Cellini Salt Cellar table sculpture is stolen from the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Lithuania approves joining the European Union in a referendum. 2003 Sri Lanka cyclone: A cyclone makes landfall in Sri Lanka, killing 260 people and causing the country's worst natural disaster in 50 years. May 12 In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, over 30 people are killed in multiple bombings at a housing compound, mostly foreign expatriates. 2003 Znamenskoye suicide bombing: Chechen suicide bombers attack a government office in Znamenskoye, Russia, killing at least 59 people. May 15 – 2003 Argentine general election: Néstor Kirchner becomes president-elect of Argentina after Carlos Menem withdraws from the runoff election. May 16 – 2003 Casablanca bombings: Islamist militants affiliated with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb carry out a series of suicide bombings in Casablanca, Morocco, killing at least 41 people. May 17 – Slovakia approves joining the European Union in a referendum. May 21 – Algeria The 6.8 Boumerdès earthquake shakes the suburb of the Algerian capital Algiers with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Violent), killing an estimated 2,266 people. May 23 – Dewey, the world's first cloned deer is born, at Texas A&M University. May 26 – A constitutional referendum is held in Rwanda. May 28 – Prometea, the world's first cloned horse, is born. June June 2 – Mars Express launches, containing the Beagle 2 lander. June 8 Poland approves joining the European Union in a referendum. Major Saleh Ould Hanenna leads a failed coup in Mauritania, leading to violence. June 14 – The Czech Republic approves joining the European Union in a referendum. June 15 – Operation Desert Scorpion: U.S. forces in Iraq facilitate searches for Ba'athist forces, distribution of humanitarian aid, and engineering programs to repair damaged infrastructure. June 21 – Declaration of Thessaloniki: The European Union encourages accession of states of the western Balkans. June 30 – Warring parties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sign a peace accord, bringing an end to the Second Congo War, which left millions dead. July July–August – 2003 European heat wave: Europe experiences its hottest summer in over five centuries. July 1 – Tesla Inc., the American electric car company, is founded by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning in San Carlos, California. July 2 – The International Olympic Committee awards Vancouver the right to host the 2010 Winter Olympics. July 4 – 2003 Quetta mosque bombing: Islamist militants attack