What Happened on December 1, 2003

Historical Events

Film Premiere

"The Return of the King", 3rd and final film in the Lord of the Rings series, directed by Peter Jackson and starring Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen premieres in Wellington, New Zealand

Famous Birthdays

Robert Irwin, Australian TV personality and photographer, born in Buderim, Australia

Born in 2003

Famous Deaths

Clark Kerr, first Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley (b. 1911)
Eugenio Monti, Italian bobsledder (2 x Olympic gold 2-man, 4-man 1968; World C'ships 9 x gold), dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at 75

2003 Highlights