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Section: February (2):
February 7 β Abdullah II inherits the throne of Jordan, following the death of his father King Hussein.
February 11 β Pluto moves along its eccentric orbit further from the Sun than Neptune. It had been nearer than Neptune since 1979, and will become again in 2231.
February 12 β U.S. President Bill Clinton is acquitted in impeachment proceedings in the United States Senate.
February 16
In Uzbekistan, an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov takes place at government headquarters.
Across Europe, Kurdish protestors take over embassies and hold hostages after Turkey arrests one of their rebel leaders, Abdullah Γcalan.
February 23
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Γcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
1999 GaltΓΌr avalanche: An avalanche destroys the village of GaltΓΌr, Austria, killing 31.
February 27 β While trying to circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon, Colin Prescot and Andy Elson set a new endurance record after being aloft for 233 hours and 55 minutes.
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1999_2
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Section: March (2):
March 1
One of four bombs detonated in Lusaka, Zambia, destroys the Angolan Embassy.
Rwandan Hutu rebels kill and dismember eight foreign tourists at the Buhoma homestead, Uganda.
The Ottawa Treaty comes into force.
March 12 β Former Warsaw Pact members Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic join NATO.
March 15 β The Santer Commission of the EU resigns over allegations of corruption.
March 21
Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
The 71st Academy Awards are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles with Shakespeare in Love winning Best Picture.
March 24
NATO launches air strikes against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign state.
A fire in the Mont Blanc Tunnel kills 39 people, closing the tunnel for nearly three years.
March 26 β The Melissa virus attacks the Internet.
March 27 β Kosovo War: A U.S. Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk is shot down by Yugoslav forces.
March 29 β For the first time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark, at 10,006.78.
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Section: April (2):
April 1 β Nunavut, an Inuit homeland, is created from the eastern portion of the Northwest Territories to become Canada's third territory.
April 5
Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 are handed over to Scottish authorities for eventual trial in the Netherlands. The United Nations suspends sanctions against Libya.
In Laramie, Wyoming, Russell Henderson pleads guilty to kidnapping and felony murder, in order to avoid a possible death penalty conviction for the apparent hate crime killing of Matthew Shepard.
April 7 β Kosovo War: Kosovo's main border crossings are closed by Yugoslav forces to prevent Kosovo Albanians from leaving.
April 9 β Ibrahim BarΓ© MaΓ―nassara, president of Niger, is assassinated.
April 14 β Kosovo War: NATO warplanes repeatedly bomb ethnic Albanian refugee convoys for 2 hours over a 12-mile stretch of road, after mistaking them for Yugoslav military trucks, between Δakovica and DeΔani in western Kosovo, killing at least 73 refugees.
April 20 β Columbine High School massacre: Two Littleton, Colorado, teenagers, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, open fire on their teachers and classmates, killing 12 students and 1 teacher, and then themselves.
April 24 β Namibian Economic Society is founded.
April 26
Sultan Salahuddin of Selangor becomes the 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
British TV presenter Jill Dando, 37, is shot dead on the doorstep of her home in Fulham, London.
April 30 β Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), bringing the total members to 10.
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Section: May (2):
May 3 β 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak: a devastating tornado, rated F5 on the Fujita scale, hits southern and eastern Oklahoma City metropolitan area, killing 36 people (and 5 indirectly) and producing the highest winds recorded on Earth: 301 Β± 20 mph (484 Β± 32 km/h).
May 7
Kosovo War: in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, three Chinese embassy workers are killed and twenty others wounded when a NATO B-2 aircraft bombs the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade.
In Guinea-Bissau, President JoΓ£o Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.
May 12 β David Steel becomes the first Presiding Officer (Speaker) of the modern Scottish Parliament.
May 13 β Carlo Azeglio Ciampi is elected President of Italy.
May 14βJune 20 β The 1999 Cricket World Cup is held in England, (some matches in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the Netherlands), with Australia defeating Pakistan in the final.
May 17 β Ehud Barak is elected prime minister of Israel.
May 26
Kargil War: The Indian Air Force launches an attack on intruding Pakistan Army troops and mujahideen militants in Kashmir.
The 1999 UEFA Champions League final takes place at the Camp Nou Stadium, Barcelona, in which the English side Manchester United defeats the German side Bayern Munich 2β1.
May 27
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan MiloΕ‘eviΔ and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-96, the first shuttle mission to dock with the International Space Station.
May 28
Two Swedish police officers are wounded by bank robbers armed with automatic firearms, and later executed with their own service pistols in Malexander, Sweden.
After 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is placed back on display in Milan, Italy.
May 29 β Nigeria terminates military rule, and the Fourth Nigerian Republic is established with Olusegun Obasanjo as president.
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Section: June (2):
June 1 β Napster, a music downloading service, is created; it would later inspire other file-sharing sites such as The Pirate Bay, LimeWire, Gnutella, Kazaa, Morpheus, BearShare, and ΞTorrent 1999-2010 period which some called the "Second Golden Age of Piracy".
June 2 β The King of Bhutan allows television transmissions to commence in the Kingdom for the first time, coinciding with the King's Silver Jubilee.
June 5 β The Islamic Salvation Army, the armed wing of the Islamic Salvation Front, agrees in principle to disband in Algeria.
June 8 β The government of Colombia announces it will include the estimated value of the country's illegal drug crops, exceeding half a billion US dollars, in its gross national product.
June 9 β Kosovo War: Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty to end their hostilities.
June 10 β Kosovo War: NATO suspends its airstrikes after Slobodan MiloΕ‘eviΔ agrees to withdraw Yugoslav forces from Kosovo.
