🧠 Inventions of 2003
Breakthroughs and everyday innovations from the year.
1 
Social Media Platform (MySpace)
2 
Voice Search Technology
3 
Electric Hybrid Vehicle (Prius)
4 
Online Video Streaming Platform
5 
3D Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
6 
Wi-Fi Home Routers
7 
Open-Source Web Browser (Firefox)
8 
Digital Rights Management Systems
9 
Medical Electronic Health Records
10 
Spam Filtering Algorithms
The Sounds of
The biggest hits of the year — Top 10 Pop & Country chart toppers
HEADLINES ON September 2, 2003
Full News Archive
- Headline: Lang Lang's Journey to Stardom. Impact: If Lang Lang never played at that gala, we might still be stuck listening to elevator music as the soundtrack of our lives. Imagine a world without piano prodigies—how dreary would cocktail parties be?. Fact: Lang Lang's fingers move so fast, they technically qualify as a natural disaster in some states. Watch out, insurance companies!.
- Headline: The Costs of EU Membership in Hungary. Impact: The EU has so many layers and complications that if it were a cake, it would be a multi-tiered disaster of soggy sponge and questionable icing. Every time a country joins, the cake gets heavier, and someone inevitably drops it.. Fact: The EU's motto could be 'We’ll figure it out... eventually!'—much like your average group project in college..
- Headline: Grasso's Cost-Saving Contract Renegotiation. Impact: This deal was like a financial game of tug-of-war—$3.5 million saved, but for every dollar saved, Grasso probably had a yacht with his name on it being built. Future CEOs everywhere took notes—this is how you negotiate yourself a golden parachute.. Fact: Richard A Grasso's payout was so large that some say it could fund an entire small country—for a week..
Wall Street Time Machine
The Right Call: If you'd invested $1,000 in any one of these companies in 2003, here's what it would be worth in 2025.
Rank #1
AAPL
Apple
Price in 2003
$0.22
Value in 2025
$1,226,446
Apple - If you invested $1,000 in 2003, it would be worth $1,226,446 today (1226.4x return)
🦸 Top 5 Comics
The Walking Dead #1
$75
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II #3
$50
Y: The Last Man #10
$80
1602 #1
$30
Green Arrow #26
$150
🧸 Top 5 Toys
Beyblade: Metal Fusion
$300.00
Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game
$300.00
RoboSapien
$200.00
Bratz Dolls
$150.00
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 Series)
$200.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
$150.00
Call of Duty
$100.25
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
$609.50
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
$60.00
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
$80.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
LeBron James 2003-04 Topps Chrome Rookie Card #111
$250,000
2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection LeBron James Rookie Patch Auto #78
$2,400,000
2003-04 Topps Chrome Refractor Dwyane Wade Rookie Card #114
$1,504.99
2003-04 Upper Deck SP Authentic Carmelo Anthony Rookie Auto #148
$19,544
2003-04 Fleer Ultra Gold Medallion LeBron James Rookie Card #171
$800