At A Glance

9 November 2003 at a glance

Day of the week
9 November 2003 was a Sunday.
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 9 November is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 9 November 2003 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 9 November 2003 was Full Moon.

On this day: 9 November

  • 1998 A U.S. federal judge, in the largest civil settlement in American history, orders 37 U.S. brokerage houses to pay US$1.03 billion to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for price fixing.
  • 2000 Uttarakhand officially becomes the 27th state of India, formed from thirteen districts of northwestern Uttar Pradesh.
  • 2004 Firefox 1.0 is released.
  • 2005 The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
  • 2011 The first national test of the Emergency Alert System is activated in the United States at 2:00 p.m. EST.

Famous people born on 9 November

  • Eric Dane, American actor (1972–2026)
  • Edward VII (1841–1910)
  • Delta Goodrem, Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (born 1984)
  • Ryan Murphy, American television writer, producer, and director (born 1965)

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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