June 12 β Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian/Operation Agricola begins: NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping forces KFOR enter Kosovo, Yugoslavia.
June 16 β Thabo Mbeki is inaugurated as the second president of South Africa, marking the first peaceful transfer of executive power in the country's post-democratization history.
June 18 β The J18 international anti-globalization protests are organized in dozens of cities around the world, some of which led to riots.
June 19 β Turin, Italy, is awarded the 2006 Winter Olympics.
June 24 β Kosovo War: NATO marines shoot three gunmen in Kosovo, Yugoslavia after being attacked by the latter, killing one of them and injuring the other two.
June 25 β Bosnia and Herzegovina gets a new national anthem.
June 30 β Twenty-three people die in a fire at the Sealand Youth Training Center in South Korea.
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Section: July (2):
July 1 β Europol (short for European Police Office) the European Union's criminal intelligence agency becomes fully operational.
July 7 β In Rome, Hicham El Guerrouj runs the fastest mile ever recorded, at 3:43.13.
July 10 β American soccer player Brandi Chastain scores the game winning penalty kick against China in the final of the FIFA Women's World Cup.
July 11 β India recaptures Kargil, forcing the Pakistani army to retreat. India announces victory, ending the 2-month conflict.
July 15 β T-Mobile Park (formerly known as Safeco Field) opens for the first time.
July 16 β John F. Kennedy Jr. dies in a plane crash off of Martha's Vineyard.
July 18 β MLB Pitcher David Cone of the New York Yankees, throws the 16th perfect game in Major League Baseball history.
July 20
Mercury program: Liberty Bell 7 β piloted by Gus Grissom in 1961 β is raised from the Atlantic Ocean.
Falun Gong is banned in the People's Republic of China under Jiang Zemin.
July 22β25 β Woodstock '99 was held in Rome, New York at former Griffiss Air Force Base, which was marred with difficult environmental conditions, poor sanitation, overpriced food and water, looting, violence, rapes, riots and several deaths.
July 23
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is launched.
Mohammed VI of Morocco becomes king upon the death of his father Hassan II.
Fourteen Kosovar Serb villagers are killed by ethnic Albanian gunmen in the village of Staro GraΔko.
July 27 β Twenty-one people die in a canyoning disaster at the Saxetenbach Gorge near Interlaken, Switzerland.
July 31 β NASA intentionally crashes the Lunar Prospector spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the lunar surface.
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Section: August (2):
August 7 β Dagestan incursions: Hundreds of Chechen guerrillas invade the Russian republic of Dagestan, triggering the short war.
August 10 β The Atlantique incident occurs as an intruding Pakistan Navy plane is shot down in India, sparking tensions between the two nations, a month after the end of the Kargil War.
August 11 β A total solar eclipse is seen in Europe and Asia.
August 17 β The 7.6 Mwβ― Δ°zmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving more than 17,000 dead and around 50,000 injured.
August 19 β In Belgrade, tens of thousands of Yugoslavs rally to demand the resignation of Yugoslav President Slobodan MiloΕ‘eviΔ.
August 30 β East Timor votes for independence from Indonesia (which had invaded and occupied it since 1975) in a referendum.
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Section: September (2):
September 3 β 1999 Ontario Highway 401 crash occurs, involving 87 vehicles and killing 8.
September 7 β The 6.0 Mwβ― Athens earthquake hits with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 143, injuring 800β1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless.
September 8 β The first of a series of Russian apartment bombings occurs. Subsequent bombings occur on September 13 and 16, while a bombing on September 22 fails.
September 12 β Under international pressure to allow an international peacekeeping force, Indonesian president BJ Habibie announces that he will do so.
September 14 β Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
September 20 β Start of the Greek stock market crash of 1999.
September 21 β The 7.7 Mwβ― 921 earthquake (also known as the Jiji earthquake) affects central Taiwan with a maximum Mercali intensity of X (Extreme) leaving 2,400 people dead and more than 11,000 injured.
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Section: October (2):
October
Conacami (National Confederation of Peruvian Communities Affected by Mining) is established to protect indigenous rights.
NASA loses one of its probes, the Mars Climate Orbiter.
October 1 β Shanghai Pudong International Airport opens in China, taking over all international flights from Hongqiao.
October 5 β Thirty-one people die in the Ladbroke Grove rail crash, west of London, England.
October 12
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif attempts to dismiss Army Chief General Pervez Musharraf, who is out of the country. The generals lead a coup d'Γ©tat, ousting Sharif's administration, and Musharraf takes control of the government.
Murder of BjΓΆrn SΓΆderberg in Stockholm, Sweden by neo-fascists.
October 25 β Telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea debuts on RCN TelevisiΓ³n in Colombia. It will give rise to Ugly Betty and at least a dozen other versions worldwide.
October 27 β Armenian parliament shooting: Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Parliament Chairman Karen Demirchyan, and six other members.
October 29 β 1999 Odisha cyclone: A super cyclonic storm impacts Orissa, India, killing approximately 10,000 people.
October 30 β 1999 Incheon bar fire: A bar catches fire in Incheon, South Korea, killing 56 people.
October 31
EgyptAir Flight 990, travelling from New York City to Cairo, crashes off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts killing all 217 on board.
The Catholic Church and several Lutheran Church leaders sign the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, attempting to resolve a centuries-old doctrinal dispute over the nature of faith and salvation.
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Section: November (2):
November 6 β Australians defeat a referendum proposing the replacement of the Queen and the Governor General with a President to make Australia a republic.
November 12 β The 7.2 Mwβ― DΓΌzce earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 845 people are killed and almost 5,000 are injured.
