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Encyclopedia > January 17, 2003

January 17, 2003

January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tom Ridge Thomas Joseph Ridge (born August 26, 1946) is a former Governor of Pennsylvania (1995–2001), Assistant to the President for Homeland Security (2001–2003), and the first United States Secretary of Homeland Security (2003–2005). ... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a Cabinet department of the federal government of the United States that is concerned with protecting Americas people from harm and its property from damage. ... January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... RealAudio is a proprietary audio format developed by RealNetworks. ... For other instances of Boston, see Boston (disambiguation) Boston is the capital and largest city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. ... The Big Dig is the unofficial name of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (CA/T), a massive undertaking to route the Central Artery (Interstate 93), the chief controlled-access highway through the heart of Boston, Massachusetts, into a tunnel under the city, replacing a previous elevated roadway. ... View of the Turnpike from an overpass by Boston University, facing east (towards central Boston). ... KBOS is the airport identification code. ... Interstate 93 is an interstate highway in the New England section of the United States. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The American Civil War (1861–1865) was fought in North America within the United States of America, between twenty-three mostly northern states of the Union and the Confederate States of America, a coalition of eleven southern states that declared their independence and claimed the right of secession from the... Blaine is a city located in Grainger County, Tennessee. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Motto: Deo Vindice (Latin: Under God our Vindicator) Anthem: God Save the South (unofficial) Dixie (popular) Capital Montgomery, Alabama February 4, 1861–May 29, 1861 Richmond, Virginia May 29, 1861–April 9, 1865 Danville, Virginia April 3–April 10, 1865 Largest city New Orleans February 4, 1861 until captured May... Elba is a city located in Coffee County, Alabama. ...

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January 2003 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3159 words)
A timeline of events in the news for January, 2003.
Rosen achieved notoriety on the Internet for her prolific efforts to halt the spread of copyrighted mp3 recordings on peer to peer file sharing networks such as Napster and Kazaa.
However, two independent rebel groups in the west of the country, assisted by fighters from Liberia, have seized villages and the cocoa crops inside those villages, forcing residents to flee to the port of San Pédro with no possessions.
January 17 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1181 words)
January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar.
There are 348 days remaining (349 in leap years).
January 16 - January 18 - December 17 - February 17 -- listing of all days
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