Real-Life Villains

2003

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Events edit

  • February 3 - Actress Lana Clarkson is murdered by Phil Spector at Spector's mansion in Alhambra, California.
  • February 15-16 - Leonardo Notarbartolo, and four men led by the latter, robs Antwerp Diamond Centre. only 4 were arrested except for the King of Keys.
  • February 23 - Beginning of the Darfur Genocide.
  • February 24 - The Bogoro Massacre takes place.
  • March 1 - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is captured in Rawalpindi, Pakistan by the CIA and the Pakistani ISI.
  • March 3 - Sam Bockarie is indicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
  • March 12 - Elizabeth Smart is recovered safely after a year in captivity. Her captors, Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Barzee, are taken into custody.
  • March 14 - Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is elected Prime Minister of Turkey.
  • March 15 - Ange-Félix Patassé is deposed as the President of the Central African Republic by General François Bozizé, who declares himself president.
  • March 18 to 20 - Fidel Castro launches a crackdown on the Cuban dissident movement, resulting in the imprisonment of 75 people, including 29 journalists.
  • March 20 - The United States invades Iraq to overthrow the Ba'athist regime of Saddam Hussein, beginning the Iraq War.
  • April 3 - Kidnapper and serial rapist John Jamelske is apprehended while taking one of his captives on a public outing.
  • April 21 - 17-year-old Amanda Berry is kidnapped by Ariel Castro after leaving her job at a Burger King at West 110th Street and Lorain Avenue in Cleveland.
  • April 30 - Hamas member Asif Hanif carries out a suicide bombing at Mike's Place in Tel Aviv, killing 3 and injuring over 50.
  • July 18 - End of the Second Congo War.
  • August 11 - Charles Taylor resigns as President of Liberia after being indicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone. He subsequently flees into exile in Nigeria.
  • August 18 - End of the Second Liberian Civil War.
  • August 18 - Andrew Turner was killed by his Mother as in a murder suicide.
  • September 11 - Murder of Shafilea Ahmed
  • September 24 - John McLaughlin shoots up his high school, killing Seth David Bartell and Aaron Michael Rollins.
  • October 31 - Heydar Aliyev steps down as President of Azerbaijan, appointing his son Ilham as his successor.
  • October 31 - Mahathir Mohamad steps down as Prime Minister of Malaysia.
  • December 7 - Arnoldo Alemán is found guilty of money laundering, corruption, and embezzlement, and is sentenced to 20 years in prison.
  • December 10 - Thomas Bartlett Whitaker, sends in two men to kill his family, only Kevin Whitaker and Patricia Whitaker were killed, while the father survived.
  • December 13 - Saddam Hussein is captured by U.S. Special Forces in his hometown of Tikrit, Iraq.
  • Unknown - Jundallah is founded by Abdolmalek Rigi.

Births edit

Villain births edit

Victim births edit

  • February 21 - Cara Loughran
  • March 15 - Jaszmin and Jassley Lupoe
  • April 22 - Gina Montalto
  • May 1 - Alyssa Alhadeff
  • May 12 – Madeliene McCann
  • June 23 - Abigail Williams
  • June 24 - Marcus Fiesel
  • July 9 - Alex Schachter
  • July 13 - Jaime Guttenberg
  • August 22 - Alaina Petty
  • September 9 - Martin Duque
  • November 2 - Susanna Feldman
  • November 11 - Javier Rodriguez (Victim of 2019 El Paso shooting)
  • December 27 - Sophie Schaffhausen

Deaths edit

Villain deaths edit

Victim deaths edit

  • January 22 - Kristyanna Cowan
  • February 3 - Lana Clarkson
  • February 15 - Craig Sorger
  • May 12 - Holly Jones
  • June 21 - Abdul Wali
  • August 18 - Zachary Turner
  • August 30 - Raya Ener
  • September 11 - Shafilea Ahmed
  • September 24 - Seth David Bartell and Aaron Michael Rollins
  • December 10 - Kevin Whitaker and Patricia Whitaker
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