November 20 β China launches the first Shenzhou spacecraft.
November 23 β The National Assembly of Kuwait revokes a 1985 law that granted women's suffrage.
November 26 β The 7.5 Mwβ― Ambrym earthquake shakes Vanuatu and a destructive tsunami follows, killing 10 and injuring 40.
November 27 β The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand Government, with leader Helen Clark becoming the second female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history.
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Section: December (2):
December 3
After rowing for 81 days and 5,486 kilometers (2,962 nautical miles), Tori Murden becomes the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by rowboat alone, when she reaches Guadeloupe from the Canary Islands.
NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander, moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
December 5 β Bolivian municipal elections, the first election contested by Evo Morales' Movimiento al Socialismo.
December 18 β NASA launches the Terra platform into orbit, carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.
December 20 β Handover of Macau from the Portuguese Republic to the People's Republic of China after 442 years of Portuguese rule in the settlement.
December 26 β Cyclone Lothar kills 140 people as it crosses France, southern Germany, and Switzerland.
December 27 β A day after Cyclone Lothar, Cyclone Martin causes additional damage throughout France, Spain, Switzerland and Italy, including an emergency due to flooding at the Blayais Nuclear Power Plant.
December 31 β Boris Yeltsin resigns as president of Russia, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting president.
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2000_0
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2000 (MM) was a century leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2000th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 1000th and last year of the 2nd millennium, the 100th and last year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 2000s decade.
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Section: January (2):
January 1
Millennium celebrations are held around the world to celebrate the beginning of the 3rd millennium.
The year 2000 problem, a time formatting and storage bug, takes effect, but is successfully mitigated in many cases.
January 6 β The last naturally conceived Pyrenean ibex is found dead, apparently killed by a falling tree.
January 10 β America Online announces an agreement to purchase Time Warner for $162 billion (the largest-ever corporate merger).
January 14
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 11,722.98 (at the peak of the Dot-com bubble).
The United Nations' International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia sentences five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years in prison for the 1993 killing of more than 100 Bosnian Muslims.
January 30 β Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes off the Ivory Coast into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169 people.
January 31 β Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashes off the California coast into the Pacific Ocean; all 88 passengers and crew are killed.
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Section: February (2):
February 5
Second Chechen War: Novye Aldi massacre β Russian forces summarily execute 56β60 civilians in a suburb of Grozny.
2000 Six Nations Championship in rugby union opens, the first year in which Italy takes part.
February 6 β Second Chechen War: Battle of Grozny (1999β2000) ends as Russian forces conclude capture of the Chechen capital Grozny.
February 9 β Torrential rains in Africa led to the worst flooding in Mozambique in 50 years, which lasted until March and killed 800 people.
February 13 β Final Peanuts comic is printed in newspapers, preceded by author Charles M. Schulz's death the night before. It was the most popular comic strip in history, running for 50 years.
February 17 β Microsoft releases Windows 2000.
February 21 β UNESCO holds the inaugural celebration of International Mother Language Day.
February 29 β A rare century leap year date occurs. Usually, century years are common years due to not being exactly divisible by 400. 2000 is the first such year to have a February 29 since the year 1600, making it only the second such occasion since the Gregorian Calendar was introduced in 1582. The next such leap year will occur in 2400.
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Section: March (2):
March 4 β Sony releases the PlayStation 2 in Japan to compete with the Dreamcast. It launches in other countries later in the year.
March 10 β The NASDAQ Composite Index reaches an all-time high of 5,048. Two weeks later, the NASDAQ-100, S&P 500, and Wilshire 5000 reach their peaks prior to the Dot-com bubble, ending a bull market run that had lasted over 17 years.
March 12
Pope John Paul II apologizes for the wrongdoings by members of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the ages.
A Zenit-3SL sea launch fails due to a software bug.
March 13 β The United States dollar becomes the official currency of Ecuador, replacing the Ecuadorian sucre.
March 17 β Uganda mass suicide: 778 members of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God die in Uganda.
March 26 β 2000 Russian presidential election: Vladimir Putin is elected President of Russia.
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Section: April (2):
April 19 β Air Philippines Flight 541, an Boeing 737-200, crashes during approach at Davao City, Philippines, killing 131 people. making it the deadliest air disaster in Philippines.
April 30 β Canonization of Polish Catholic sister Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.
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Section: May (2):
May 1 β A new class of composite material is fabricated, which has a combination of physical properties never before seen in a natural or human-made material.
May 4 β The 7.6 Mw Central Sulawesi earthquake affects Banggai, Indonesia, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), leaving 46 dead and 264 injured.
May 5
After originating in the Philippines, the ILOVEYOU computer virus spreads quickly throughout the world.
A rare conjunction of seven celestial bodies (Sun, Moon, planets MercuryβSaturn) occurs during the new moon.
May 11 β India's population reaches 1 billion.
May 13
A fireworks factory disaster in Enschede, Netherlands, kills 23.
Millennium Force opens at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio as the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster
May 24 β Real Madrid C.F. defeats Valencia CF 3β0 in the UEFA Champions League Final at Stade de France to win their second title between 1998 and 2002, and their eighth overall.
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Section: June (2):
June 4 β The 7.9 Mwβ― Enggano earthquake shakes southwestern Sumatra, killing 103 people and injuring at least 2,174.
June 10βJuly 2 β Belgium and the Netherlands jointly host the UEFA Euro 2000 football tournament, which is won by France.
June 17 β A centennial earthquake (6.5 on the Richter scale) hits Iceland on its national day.
