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28 August 2003 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 28 August 2003 was a Thursday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Crazy in Love” by Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z.
- Top Film of 2003
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2003 was The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
- Bestselling Novel of 2003
- “The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 2003.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2003–04 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 28 August is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 28 August 2003 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 28 August 2003 was New Moon.
On this day: 28 August
- 1996 Chicago Seven defendant David Dellinger, antiwar activist Bradford Lyttle, Civil Rights Movement historian Randy Kryn, and eight others are arrested by the Federal Protective Service while protesting in a demonstration at the Kluczynski Federal Building in downtown Chicago during that year's Democratic National Convention.
- 1998 Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate.
- 1998 Second Congo War: Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabwean forces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on Kinshasa.
- 1999 The Russian space mission Soyuz TM-29 reaches completion, ending nearly 10 years of continuous occupation on the space station Mir as it approaches the end of its life.
- 2009 NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-128.
Famous people born on August 28
- David Fincher, American director and producer (born 1962)
- Shania Twain, Grammy Award-winning Canadian Country Singer-Songwriter (born 1965)
- Jack Kirby, Comic Book Artist and Writer (1917–1994)
- Luis Guzmán, Puerto Rican actor (born 1956)
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Events of 2003 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2003 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- March 23 – The 75th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by Steve Martin, is held at Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Rob Marshall's Chicago wins six awards out of 13 nominations, including Best Picture (the first musical to win the award since 1968's Oliver!).
- April 9 – Iraq War: U.S. forces seize control of Baghdad, ending the regime of Saddam Hussein.
- April 18 – Holes, directed by Andrew Davis is released in theaters.
Life in the US in 2003
President
George W. Bush
Gas (per gallon)
$1.59
Loaf of Bread
$1.17
Average House
$195,000
Weekly Wage
$603
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