Date in year · 2003 · The 2000s

February 20, 2003

On February 20, 2003, during a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the Station nightclub ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 200 others. The year's #1 song was "In da Club" by 50 Cent. Jackson Merrill, Xavi Simons, Xavier Worthy would arrive in the same year.

Events

1

Births

1

Deaths

3

Year

2003

2000s

Around 2003

The year in brief

2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2003rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 3rd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2000s decade.

Read the full year of 2003 →

What happened

On February 20, 2003

  1. 2003 During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the Station nightclub ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 200 others.

    American rock band

    Great White is an American hard rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1977. The band is named after both the shark with the same name, and guitarist Mark Kendall's former stage nickname. In August 2008, the band estimated they had sold around eight million records worldwide.

Arrivals

Born on February 20, 2003

Olivia Rodrigo 2003– American singer-songwriter and actress (born 2003)

Farewells

Died on February 20, 2003

Mushaf Ali Mir Pakistani Air Chief Marshal (1947-2003)
Maurice Blanchot French writer (1907–2003)
Orville Freeman American politician (1918–2003)

Elsewhere that year

Other moments from 2003

The class of 2003

Others born in 2003

Jackson Merrill 2003– American baseball player
Xavi Simons 2003– Dutch footballer
Xavier Worthy 2003– American football player
Emily Carey 2003– British actress
Jung Yun-seok 2003– South Korean actor
Harvey Elliott 2003– English footballer

Step through

Nearby

Keep going

More to explore