The first prisoners arrive in Guantanamo Bay.
Winona Ryder was arrested.
The first Lord of the Rings film installment, 'The Fellowship of the Ring,' directed by Peter Jackson, premiered in London.
Enron files for bankruptcy.
American Airlines Flight 587 from New York City to the Dominican Republic crashed during takeoff.
Australia, Canada, and Turkey announced they would send armed forces to Afghanistan.
Patriot Act comes into effect in the US.
NASA's Galileo spacecraft skimmed by Jupiter's moon, Lo, at just 112 miles (180 km).
U.S.‑led attack on Afghanistan begins.
143 people were killed in a Siberian Airlines plane crash that was shot down by Ukrainian Missiles over the Black Sea.
American President, George W. Bush Declares War on Terror.
The New York Stock Exchange reopened for trading after the September 11 attacks.
Two planes crashed into the World Trade Towers in New York City.
An attack on a train during the Angolan Civi War kills about 250 people.
George W. Bush renewed the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act (ILSA) for an additional five years.
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.
NASA's Atlantis space shuttle took off from the John F. Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-104.
World's First Self-Contained Artificial Heart Transplant.
32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer from Boulder, Colorado, became the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
24 die in the Jerusalem wedding hall disaster.
French Taubira law officially recognized the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.
A stampede killed 129 people in Ghana.
Mercy killings become legal in the Netherlands.
NASA launched the 2001 Mars Odyssey space probe from Cape Canaveral.
Slobodan Milošević is arrested.
The Netherlands became the first country in the world to allow same-sex marriage.
Russia's Mir Space Station was deorbited over the South Pacific Ocean.
A Real IRA car bomb exploded in front of the BBC's headquarters in London, injuring one person.
NASA's NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft became the first space probe to land on an asteroid when it touched down on 433 Eros.
A US submarine collided with a Japanese high-school fishing training ship off the coast of Hawaii.
A massive earthquake hits Gujarat, India.
Jennifer Lopez scored her first UK No.1 single with 'Love Don't Cost A Thing.'
An earthquake devastates El Salvador.
The Texas Seven held up a sports store.
The 101st Space Shuttle mission, STS-97, successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center.
Canada's second-largest city, Montreal, started dumping untreated waste in the Saint Lawrence River.
Hilary Clinton made history when she became the first-ever First Lady to win a seat for the Democrats in the Senate.
Soyuz TM-31 was launched, carrying the first crew to reside long-term on the International Space Station.
NASA launched STS-92 to the International Space Station, which became the 100th Space Shuttle mission.
Bulldozer Revolution in former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
The 2000 Summer Olympic Games opened in Sydney, Australia.
President Kim Dae-jung of South Korea met North Korea's Kim Jong-il for the first inter-Korea summit.
In London, the Millenium Bridge closed for safety checks following large crowds, which caused the bridge to start swaying.
The South Lebanon Conflict, which began in 1985, ended on this day, and Lebanon became liberated.
Vladimir Putin was inaugurated as President of Russia.
Vladimir Putin is elected President of Russia.
The dotcom bubble bursts when the NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5408.60.
Amazon opened its first Amazon Go Grocery store in Seattle, Washington.
