Explore 1158 historical events from 2000–2009.
"The Last One" is the series finale of the American sitcom Friends. Originally shown in its entirety, the episode's two parts were classified as the seventeenth and eighteenth epis…
The final episode of the television sitcom Friends was aired
The Arsenal Football Club is an English professional football club based in Islington, North London, England. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. …
Arsenal became the first football team in England's top flight to finish a season undefeated since Preston North End did
Massachusetts, officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of M…
Massachusetts became the first U
The Town of Granby is the Statutory Town that is the most populous municipality in Grand County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 2,079 at the 2020 United States ce…
In Granby, Colorado, U
Noël Mamère is a French journalist and former politician. He was the mayor of Bègles in Gironde from 1989 to 2017, as well as deputy to the French National Assembly for Gironde's 3…
Noël Mamère, the mayor of Bègles, conducted a marriage ceremony for two men, even though same-sex marriage in France had
Anneli Tuulikki Jäätteenmäki is a Finnish politician who was the first female and 39th prime minister of Finland from 17 April 2003 to 24 June 2003. From 2004 until 2019, she serve…
Anneli Jäätteenmäki takes office as the first female prime minister of Finland
Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines Flight 4230 was a chartered international passenger flight, a Yakovlev Yak-42D operated by Ukrainian UM Airlines, which crashed in 2003.
Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines Flight 4230 crashes in the Turkish town of Maçka, killing 75
Jackson Peter Merrill is an American professional baseball center fielder for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was selected in the first round of the 2021 ML…
Jackson Merrill, American baseball player
The Treaty of Accession 2003 was the agreement between the member states of the European Union and ten countries, concerning these countries' accession into the EU. At the same tim…
The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting ten new member states to the European Union
The 2003 invasion of Iraq was the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion began on 20 March 2003 and lasted just over one month, including 26 days of major combat operations. The…
Invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, on board the USS Abraham Lincoln (off the
Two major bombings took place in residential compounds in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 12 May 2003, 39 people were killed, and over 160 wounded when bombs went off at three compounds i…
The Riyadh compound bombings in Saudi Arabia, carried out by al-Qaeda, kill 39 people
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to th…
In Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks
Xavi Quentin Shay Simons is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Netherlands national te…
Xavi Simons, Dutch footballer
Xavier Worthy is an American professional football wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorn…
Xavier Worthy, American football player
Emily Joanna Carey is an English actor. They began their career as a child actor on stage and in the BBC One soap opera Casualty. They went on to play several young versions of cha…
Emily Carey, British actress
Jung Yoon-seok is a South Korean actor. He won Best Young Actor award in 2009 SBS Drama Awards for his role in Temptation of Wife.
Jung Yun-seok, South Korean actor
Elizabeth Anne Greene is an American actress, known for her titular role as Dawn Harper in the Nickelodeon sitcom Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn from 2014 to 2018. She has starred as S…
Lizzy Greene, American actress
The 2003 Boumerdès earthquake occurred on May 21 at 19:44:21 local time in northern Algeria. The shock had a moment magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme)…
The 6
Peter John Hollingworth was an Australian bishop who served as Governor-General of Australia from 2001 until his resignation in 2003. He had previously held the position of Anglica…
Peter Hollingworth resigns as Governor-General of Australia following criticism of his handling of child sexual abuse al
The Depayin massacre occurred on 30 May 2003 in Tabayin (Depayin), a town in Myanmar's Sagaing Division, when at least 70 people associated with the National League for Democracy w…
Depayin massacre: At least 70 people associated with the National League for Democracy are killed by government-sponsore
Air France, stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the flag carrier of France, and is headquartered in Tremblay-en-France. The airline is a subsidiary of the Air France–KLM Group and is one of …
Air France retires its fleet of Concorde aircraft
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. It is also known as the "Red Planet", for its orange-red appearance. Mars is a desert-like rocky planet with a tenuous atmosphere that is pr…
Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars
Florian Richard Wirtz is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or left midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and the Germany national team. H…
Florian Wirtz, German footballer
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia is a Spanish professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), and finished as the year…
Carlos Alcaraz, Spanish tennis player