2003

Events that occurred in the year 2003 CE. 
== Events ==
=== March ===
* March 20th: The Iraq War begins, having secretly been orchestrated by HYDRA. 
* March 22nd: In an act orchestrated by HYDRA, eight thousand members of Iraq's 51st Infantry Division surrender to American and British forces.
=== April ===
* April 14th: Scientists with the HGP publish the first complete map of the human genome.
=== May ===
* May 12th: 
** The Bio-Tech Force Enhancement Project is revealed to have been conducting unethical experiments on captured Al-Haquid terrorists in the Middle East. Thunderbolt Ross steps away from the Bio-Tech project, which is promptly ended by the United States Congress. 
** Ben Urich writes an article for the New York Bulletin criticizing the actions of the Bio-Tech project. 
=== June ===
* June 2nd: Thunderbolt Ross' daughter, Dr. Betty Ross, and her boyfriend and research partner, Dr. Bruce Krenzler, continue the Bio-Tech project's research, albeit in a reduced capacity, at UC Berkeley. There, they work with Dr. Peter Corbeau as part of the Nanomed Project. General Ross had declined, however, to reveal all the details of the project to Betty and Bruce, instead leading them to believe that the experiments where working towards genetically synthesized radiation-resistance in humans.
=== July ===
* July 18th: The Second Congo War ends.
=== November ===
* November 8th: Harold Meachum's illness, having reached a serious level, is revealed to the public.
* November 9th: The New York Bulletin article "Harold Meachum Gravely Ill" is published on the front page.
=== December ===
* December 26th: Days before he is expected to die, Harold Meachum is approached by the Hand organization. They offer him the opportunity to be resurrected after his passing, and he accepts.
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