Editing 2003 (section)

===October===
* [[October 1]] – The popular and controversial English-language [[imageboard]] [[4chan]] is launched.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35752705/4chan-founder-moot-joins-google-but-why/|title=4chan founder 'moot' joins Google. But why?|date=March 8, 2016|website=BBC Newsbeat|access-date=August 12, 2019|archive-date=August 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812160315/http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35752705/4chan-founder-moot-joins-google-but-why|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 4]] – [[Maxim restaurant suicide bombing]]: A Palestinian suicide bomber attacks a restaurant in [[Haifa]], Israel, killing at least 19 people.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-10-04 |title=Eyewitness: 'Dead children and babies' |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3164380.stm |access-date=2022-12-13 |archive-date=August 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825212537/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3164380.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[October 5]] – [[Israel]]i warplanes [[Ain es Saheb airstrike|strike]] alleged Islamic jihad bases inside [[Syria]]n territory, the first Israeli attack on the country since the 1973 [[Yom Kippur War]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-strikes-base-inside-syria/|title=Israel Strikes Base Inside Syria|last=Crean|first=Ellen|date=October 5, 2003|website=CBS News|access-date=July 2, 2016|archive-date=June 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629193907/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-strikes-base-inside-syria/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 10]]–[[November 22]] – The [[2003 Rugby World Cup]] is held in Australia and is won by [[England national rugby union team|England]] who defeated [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]] in [[2003 Rugby World Cup final|the final]] after extra time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tntsports.co.uk/rugby/unbreakable-england-2003-documentary-film-world-cup-tnt-sports-quest-how-to-watch_sto20060236/story.shtml|publisher=[[TNT Sport]]|title=Unbreakable England 2003 documentary film}}</ref>
* [[October 15]] – China launches ''[[Shenzhou 5]]'', their first [[human spaceflight]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.people.cn/200310/15/eng20031015_126094.shtml|title=Shenzhou-5 launch: long-cherished dream realized|date=October 15, 2003|website=People|access-date=July 2, 2016|archive-date=August 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817091400/http://en.people.cn/200310/15/eng20031015_126094.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 24]] – [[Concorde]] makes its last commercial flight, bringing the era of airliner [[Supersonic transport|supersonic travel]] to an end.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11477-2003Oct24.html|title=Final Concorde Flight Lands at Heathrow|last=Lawless|first=Jill|date=October 24, 2003|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=July 2, 2016|archive-date=May 13, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513093402/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11477-2003Oct24.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 27]] – [[27 October 2003 Baghdad bombings]]: A series of car bombings occur in [[Baghdad]], Iraq, targeting multiple police stations and a Red Cross headquarters. Approximately 40 people are killed.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2003-10-27 |title=Up to 40 die in Baghdad attacks |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/oct/27/iraq |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=August 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827162900/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/oct/27/iraq |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[October 31]] – [[Mahathir Mohamad]] steps down as [[Prime Minister of Malaysia]] after 22 years in power. He is succeeded by [[Abdullah Ahmad Badawi]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Perlez |first=Jane |date=2003-11-01 |title=Mahathir, Malaysia's Autocratic Modernizer, Steps Down |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/01/world/mahathir-malaysia-s-autocratic-modernizer-steps-down.html |access-date=2022-12-14 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=December 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214011516/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/01/world/mahathir-malaysia-s-autocratic-modernizer-steps-down.html |url-status=live }}</ref>