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kindergarten
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sports
micheal breaks the 400 meter record at 43.18 sec -
plane crash
A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including 2 on the ground. -
earthquake
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Athens -
bombing
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nasa
nasa lost contact with their mars rover -
explosion
Japan's worst nuclear accident at a uranium reprocessing facility in Tōkai-mura, northeast of Tokyo. -
nasa 2
NASA loses one of its probes, the Mars Climate Orbiter. -
yankees
The New York Yankees sweep the Atlanta Braves to win their 25th world championship. -
egypt air flight
EgyptAir Flight 990, travelling from New York City to Cairo, crashes off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts -
killings
The Aggie Bonfire collapses in College Station, Texas, killing 12 -
protest
In Seattle, Washington, protests against the WTO meeting by anti-globalization protesters -
nasa
NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform -
korean plane crash
Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509, a Boeing 747-200F crashes shortly after take-off from London Stansted Airport due to pilot error. All 4 crew members were killed. -
killinf
Storm Lothar kills 137 people as it crosses France, southern Germany, and Switzerland -
panamal
The U.S. turns over complete administration of the Panama Canal to the Panamanian Government, -
new zealand
New Zealand broadcasting on Chatham Island is watched worldwide to start millennium celebrations -
ibex
The last natural Pyrenean ibex is found dead, apparently killed by a falling tree. -
time warner
America Online announces an agreement to purchase Time Warner for $162 billion (the largest-ever corporate merger). -
meteriot
The Tagish Lake meteorite impacts the Earth -
plane
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashes off the California coast into the Pacific Ocean, killing 88 -
murder
German extortionist Klaus-Peter Sabotta is jailed for life for attempted murder and extortion, in connection with the sabotage of German railway lines -
election
Stipe Mesic is elected president of Croatia -
playstation
The PlayStation 2 is released in Japan. Several months later it becomes the best-selling game console of all time -
election 2
Vladimir Putin is elected President of Russia. -
microsoft
United States v. Microsoft: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors. -
birth in india
The billionth living person in India is born -
fighting
Israel withdraws IDF forces from southern Lebanon after 22 years -
earthquake
An earthquake hits Bengkulu, Indonesia, leaving 94 dead -
gays
Section 28, a law preventing the promotion of homosexuality, is repealed by the Scottish Parliament -
death
At the Roskilde Festival near Copenhagen, Denmark, 9 die and 26 are injured on a set while the rock group Pearl Jam performs. -
soalr flare
A powerful solar flare, later named the Bastille Day event, causes a geomagnetic storm on Earth -
solar flare
A powerful solar flare, later named the Bastille Day event, causes a geomagnetic storm on Earth. -
plane crash 2
Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde aircraft, crashes into a hotel in Gonesse just after takeoff from Paris, killing all 109 aboard and 4 in the hotel. -
sinking
The Russian submarine Kursk sinks in the Barents Sea, resulting in the deaths of all 118 men on board -
dora
Dora the Explorer, one of Nickelodeon's most popular shows, debuts.
