February 23, 2003
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- The 45th Grammy Awards ceremony is held in New York City, dominated by newcomer Norah Jones receiving 8 awards including Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Best New Artist.
- British athlete Paula Radcliffe sets a new 10km road race world record of 30:21 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Jarome Iginla of the Calgary Flames of the NHL comes close to scoring a "quintella", which is when a player scores in all 5 possible ways: a powerplay goal, a shorthanded goal, On a penalty shot, even strength and an empty net goal. Iginla scores on a powerplay goal, an empty net goal, shorthanded and on full strength. Only Mario Lemieux has scored in all 5 ways.
