At A Glance
22 February 2003 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 22 February 2003 was a Saturday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2003
- The Irish chart song for 2003 was “Where Is the Love?” by Black Eyed Peas.
- Top Film of 2003
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2003 was The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 22 February is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 22 February 2003 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 22 February 2003 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 22 February
- 1994 Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.
- 1995 The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
- 1997 In Roslin, Midlothian, British scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.
- 2006 At approximately 6:44 a.m. local Iraqi time, explosions occurred at the al-Askari Shrine in Samarra, Iraq. The attack on the shrine, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, caused the escalation of sectarian tensions in Iraq into a full-scale civil war.
- 2006 The Securitas depot robbery was the UK's largest heist. Almost £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) was stolen from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.
Famous people born on 22 February
- George Washington, American general and politician, 1st President of the United States (1732–1799)
- James Blunt, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1974)
- Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host (1962–2006)
- Drew Barrymore, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1975)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2003 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2003 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 21 January – The Spire of Dublin on O'Connell Street was completed.
- 16 February – One hundred thousand people in Dublin, and 30,000 in Belfast marched to express their opposition to the imminent invasion of Iraq.
- 7 April – President George W. Bush of the United States arrived in Northern Ireland for discussions with UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair. He also met Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, and the leaders of the pro-agreement parties.
Life in Ireland in 2003
Taoiseach
Bertie Ahern
Petrol (per litre)
€0.92/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.10
Average House
€240,000
Weekly Wage
€340
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