Drake's album 'Scorpion' was released.
The first-generation Apple iPhone went on sale.
The science Fiction Drama movie 'A.I. Artificial Intelligence' premiered.
Eminem's mother sued him after claiming she uses drugs in his hit single 'My Name Is.'
The shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir joined, forming the largest artificial satellite to orbit the earth.
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake dubbed the 'Sierra Madre Earthquake' occurred in South California and caused around $40 million in damages.
Finnish Armi Kuusela won the first Miss Universe Pageant at Long Beach, California.
The first flight from the West Coast to Hawaii was made by the US Army aircraft, The Bird of Paradise.
Khioniya Guseva attempted to assassinate Grigori Rasputin, believing him to be the antichrist.
The Commissioners of Customs Act was passed in the US.
A fire destroyed Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.
French explorer Jacques Cartier discovered Prince Edward Island, off the coast of Canada.
Sverre was crowned King of Norway.
