Unix Timestamp: 1046736000
Tuesday, March 4. 2003, 12:00:00 AM UTC

2012 Brazzaville arms dump blasts: A series of explosions is reported at a munitions dump in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, with at least 250 people dead. //in.reuters.com/article/2012/03/04/congo-explosions-idINDEE82304620120304 (Reuters), //www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17249480 (BBC)

A series of explosions are reported at a munitions dump in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, with at least 250 people dead.

A bomb explodes outside a mosque in Peshawar in the Pakistani province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa with casualties feared. //en.trend.az/regions/world/ocountries/1840113.html?utm_source=twitterfeedutm_medium=twitter (DPA via "Trends")

Uganda buries its dead from Monday night's mudslide which destroyed three villages near Bududa. //news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8549742.stm (BBC)

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese PresidentOmar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.

President Asif Ali Zardari says Pakistan will not negotiate with the extremist Taliban and terrorists. //news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7922696.stm (BBC)

The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for a five-year caign of violence in Darfur. //www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/04/sudan.president.darfur.charges/ (CNN)

The final contact attempt with Pioneer 10 receives no response.

The car of released Italian hostage Giuliana Sgrena is fired on by U.S. soldiers in Iraq, causing the death of 1 passenger and injuring 2 more.

2001 U.S. Attack on Afghanistan: Seven American Special Operations Forces soldiers are killed as they attempt to infiltrate the Shahi Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission. Around local time a Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, causing a soldier to fall out and damaging a hydraulic line. The helicopter made an emergency landing a half-mile away. A second helicopter on the mission picked up the first helicopter's crew and flew to where the crew member had fallen. The soldiers soon came under heavy fire, and six were killed. The remaining soldiers returned fire and retrieved the bodies before returning to base.

Ansett Australia, one of the oldest airlines in the world and the second largest in Australia, ceases operation after collapsing financially. This event also marks the largest job loss in Australian history.

The PlayStation 2 is released in Japan, and in North America. Several months later it becomes the best-selling game console of all time.

In a military court, United States Marine Corps Captain Richard J. Ashby is acquitted of the charge of reckless flying which resulted in the deaths of 20 skiers in the Italian Alps, when his low-flying jet hit a gondola cable.

In Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers overrun a military base and kill more than 200.

U.S. President Bill Clinton bars federal funding for any research on human cloning.

India's Missionaries of Charity chooses Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as its leader.

Pablo Picasso's "Tête de Femme" is stolen from a London gallery (recovered a week later).

The Phoenix Lights are seen over Phoenix, AZ.

The President of Guyana, Cheddi Jagan, dies in office.

The National People\'s Congress of the People's Republic of China creates a new Chongqing Municipality, out of part of Sichuan.

Authorities announce the capture of suspected World Trade Center bombing conspirator Mohammad Salameh.

the Supreme Court of Algeria bans the Islamic Salvation Front, which was poised to win control of the Parliament of Algeria in runoff elections.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan addresses the American people on the Iran-Contra Affair, acknowledging that his overtures to Iran had 'deteriorated' into an arms-for-hostages deal.

The "Today" national tabloid newspaper is launched in the United Kingdom, pioneering the use of computer photosetting and full-colour offset printing, at a time when British national newspapers still use Linotypemachines and letterpress.

The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for AIDS, used since then to screen all blood donations in the United States.

Robert Mugabe is elected Prime Minister of Zimbabwe.

The U.S. Voyager I spaceprobe photos reveal Jupiter's rings.

The 1977 Bucharest Earthquake kills 1,500.

The southern part of Quebec, and especially Montreal, receive 16½ (42 cm) of snow in what becomes known as the Century's Snowstorm ("la tempête du siècle").

"New York Times Co. v Sullivan" (376 US 254 1964): The United States Supreme Court rules that under the First Amendment, speech criticizing political figures cannot be censored.

The first Ford Mustang rolls off the assembly line at Ford Motor Company.

Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa is convicted by a federal jury of tering with a federal jury in 1962.

Soviet military forces shoot down an unarmed reconnaissance bomber that had strayed into East Germany the 3 U.S. flyers parachute to safety.

Malcolm X, suspended from the Nation of Islam, says in New York City that he is forming a black nationalist party.

Constantine II becomes King of Greece, upon the death of his father King Paul.

Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to South Vietnam, wins the New HshireRepublican primary.

In Paris, 6 people are sentenced to death for conspiring to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle. De Gaulle pardons 5 of them but the other conspirator is executed by firing squad a few days later.

United Kingdom colonies Gold Coast and British Togoland become the independent nation of Ghana.

Standard Poor's first publishes the SP 500 guide.

Zodi Ikhia founds the Nigerien Democratic Front (FDN) in Niger.

Treaty of Dunkirk (coming into effect 8 September) signed between the United Kingdom and France providing for mutual assistance in the event of attack.

C.G.E. Mannerheim resigns as president of Finland.

Football club FC Red Star (in Serbian: "FK Crvena Zvezda") formed in Belgrade, Yougoslavia.

Resistance fighters ambush and attempt to execute SS general Hanns Albin Rauter, the arch-persecutor of the Dutch.

