bennet |first=James |date=2003-08-19 |title=Bombing Kills 18 and Hurts Scores More on Jerusalem Bus |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/19/international/middleeast/bombing-kills-18-and-hurts-scores-more-on-jerusalem.html |access-date=2022-12-13 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=December 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213183339/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/19/international/middleeast/bombing-kills-18-and-hurts-scores-more-on-jerusalem.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[August 25]]
** The [[Spitzer Space Telescope]] is launched from [[Cape Canaveral]], [[Florida]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/spitzer-space-telescope/|title=Spitzer Space Telescope|website=nasa.gov|access-date=2016-07-02|archive-date=July 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709180053/http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/spitzer-space-telescope|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[August 2003 Mumbai bombings|Car bombs explode]] at [[Gateway of India]] and [[Zaveri Bazaar]] in [[Mumbai]], claiming 54 lives and injuring 244 others. [[Pakistan]]-based [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] is blamed for the attack.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/25/newsid_3921000/3921475.stm|title=2003: Bombay rocked by twin car bombs|publisher=BBC|access-date=7 August 2009|date=25 August 2003|archive-date=April 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410202413/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/25/newsid_3921000/3921475.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 27]]
** [[Mars]] makes its [[Opposition (astronomy)|closest approach]] to Earth in over 60,000 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.windows2universe.org/headline_universe/solar_system/stories_2003/mars_opposit_27aug2003.html|title=Mars Opposition in August 2003 - Windows to the Universe|website=windows2universe.org|access-date=2016-07-02|archive-date=June 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622105125/http://www.windows2universe.org/headline_universe/solar_system/stories_2003/mars_opposit_27aug2003.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** 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 of the [[North Korea and weapons of mass destruction|North Korean nuclear weapons program]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.china-un.org/eng/zt/ch/t25488.htm|title=The Six-party Talks Kicked off|website=china-un.org|access-date=2017-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214182709/http://www.china-un.org/eng/zt/ch/t25488.htm|archive-date=December 14, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[August 29]] – [[Imam Ali mosque bombing]]: A bomb kills at least 125 people, including [[Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim]], at a Shia mosque in [[Najaf]], Iraq.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-08-30 |title=Najaf bombing kills Shiite leader, followers say |url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/08/29/sprj.irq.najaf/index.html |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=CNN |archive-date=December 19, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219104442/http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/08/29/sprj.irq.najaf/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>