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April 17, 2003

On April 17, 2003, anneli Jäätteenmäki takes office as the first female prime minister of Finland. 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 April 17, 2003

  1. 2003 Anneli Jäätteenmäki takes office as the first female prime minister of Finland.

    Prime minister of Finland in 2003

    Anneli Tuulikki Jäätteenmäki is a Finnish politician who was the first female and 39th prime minister of Finland from 17 April 2003 to 24 June 2003. From 2004 until 2019, she served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Finland.

Farewells

Died on April 17, 2003

Robert Atkins American physician (1930–2003)
H. B. Bailey American race car driver (1936–2003)
John Paul Getty Jr. British-American businessman and philanthropist (1932–2003)
Earl King American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter (1934–2003)
Yiannis Latsis Greek shipping multi-billionaire business magnate (1910–2003)

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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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