June 21 β Another earthquake hits Iceland further west than the previous quake.
June 26 β A preliminary draft of genomes, as part of the Human Genome Project, is finished. It is announced at the White House by President Clinton.
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Section: July (2):
July 1 β The Γresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden is officially opened for traffic.
July 2 β France defeats Italy 2β1 after extra time in the final of the UEFA Euro 2000 Championship in Association football, becoming the first team to win the World Cup and European Championship consecutively.
July 2 β Vicente Fox of the National Action Party (PAN) is elected President of Mexico, becoming the first president not from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) since 1929.
July 7 β The draft assembly of Human Genome Project is announced at the White House by US President Bill Clinton, Francis Collins, and Craig Venter.
July 10 β In southern Nigeria, a leaking petroleum pipeline explodes, killing about 250 villagers who were scavenging gasoline.
July 11β25 β A summit meeting takes place at Camp David between United States president Bill Clinton, Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat, ending without an agreement.
July 14 β A powerful solar flare, later named the Bastille Day event, causes a geomagnetic storm on Earth.
July 25 β 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.
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Section: August (2):
August 8 β The US Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor.
August 12 β The Russian submarine Kursk sinks in the Barents Sea during one of the largest Russian naval exercises since the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union, resulting in the deaths of all 118 men on board.
August 14 β Tsar Nicholas II and his family are canonized by the synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Section: September (2):
September 1 β The Nokia 3310 mobile phone is released.
September 6 β The last wholly Swedish-owned arms manufacturer, Bofors, is sold to American arms manufacturer United Defense.
September 6β8 β World leaders attend the Millennium Summit at U.N. Headquarters.
September 7β14 β Fuel protests in the United Kingdom, with refineries blockaded and supply to the country's network of petrol stations halted.
September 13 β Steve Jobs introduces the Mac OS X Public Beta for US $29.95.
September 14 β Microsoft releases Windows Me.
September 15βOctober 1 β The 2000 Summer Olympics, held in Sydney, Australia, is the first Olympic Games of the 2000s.
September 16 β Ukrainian journalist Georgiy Gongadze is last seen alive; this day is taken as the commemoration date of his death.
September 26 β The Greek ferry Express Samina sinks off the coast of the island of Paros; 80 out of a total of over 500 passengers perish in one of Greece's worst sea disasters.
September 28 β Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon visits the Temple Mount in East Jerusalem, sparking an uprising that becomes the Second Intifada.
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Section: October (2):
October 3 β Approximate start of Autumn 2000 Western Europe floods (particularly affecting the UK), precipitated by days of heavy rain.
October 5 β Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Yugoslavia's president Slobodan MiloΕ‘eviΔ.
October 11 β 250 million US gallons (950,000 m3) of coal sludge spill in Martin County, Kentucky, United States (considered a greater environmental disaster than the Exxon Valdez oil spill).
October 12 β In Aden, Yemen, USS Cole is badly damaged by two Al-Qaeda suicide bombers, who place a small boat laden with explosives alongside the United States Navy destroyer, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
October 17 β Hatfield rail crash: A Great North Eastern Railway Intercity 225 express train is derailed, killing four people and injuring many others, in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England.
October 22
The Mainichi Shimbun newspaper exposes Japanese archeologist Shinichi Fujimura as a fraud; Japanese archaeologists had based their treatises on his findings.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and Singaporean Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong formally negotiate a Japan-Singapore Economic Agreement for a New Age Partnership (JSEPA).
October 26 β Pakistani authorities announce that their police have found an apparent mummy of an alleged Persian Princess in the province of Balochistan, Pakistan. The governments of Iran, Pakistan as well as the Taliban of Afghanistan all claim the mummy until Pakistan announces it is a modern-day forgery in April 2001.
October 31
Soyuz TM-31 is launched, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been continuously crewed since.
Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collides with construction equipment in the Chiang Kai Shek International Airport, resulting in 83 deaths.
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Section: November (2):
November 2 β Expedition 1 to the International Space Station begins.
November 7 β 2000 United States presidential election: No winner can be declared, prompting a controversial recount in Florida.
November 11 β Kaprun disaster, Austria: A funicular fire in an Alpine tunnel kills 155 skiers and snowboarders.
November 12 β The United States recognizes the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
November 15 β Bihar is divided into two parts (by the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000) and Jharkhand, the 28th state of India, is created. Hence, this day is celebrated as Jharkhand Foundation Day.
November 20 β Alberto Fujimori, President of Peru, faxes his resignation from a hotel room in Japan, having fled Peru after facing corruption charges. Fujimori would be officially removed from office by Congress on the 22nd.
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Section: December (2):
December 7 β Kadisoka temple is discovered in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
December 12 β Bush v. Gore: The United States Supreme Court rules that the recount of the 2000 presidential election in Florida should be halted and the original results be certified, thus making George W. Bush the winner of the U.S. presidential election.
December 15 β The third and final reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down and the station is shut down completely.
December 24 β The Christmas Eve bombings in several churches in Indonesia kill 18 people.
December 25 β The Luoyang Christmas fire at a shopping center in China kills 309 people.
December 31 β The 20th century and 2nd millennium conclude.
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2001_0
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2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2001st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 1st year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2000s decade.
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Section: January (2):
January 1 β Greece becomes the 12th country to join the Eurozone.
January 7 β Ghana undergoes its first peaceful transfer of power since 1979 when John Kufuor is sworn in as President of Ghana.
January 9 β Apple Inc. launches iTunes, a software program that acts as a media player and media library.
January 13 β A 7.6-magnitude earthquake hits El Salvador, killing at least 944 people and causing massive landslides, which leaves thousands of those affected homeless.
