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January 27, 2003

On January 27, 2003, the first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress. The year's #1 song was "In da Club" by 50 Cent. Jackson Merrill, Xavi Simons, Xavier Worthy would arrive in the same year.

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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.

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On January 27, 2003

  1. 2003 The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress.

    List of sound recordings preserved in the U.S. Library of Congress

    The National Recording Registry is a list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and inform or reflect life in the United States". The registry was established by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, which created the National Recording Preservation Board, whose members are appointed by the librarian of Congress. The recordings preserved in the United States National Recording Registry form a registry of recordings selected yearly by the National Recording Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress.

Arrivals

Born on January 27, 2003

Park Seong-hoon 2003– South Korean footballer (born 2003)

Farewells

Died on January 27, 2003

Henryk Jabłoński Polish politician (1909–2003)

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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

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