- July 8, 2003
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July 8 ,2003 =*A worker at a
Lockheed Martin aircraft parts factory inMeridian, Mississippi shoots 13 co-workers, killing five, before committingsuicide . Investigators are unsure of the motive. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29480-2003Jul8.html]
*Ladan and Laleh Bijani die during their unsuccessful separation operation inSingapore . [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3055016.stm]
*During a visit to the former slave-trading station onGoree Island , off the coast ofDakar ,Senegal , U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush calls slavery "one of the greatest crimes of history", but stops short of an official apology. [http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=3054883]
*Same-sex marriage in Canada : ABritish Columbia court rules that same-sex couples may get married in that province, effective immediately. BC becomes the second Canadian province, and second political division in the Western Hemisphere, to legalize same-sex marriage. This decision is similar to theOntario decision on June 10, 2003. [http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2003/07/08/130210-cp.html]
* ASudan Airways Boeing 737 jetliner crashes inPort Sudan , killing 116 passengers. A toddler of two or three years is the sole survivor but dies later of his wounds. [http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3052818] , [http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/ap07-10-122117.asp?reg=AFRICA]
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