January 16
Assassination of Laurent-DΓ©sirΓ© Kabila: The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is shot in his office during the Second Congo War and rushed to Harare in Zimbabwe for medical treatment; his death will be announced two days later. He is succeeded by his son, Joseph Kabila.:β29β
The final documented case of the 2000β2001 Uganda ebola outbreak is diagnosed.
January 20
George W. Bush, a former governor of Texas, is sworn in as the 43rd president of the United States.
Impeachment proceedings against Philippine President Joseph Estrada end prematurely as he is peacefully overthrown in the Second EDSA Revolution. Vice President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo succeeds him as president.
January 21
Taba Summit: Talks between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority begin in Egypt.
Pope John Paul II names 37 cardinals in one day for a total of 128.:β469β
January 22 β The 2001 insurgency in Macedonia begins when a police station is shelled by the National Liberation Army in Tearce, near the border with Kosovo.
January 23 β A self-immolation incident takes place in Tiananmen Square in central Beijing, China. Five members of the Falun Gong are alleged to have set themselves on fire, but details surrounding the incident are disputed by Falun Gong sources.
January 26 β A 7.7 Mw Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving thousands of people dead and more than 166,000 others injured.
January 29 β Corruption scandals surrounding Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid prompt thousands of protesters to storm the Indonesian parliament building.
January 31 β 2001 Japan Airlines mid-air incident: Japan Airlines Flight 907 and Flight 958 almost collided with each other in Yaizu, Shizuoka, Japan. Flight 907 safely landed at Narita Airport and Flight 958 continued to Naha Airport. 100 people were injured.
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Section: February (2):
February 6 β 2001 Israeli prime ministerial election: Ariel Sharon of the Likud party is elected Prime Minister of Israel.
February 12
The NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, a near-Earth object, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.:β474β475β
The Human Genome Project publishes the first draft of its human genome sequence.
February 13 β A 6.6-magnitude earthquake hits El Salvador, killing at least 315 people.
February 16 β Iraq disarmament crisis: British and U.S. forces carry out bombing raids to disable Iraq's air defense network.
February 18 β NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt is killed in a crash during the Daytona 500.:β316β
February 19 β The 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak begins.
February 22 β The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) sentences three Bosnian Serb soldiers to prison for wartime sexual violence, recognizing it as a war crime for the first time.
February 25 β Sampit conflict: Mass ethnic violence begins in Sampit, Indonesia, killing hundreds of people.
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Section: March (2):
March 2 β Despite pleas from the international community to spare them, the Taliban government of Afghanistan begins destroying the Buddhas of Bamiyan, having declared that they are idols.
March 4 β The Hintze Ribeiro Bridge collapses in northern Portugal, killing 59 people.
March 14 β Battle of Tetovo: Violence erupts between Albanian rebels and Macedonian soldiers in Tetovo. Conflict in Tetovo will continue for months during the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia.
March 16 β Shijiazhuang bombings: 108 people are killed in a series of bombings in Shijiazhuang, China.
March 22
Kenyanthropus is described as an early hominid after the discovery of remains in Kenya.
Incheon International Airport opens in Incheon, South Korea.:β166β
March 23 β The deorbit of Russian space station Mir is processed, with debris falling into the South Pacific Ocean after the station enters the atmosphere and is destroyed.:β126β
March 24 β Apple Inc. released the Mac OS X operating system for Mac computers.:β176β
March 26 β World Championship Wrestling goes out of business and is purchased by its chief competitor, the World Wrestling Federation, bringing an end to the Monday Night Wars.
March 28 β The United States declares its intention to end involvement in the Kyoto Protocol.
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Section: April (2):
April 1
The Act on the Opening up of Marriage goes into effect in the Netherlands, which becomes the first modern country to legalize same-sex marriage.
Hainan Island incident: A Chinese fighter jet collides with a U.S. EP-3E surveillance aircraft, which is forced to make an emergency landing in Hainan, China. The U.S. crew is detained for 10 days and the F-8 Chinese pilot, Wang Wei, goes missing and is presumed dead.
Former President of Serbia and Montenegro Slobodan MiloΕ‘eviΔ surrenders to police special forces to be tried on charges of crimes against humanity.:β230β
April 7 β The NASA orbiter 2001 Mars Odyssey launches on a Delta II rocket.
April 11 β Australia's football team wins against American Samoa in a record 31β0 victory, just two days after setting the record with a 0β22 victory against Tonga.
April 15 β Extreme Championship Wrestling files for bankruptcy and ceases operations, is eventually bought by its competitor, the World Wrestling Federation.
April 17
NΓ΄ng Δα»©c MαΊ‘nh is chosen as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
Israel occupies an area in the Gaza Strip, killing two people. Israeli forces withdraw the same day after the United States denounces the attack.
April 18 β 2001 Burundian coup d'Γ©tat attempt: A group of junior officers make a failed attempt to overthrow President Pierre Buyoya of Burundi.:β218β
April 22 β Hasim Rahman wins an upset victory against champion Lennox Lewis in the "Thunder in Africa" boxing match.:β536β
April 25 β A ceasefire is broken during the Eelam War III in Sri Lanka.:β51β
April 26
Junichiro Koizumi becomes the 86th Prime Minister of Japan.
The Parliament of Ukraine votes to dismiss Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko.
April 28
The Russian spacecraft Soyuz TM-32 lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying the first space tourist, American entrepreneur Dennis Tito, and two Russian cosmonauts.
