Portal:Current events/2003 September 14
September 14, 2003 (Sunday)
- Sweden and the euro: Swedish voters reject joining the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union and adopting the Euro, with 56.1 percent of voters voting no.
- A military coup d'état is reported in Guinea-Bissau.[1]
- Estonian European Union membership referendum, 2003: Estonians vote, 66.8 percent to 33.2 percent, to join the European Union.
- World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2003: World Trade Organization talks collapse in Cancún, Mexico. Rich and poor countries are unable to find common ground. The meetings have been the subject of anti-globalization protests.[2]
- Some of the severe wildfires in British Columbia have been contained, including the one threatening Kelowna. The one near Kamloops is still threatening structures. This has been the worst wildfire season in BC in fifty years.[2]
- Yetunde Price, sister of Venus Williams and Serena Williams was shot down during a gang shootout in Compton.
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