July 1, 2003

• In Hong Kong, 500,000 people march to protest the rush into legislation of Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23, the anti-subversion law. Critics say the law is both too broad and too vague.
• After many years of controversy, the United Kingdom House of Commons, the lower house of parliament, again votes in favour of legislation to ban fox hunting.
• Italy Premier Silvio Berlusconi's government assumed the rotating EU presidency.
• In Canada, Canadians celebrate Canada Day, their nation's 137th anniversary since confederation on this day in 1867.