Vejce ambush: Eight Macedonian soldiers are killed in an ambush by the NLA near Vejce, a village in the Ε ar Mountains, Macedonia. It represents the heaviest death toll for the government forces in a single incident during the insurgency.
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May 7 β In Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, an attempt is made to reconstruct the historic 16th-century Ferhadija Mosque. Serbian nationalists respond with riots and mass violence against Bosnian Muslims.
May 13 β The House of Freedoms coalition led by Silvio Berlusconi wins the Italian general election.
May 18 β 2001 HaSharon Mall suicide bombing: A Hamas suicide bomber kills six people in Netanya, Israel. The Israeli government responds with the first use of airstrikes against Palestine since 1967.
May 21 β The KonΔulj Agreement results in the disarmament of the Liberation Army of PreΕ‘evo, MedveΔa and Bujanovac, ending the Insurgency in the PreΕ‘evo Valley.
May 22
28978 Ixion, a large trans-Neptunian object and a possible dwarf planet, is discovered during the Deep Ecliptic Survey.
The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is adopted by 127 countries to limit pollution internationally.:β491β
May 24 β Sherpa Temba Tsheri, 15, becomes the youngest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
May 26 β The African Union is formed to replace the Organisation of African Unity. It will begin operation the following year.
May 28 β 2001 Central African Republic coup d'Γ©tat attempt: Central African forces led by AndrΓ© Kolingba carry out a failed attempt to overthrow the government of the Central African Republic. Dozens are killed in the ensuing violence.:β249β
May 31
Lithuania joins the World Trade Organization.
Research into Crohn's disease confirms that it is identified with mutation of the NOD2 gene.
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Section: June (2):
June 1
Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal kills his father, the king, his mother and other members of the royal family with an assault rifle and then shoots himself in the Nepalese royal massacre. Dipendra is recognized as King of Nepal while in a coma.:β72β73β
Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 people, mostly teenagers, in the Dolphinarium disco in Tel Aviv, Israel.
June 4 β Gyanendra ascends the throne of Nepal on the death of his nephew, Dipendra.
June 5 β Tropical Storm Allison hits the U.S. state of Texas, severely flooding Houston and killing 23 people.
June 7
2001 United Kingdom general election: Tony Blair and the Labour Party win a second landslide victory.
Former Argentinian president Carlos Menem is arrested on suspicion of illegal arms sales.
June 12 β AraΔinovo crisis: Albanian rebels violate a 24-hour cease fire with Macedonian soldiers.
June 15 β Declaration to establish the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is signed.
June 19
Syria withdraws thousands of forces from a decades-long military presence in Beirut, Lebanon.
Germany enacts a program to compensate Holocaust survivors that were subject to slave labor.
June 21 β The world's longest train is run by BHP Iron Ore between Newman and Port Hedland in Western Australia (a distance of 275 km or 171 mi); the train consists of 682 loaded iron ore wagons and 8 GE AC6000CW locomotives, giving a gross weight of almost 100,000 tonnes and moves 82,262 tonnes of ore; the train is 7.353 km (4.569 mi) long.
June 23 β An 8.4 Mw southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami follows, leaving at least 77 people dead, and 2,687 others injured.
June 25 β Alkhan-Kala operation: Russian forces carry out a zachistka operation in Alkhan-Kala, Grozny, Chechnya, during the Second Chechen War. Chechen warlord Arbi Barayev is killed.
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Section: July (2):
July β The largest ever recorded outbreak of Legionnaires' disease occurs in Murcia, Spain. 449 cases are confirmed, with more than 800 suspected ones.
July 2 β The world's first self-contained artificial heart is implanted in Robert Tools in the United States.
July 4 β Vladivostok Air Flight 352 crashes on approach while landing at Irkutsk Airport, Russia, killing all 145 people aboard.
July 7 β 2001 Bradford riots: Ethnic violence is provoked in Bradford, England, by the far-right National Front and far-left Anti-Nazi League.
July 12 β The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases its Third Assessment Report.:β213β
July 13 β The International Olympic Committee chooses Beijing to host the 2008 Summer Olympics.
July 14 β Agra Summit: India and Pakistan begin talks to improve relations. The summit ends inconclusively on July 16.
July 16 β China and Russia sign the 2001 Sino-Russian Treaty of Friendship.
July 20β22 β The 27th G8 summit takes place in Genoa, Italy. Massive demonstrations, drawing an estimated 200,000 people, are held against the meeting by members of the anti-globalization movement. One demonstrator, Carlo Giuliani, is killed by a policeman, and several others are injured.
July 23 β Megawati Sukarnoputri is inaugurated as the first female president of Indonesia.
July 24
Bandaranaike Airport attack: The Tamil Tigers bomb the Bandaranaike International Airport in Sri Lanka during the Sri Lankan Civil War.
Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, deposed as the last Tsar of Bulgaria when a child, is sworn in as the democratically elected 48th Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
July 26 β Moldova joins the World Trade Organization.
July 28 β Alejandro Toledo becomes the President of Peru.
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Section: August (2):
August β A ceasefire is negotiated to end the War of the Peters.
August 2 β The ICTY convicts Bosnian Serb general Radislav KrstiΔ on the charge of genocide for his role in the Srebrenica massacre.
August 8
The Genesis probe is launched from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17.
Albanian rebels ambush a convoy of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia near Tetovo, North Macedonia, killing 10 soldiers.
August 9 β A Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem is bombed by a Palestinian Hamas terrorist, killing 15 civilians and injuring 130 others.
August 10
2001 Angola train attack: 252 people are killed by UNITA in an attack on a train during the Angolan Civil War.
The United States and the United Kingdom bomb air force installations in Iraq in response to attacks on American and British planes.
