Portal:Current events/2003 August 15

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August 15, 2003 (2003-08-15) (Friday)
  • Power is restored to many, but not all areas of the north-eastern United States and Canada affected by the previous day's blackout. Investigations into the root cause of the grid collapse are currently focusing on transmission lines circling Lake Erie.
  • Libya formally accepts responsibility for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. It consists of general language that lacks expression of remorse for lives lost. Although some claim the acceptance is just a business deal and not a true admission of guilt.
  • Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein announces that he will abdicate the throne in 2004, in favor of his son, Prince Alois.
  1. ↑ "Power returning to US east coast | US news". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-05-12. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ Barringer, Felicity (2003-08-16). "Libya Admits Culpability in Crash of Pan Am Plane". Libya: NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-05-05. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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