In the United Kingdom, The Princess Elizabeth, later to become Queen Elizabeth II, joins the British Army's Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service as a truck driver/mechanic.

A Communist-led government is formed in Romania under Petru Groza following Soviet intervention.

In Ossining, New York, Louis Buchalter, the leader of 1930s crime syndicate Murder, Inc., is executed at Sing Sing, along with Emanuel Weiss, and Louis Capone.

The 15th Academy Awards ceremony is held in Los Angeles.

WWII: Operation Claymore - British Commandos carry out a successful raid on the Lofoten Islands off the north coast of Norway.

The British viceroy of India and Mohandas Gandhi negotiate.

A diamond rush in South Africa includes trained athletes that have been hired by major companies to stake claims.

The movie Nosferatu was released.

Communist International (“Comintern”) founded.

A soldier at C Fuston, Kansas falls sick with the first confirmed case of the Spanish flu.

U.S. PresidentTheodore Roosevelt begins a full term.

Russo-Japanese War: Russian troops in Korea retreat toward Manchuria, followed by 100,000 Japanese troops.

Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland. A 12 m wave reaches up to 5 km inland, leaving over 400 dead.

"Bayer" registers aspirin as a trademark.

Felix Hoffmann patents aspirin.

William McKinley succeeds Grover Cleveland as President of the United States.

Japanese troops capture Liaoyang and land in Taiwan.

Benjamin Harrison is succeeded by Grover Cleveland, as President of the United States.

The longest bridge in Britain, the Forth Bridge (8,296 ft) in Scotland, is opened.

Grover Cleveland, 22nd President of the United States (1885 ndash 1889) is succeeded by Benjamin Harrison (1889–1893).

Gottlieb Daimler unveils his first automobile.

Grover Cleveland succeeds Chester A. Arthur as President of the United States.

Inauguration of James A. Garfield as President of the United States.

President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant begins his second term.

Thomas Scott is executed by Louis Riel's provisional government during the Red River Rebellion in modern day ManitobaCanada.

Ulysses S. Grant succeeds Andrew Johnson as the 18th President of the United States of America.

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated for a second term Andrew Johnson becomes Vice President.

Washington College and Jefferson College are merged to form Washington Jefferson College.

James Buchanan succeeds Franklin Pierce as President of the United States.

Franklin Pierce succeeds Millard Fillmore as the 14th President of the United States.

Phi Mu Sorority is founded in Macon Georgia

Zachary Taylor refuses to be sworn in office on a Sabbath (Sunday). Urban legend holds that David Rice Atchison, President pro tempore of the United States Senate was President "de jure" for a single day.

The 30th United States Congress is sworn into office.

Martin Van Buren is succeeded as President of the United States by William Henry Harrison.

Andrew Jackson is sworn in for his second term as President of the United States.

Andrew Jackson succeeds John Quincy Adams as the seventh President of the United States of America.

John Quincy Adams succeeds James Monroe as President of the United States.

James Monroe is sworn in for his second term as President of the United States.

James MonroesucceedsJames Madison as President of the United States of America.

April ndash An earthquake strikes Palermo, Italy.

James Madison is sworn in as President of the United States, for his second term.

Peninsular War: The French Army, under the command of André Masséna, retreats from Portugal.

James Madison succeeds Thomas Jefferson as the President of the United States.

Thomas Jefferson is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States.

Thomas Jefferson succeeds John Adams as President of the United States of America.

John Adams is sworn in as the second President of the United States of America.

George Washington is sworn in as President of the United States in Philadelphia for his second term.

Vermont is admitted as the 14th U.S. state.

France is divided into 83 départements, which cut across the former provinces, in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on noble ownership of land.

At Federal Hall in New York City, the 1st United States Congress meets and declares the new United States Constitution to be in effect.

The American Revolution: The Americans capture Dorchester Heights dominating the port of Boston, Massachusetts.

Jews are expelled from Lübeck, Germany.

The Second Anglo-Dutch War begins.

5 ndash St. Peter\'s Flood ndash Another storm tide in the North Sea strikes the Netherlands, flooding Amsterdam.

English Civil War: Prince Rupert leaves Oxford for Bristol.

Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal Charter.

George Abbot is enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.

Hernán Cortés lands in Mexico

5 March - Henry VI of England is desposed by the Duke of York during war of the Roses.

The Duke of York seizes London and proclaims himself King Edward IV of England.

The invading forces of the Yuan Dynasty capture the Song Dynasty city of Suzhou.

Chinese astronomers observe a total eclipse of the Sun in China.

Nestorian monk Rabban Bar Sauma begins his pilgrimage from China towards Jerusalem.

The city of Kunming is made capital of the Yunnan province of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty.

The Japanese eraBun'ei ends, and the Kenji era begins.

Marco Polo purportedly visits Xanadu, Kublai Khan's summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty.

The Japanese era Bun'ei ends, and the Kenji era begins.

Mongol invasion of Rus ndash Battle of the Sit River: The Mongol Hordes of Batu Khan defeat the Rus' under Yuri Vsevolodovich of Vladimir-Suzdal.

King John of England makes an oath to the Pope as a crusader to gain the support of Innocent III.

Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of the Germans.

Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.