The Two Towers, the second of the Lord of the Rings films, was released in theaters.
Adaptation directed by Spike Jonze, starring Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep, premiered.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, directed by Peter Jackson, premiered in New York.
Version 0.1 of the standalone open-source Mozilla Firefox web browser was released.
Kelly Clarkson Becomes the First 'American Idol'.
Eminem won four awards for his hit song Without Me at the 19th MTV Music Video Awards.
American businessman, Steve Fossett completes the first solo around-the-world Balloon Flight.
Africa's worst ever train disaster kills 281.
Steve Fossett takes off on his record-breaking balloon flight.
Action thriller 'The Bourne Identity' movie starring Matt Damon was released.
Eminem released his fourth studio album, 'The Eminem Show.'
A China Airlines jumbo jet breaks apart in mid-air.
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, more commonly known as SpaceX, was founded by Elon Musk.
The Spider-Man film starring Tobey Maguire premiered.
A remake of the original 1996 Resident Evil was released exclusively for GameCube.
The Osbournes reality TV show aired for the first time on MTV.
Michael Jackson accepted the Artist of the Century award in Los Angeles at the American Music Awards.
Rudy Giuliani was named 'Person of the Year' by Time Magazine.
Richard Reid, infamously known as the 'shoe bomber,' attempted to blow up an airplane with explosives in his shoes.
The Fellowship of the Ring, the first Lord of the Rings film, was released in theaters.
Winona Ryder was arrested.
The first Lord of the Rings film installment, 'The Fellowship of the Ring,' directed by Peter Jackson, premiered in London.
HAL Laboratory's Super Smash Bros. Melee was released by Nintendo for the GameCube.
"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" released.
Microsoft entered the video game market with the launch of its first game console, the Xbox.
American Airlines Flight 587 from New York City to the Dominican Republic crashed during takeoff.
The American action drama series '24,' with Keifer Sutherland, premiered on FOX.
J.K. Rowling's first Harry Potter Movie, 'The Philosopher's Stone,' premiered in Leicester Square, London, UK.
The American sci-fi movie 'Donnie Darko' with Jake Gyllenhaal was released in the US.
Apple's iPod hit store shelves.
The benefit concert 'United We Stand' led by Michael Jackson took place to stand up against terrorism.
Capcom released Devil May Cry, a game based loosely on Dante's Divine Comedy.
143 people were killed in a Siberian Airlines plane crash that was shot down by Ukrainian Missiles over the Black Sea.
HBO first aired the American war drama miniseries 'Band of Brothers' by Steven Spielberg.
Kylie Minogue's signature song 'Can't Get You Out of My Head' was released.
An attack on a train during the Angolan Civi War kills about 250 people.
American coming-of-age teen comedy film 'The Princess Diaries' was released.
Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France for the third time in a row.
Japanese animated fantasy movie 'Spirited Away' was released.
Jurassic Park III premiered in Los Angeles, California.
The British TV series 'The Office' first aired on the BBC.
The science Fiction Drama movie 'A.I. Artificial Intelligence' premiered.
32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer from Boulder, Colorado, became the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
A stampede killed 129 people in Ghana.
Swimmer Michael Phelps smashed the world record for the 200-meter butterfly swim at just 15 years old.
Wikipedia was launched.
Jennifer Lopez scored her first UK No.1 single with 'Love Don't Cost A Thing.'
Apple announced iTunes at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco.
The rapper Vanilla Ice was arrested and spent a night in jail after a row with his wife, which led to ripping out her hair.
The ninth Final Fantasy game, Final Fantasy IX, was released for PlayStation.