August 13 β Macedonian and Albanian representatives sign the Ohrid Agreement to reduce conflicts during the insurgency.
August 21 β Operation Essential Harvest: NATO sends a military forces to the Republic of Macedonia in response to the ongoing insurgency.
August 25 β 2001 Marsh Harbour Cessna 402 crash: Eight people including singer and actress Aaliyah, and several members of her entourage are killed after their overloaded aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff at Marsh Harbour Airport.
August 28 β A targeted Israeli strike kills PFLP leader Abu Ali Mustafa. Palestinian militants respond by firing on Israeli civilians. Israeli forces occupy Beit Jala, Palestine to combat the militants.
August 31 β The World Conference against Racism 2001 begins in Durban, South Africa. Israel and the United States withdraw three days later, alleging antisemitism in the conference.
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Section: September (2):
September 7 β 2001 Jos riots: Clashes between Christian and Muslim rioters begin in Jos, Nigeria. The conflict will continue until September 17, during which time hundreds of people will be killed.
September 9 β A suicide bomber kills Ahmad Shah Massoud, military commander of the Afghan Northern Alliance.
September 11 β Approximately 2,977 victims are killed or fatally injured in the September 11 attacks after two Boeing 767s, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, are hijacked and crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. Two Boeing 757s, American Airlines Flight 77 and United Airlines Flight 93, are also hijacked. Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon and Flight 93 crashes into grassland in Shanksville, Pennsylvania as a result of passengers fighting to regain control of the airplane. The Twin Towers collapse as a result of the burning jet fuel from the crashes.
September 17 β George W. Bush, president of the United States, delivers remarks at the Islamic Center of Washington praising Muslim Americans and condemning Islamophobia in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.
September 18 β The 2001 anthrax attacks begin in the United States, which cause five fatalities and 17 other infections.
September 19 β Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat forbids Palestinian soldiers from firing on Israeli forces, even in self-defence. Israel agrees to a ceasefire.
September 20 β In an address to a joint session of Congress, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a war on terror, officially the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT).
September 22 β American spacecraft Deep Space 1 flies within 2,200 kilometres (1,400 mi) of Comet Borrelly.
September 27 β Zug massacre: In Zug, Switzerland, a gunman shoots 32 people, killing 14 members of parliament and then himself.
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Section: October (2):
October 1
Jaish-e-Mohammed militants attack the state legislature building in Srinagar, Kashmir, killing 38 people.
3G wireless technology first becomes available when it is adopted by Japanese telecommunications company NTT Docomo.:β182β
October 2 β Swissair, the national airline of Switzerland, seeks bankruptcy protection and grounds its entire fleet, stranding thousands of people worldwide.
October 4
Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 is accidentally shot down by the Ukrainian Air Force over the Black Sea en route from Tel Aviv, Israel, to Novosibirsk, Russia; all 78 people on board are killed.
2001 Kodori crisis: Fighting escalates between Georgia and the breakaway state Abkhazia.
October 7 β United States invasion of Afghanistan: In response to the September 11 attacks, Afghanistan is invaded by a US-led coalition, beginning the War in Afghanistan.:β41β
October 8
2001 Linate Airport runway collision: A twin-engine Cessna and Scandinavian Airlines jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people.
Hurricane Iris hits Belize, causing $250 million (2001 USD) in damage.
October 13 β American scientists create the first successful clone of a human embryo.
October 15 β NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 181 kilometres (112 mi) of Jupiter's moon Io.
October 16 β American planes misidentify and bomb a Red Cross facility in Afghanistan. A similar error occurs again on October 27.
October 17 β Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi: Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi is assassinated by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
October 23
Apple Inc. introduces the iPod, a portable media player and multi-purpose mobile device. The company will sell an estimated 450 million iPod products by May 2022.
The Provisional Irish Republican Army begins disarmament, ending a decades-long conflict in Northern Ireland.
October 24 β The 2001 Mars Odyssey arrives at Mars.
October 25
To avoid connotations with the Rwandan genocide, the government of Rwanda adopts a new national flag for the country.
Microsoft releases the Windows XP operating system to retail.:β175β
October 30 β The Aarhus Convention takes effect, establishing the right to environmental information and environmental justice for European and Central Asian countries.
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Section: November (2):
November β The World Trade Organization begins the Doha Development Round to negotiate lower trade barriers between countries and integrate developing nations into the global economy.
November 1 β An interim government in Burundi begins the peace process for the Burundian Civil War.:β27β
November 4 β Hurricane Michelle hits Cuba, where the storm is the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall on the island in more than 49 years. It is the costliest hurricane in Cuban history to this point with an estimated $2 billion in damage.
November 7 β Sabena, the national airline of Belgium, goes bankrupt.
November 10
2001 Australian federal election: The Coalition government, led by John Howard, is re-elected with a slightly increased majority, defeating the Labor Party led by Kim Beazley.
Fall of Mazar-i-Sharif: American and Northern Alliance forces take Mazar-i-Sharif in the first major offensive of the War in Afghanistan.
November 11 β Two French journalists, Pierre Billaud and Johanne Sutton, and a German colleague, Volker Handloik, are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on their convoy.
November 12
American Airlines Flight 587 crashes in Belle Harbor, Queens, on the Rockaway Peninsula shortly after takeoff, killing all 260 people aboard the plane as well as five people on the ground.
2001 uprising in Herat: Northern Alliance forces take the city of Herat from the Taliban.
November 14
Fall of Kabul: Northern Alliance forces take the Afghan capital Kabul.
