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October 20, 2003

On October 20, 2003, the Sloan Great Wall, once the largest cosmic structures known to humanity, is discovered by students at Princeton University. 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 October 20, 2003

  1. 2003 The Sloan Great Wall, once the largest cosmic structures known to humanity, is discovered by students at Princeton University.

    Cosmic structure formed by a galaxy filament

    The Sloan Great Wall (SGW) is a cosmic structure formed by a giant wall of galaxies. Its discovery was announced from Princeton University on October 20, 2003, by J. Richard Gott III, Mario Jurić, and their colleagues, based on data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

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Born on October 20, 2003

Carney Chukwuemeka 2003– Austrian-English footballer (born 2003)

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Died on October 20, 2003

Jack Elam American actor (1920–2003)

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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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