General Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
US Airways Flight 1549 landed on the Hudson River, NYC.
Delta Air Lines merged with Northwest.
Morgan Freeman's car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.
Danica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an Indy car race.
The Gordon Ramsay Plane Food restaurant opened within terminal 5 at London Heathrow Airport.
The Madrid Barajas International Airport was bombed.
The Airbus A380 passenger airliner successfully underwent its maiden flight.
Steve Fossett completed the first around the world airplane solo non-stop journey.
France revealed the world's largest commercial aircraft, nicknamed the superjumbo.
The last Concorde to ever fly made a lap of honor over the English channel.
A world record commercial railway train speed of 311 mph (500 kph) was achieved by Shanghai Transrapid Railway Systems.
The final commercial Concorde flight took place between New York and London Heathrow.
Volkswagen stopped production of the old VW Beetle.
Tesla Motors was incorporated in Palo Alto, California, US.
The Columbia space shuttle took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for its final time.
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.
A China Airlines jumbo jet breaks apart in mid-air.
American Airlines Flight 587 from New York City to the Dominican Republic crashed during takeoff.
143 people were killed in a Siberian Airlines plane crash that was shot down by Ukrainian Missiles over the Black Sea.
An attack on a train during the Angolan Civi War kills about 250 people.
Alaska Airlines flight 261 crashes into the sea.
EgyptAir Flight 990 crashed off the Eastern coast of the US, killing all 217 people aboard.
Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia, officially opened.
A strike began at a General Motors parts factory.
101 people die in the Eschede train disaster.
The US Congress changed the name of the Washington National Airport to the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Korean Air Flight 801 crashed while approaching Guam airport, killing 229 of the 254 people aboard.
A series of unidentified lights appear over Phoenix, Arizona.
ValuJet flight 592 crashes into the Florida Everglades shortly after takeoff.
A Boeing 737 crashes in the Andes, killing all 123 on board.
The crash of a Boeing 757 aircraft leaves no survivors.
Japanese terrorists release poisonous gas in the Tokyo subway.
Passenger ferry Estonia sinks, killing 852.
The world's largest twinjet (Boeing 777) takes off on its maiden flight.
Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashed in South Korea.
A Boeing 727 crashed into a mountain in Medellin, Colombia.
The Airbus A330 had its first test flight.
Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashes while approaching Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Air Inter Flight 148 crashed in the Vosges Mountains in France while circling to land at Strasbourg Airport.
Pan American World Airways ceased operations.
A Faucett Perú 727 airliner disappeared without a trace off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
An arson attack on the passenger ferry 'Scandinavian Star' kills 159.
The Stealth Bomber makes its debut.
A Surinam Airways jet crashes on landing in Paramaribo.
Mike Tyson received his second speeding ticket while drag racing his Lamborghini in Albany, New York.
A Boeing 747 jumbo jet rips open over the Pacific Ocean.
Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Scotland.
