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June 4, 2003 (Wednesday)
- Road map for peace: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon promises to dismantle illegal settlements in the West Bank, while new Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas renounces all terrorism against Israel.
- Martha Stewart is indicted by a federal grand jury on nine criminal counts including securities fraud, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy in the U.S. government's investigation of her possible insider trading of ImClone Systems stock in December 2001. Just hours after this, she announces that she will quit as chairman and CEO of her company.
- Scientists have used genetic engineering techniques to make chickens grow teeth.[1]
- The United States House of Representatives votes 282 to 139 to ban Intact dilation and extraction, a process commonly referred to as partial-birth abortion.
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 9,000 for the first time since August 22, 2002.
- ↑ "CNN.com - Baldness hope as birds get teeth - Jun. 4, 2003". Edition.cnn.com. 2003-06-04. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
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