2003

2003 was the year when Gaia Online was created.

February

 * February 18 - Gaia is born.
 * February 21 - The Chatterbox is created.
 * February 22 - The Guild Forum is created.
 * Darker skintones are added.

March

 * March 7 - The First Gaian Annual Ball
 * March 20 - The first Rollback occurs.
 * March 25 - Rare Events are introduced.
 * The dressing room is added to stores.

April

 * April 1 - The Personals are created.
 * April 20 - The first Easter event.
 * The trading system is introduced.
 * The Exchange Forum is born.
 * Pink links are added.

May

 * May 20 - Isle de Gambino was added to the world map, introducing Sasha, Ruby, Peyo, and Meredith along with their stores.
 * May 24 - The Halo is the first donation item released.

June

 * June 6 - The Referral System added.
 * June 16- A Chatroom was added.
 * June 27 - Moderators were (finally) added.

July

 * July 11 - The Main page gets its first revamp.
 * July 30 - The second donation items, Kodiac Grizzly Bear Hat and Panda Hat, are released in the July 2003 Donation Letters.
 * The Avatar Spotlight is added.

August

 * August 14 - Subforums are introduced.
 * August 14 - Banner ads are added.
 * August 25 - The DJ Studio Headphones and Portable Stereo Headphones are released as donation items in the August 2003 Donation Letters.

September

 * September - Mini Angel Wings and Mini Nitemare Wings are released as donation items in the September 2003 Donation Letters.

October

 * October 25 - The Devil Tail and Angelic Sash are released as donation items in the October 2003 Donation Letters.
 * October 29 - A Halloween 2k3 layout is added temporarily.
 * October 31, 2003- Gaia celebrates Halloween with Trick or Treating, introduction of NPC Jack.

November

 * November 5 - Name and gender change are activated.
 * November 25 - The OMG Hat and AFK Hat are released as donation items in the November 2003 Donation Letters.
 * November 30 - Gaia reaches 16.7 million posts (that was the post limit at the time).

December

 * December 22 - The Gift Wrapping feature is added.
 * December 25 - The Nitemare Scarf and Angelic Scarf are released as donation items in the December 2003 Donation Letters.
 * December 25 - The first Christmas Event takes place giving users Jolly Hats and Jolly Slippers.