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes China with an epicenter near Kokoxili, but it occurs in a sparsely populated mountainous region and there are no casualties.
November 15 β Microsoft enters the gaming console market with the release of the Xbox, a sixth-generation gaming console, in the United States.
November 18 β The Leonids meteor shower occurs in its heaviest concentration in decades as Earth passes through a debris cloud.
November 23 β The Convention on Cybercrime, the first international treaty to address cybercrime, is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
November 27 β A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet HD 209458 b, nicknamed Osiris, by the Hubble Space Telescope. It is the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.
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Section: December (2):
December β Dasht-i-Leili massacre: Hundreds of Taliban prisoners are killed by the forces of Abdul Rashid Dostum.
December 1
The International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty produces a report on responsibility to protect.
A series of bombings in Zion Square are carried out by Hamas. Ten people are killed and hundreds more are injured.
December 2
Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection five days after Dynegy cancels a US$8.4 billion buyout bid (to this point, the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history).
Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing: A Hamas militant carries out a suicide bombing in Haifa, Israel, killing 15 people.
December 3 β The Segway, a self-balancing personal transporter invented by Dean Kamen, is unveiled after months of public speculation and media hype on the ABC News morning program Good Morning America.
December 5 β 2001 Sayyd Alma Kalay airstrike: An American airstrike mistakenly targets a friendly position, killing 11 people in a friendly fire incident.
December 6 β Fall of Kandahar: The Taliban surrenders in Kandahar, its final stronghold.:β42β
December 8 β An ebola outbreak is confirmed in Gabon.
December 11 β China joins the World Trade Organization.
December 13
2001 Indian Parliament attack: Nine people and five terrorists are killed in a terrorist attack in New Delhi, leading to the 2001β2002 IndiaβPakistan standoff.
U.S. President George W. Bush announces the American withdrawal from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
Sirajuddin of Perlis becomes the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the constitutional monarch and head of state of Malaysia.
December 15 β The Leaning Tower of Pisa is reopened to the public after 12 years of reconstruction.
December 17 β Battle of Tora Bora: American forces take Tora Bora, a cave complex and the headquarters of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden escapes during the battle and goes into hiding.
December 19 β A record-high barometric pressure of 1085.6 hPa (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Zavkhan, Mongolia.
December 21 β President Fernando de la RΓΊa of Argentina resigns in response to the riots against Argentina's economic crisis.
December 22
Battle of Amami-Εshima: A Japan Coast Guard ship and an armed North Korean vessel engage in conflict near the Japanese island of Amami Εshima, in the East China Sea. The encounter ends in the sinking of the North Korean vessel that is later determined to have been a spy craft by the Japanese authorities.
Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Northern Alliance, hands over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai.:β43β
December 24 β The Constitution of the Comoros is amended, creating a federal government with a rotating presidency and granting increased autonomy to the three island administrations.
December 27
China is granted permanent normal trade status with the United States.
Tropical Storm Vamei forms within 1.5 degrees of the equator. No other tropical cyclone in recorded history has come as close to the equator.
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2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2002nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 2nd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2000s decade.
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January β Operation Enduring Freedom β Philippines: The Philippines and the United States begin a joint operation to combat Jihadist groups in the Philippines.
January 1 β The Euro is introduced as the official physical currency in the Eurozone countries. The first physical transactions are carried out on RΓ©union. The former currencies of all the countries that use the Euro cease to be legal tender on February 28.
January 6 β The Boston Globe publishes results of an investigation leading to the criminal prosecutions of five Roman Catholic priests and bringing widespread attention to the sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy.
January 16 β The United Nations and Sierra Leone create a joint Special Court for Sierra Leone to prosecute the Revolutionary United Front.
January 17 β Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people.
January 18 β The Sierra Leone Civil War comes to a conclusion with the defeat of the Revolutionary United Front by government forces.
January 19 β In American football, Tom Brady's victory in the Tuck Rule Game causes a national controversy.
January 29 β American president George W. Bush defines an axis of evil consisting of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea in his State of the Union Address.
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Section: February (2):
February 3 β 2002 Afyon earthquake: A 6.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey, killing 41 people and damaging thousands of buildings.
February 5 β NASA launches the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager as part of the Explorers Program.
February 6 β Queen Elizabeth II of the Commonwealth realms celebrates her Golden Jubilee, marking 50 years since her accession to the thrones of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
February 8β24 β The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City, Utah.
February 11
Several Muslim-majority nations ban an issue of Newsweek International when it depicts Muhammad.:β275β
The Catholic Church establishes four new dioceses in Russia, prompting backlash from the Russian Orthodox Church.
February 12
The trial of Slobodan MiloΕ‘eviΔ, the former president of Yugoslavia, begins at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague.
The Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict comes into effect, establishing an international agreement against the use of child soldiers.
February 14
The State of Bahrain is declared a constitutional monarchy and becomes the Kingdom of Bahrain.
The International Court of Justice rules in favor of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 case.
February 19 β NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
February 22 β UNITA guerrilla leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in clashes against government troops led by Angolan President JosΓ© Eduardo dos Santos in Moxico Province, Angola.
February 23
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia kidnap the presidential candidate Γngrid Betancourt, holding her captive for the next six years.
A ceasefire ends Eelam War III in Sri Lanka. It stays in effect until January 2008.
February 25 β Good Morning Afghanistan begins broadcasting over radio in Dari and Pashto, establishing a national news source for Afghanistan.
February 27 β A mob attacks a train near Godhra, India, killing approximately 59 people. The state of Gujarat breaks out into riots, including the Gulbarg Society massacre on February 28 that kills approximately 69 people.
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Section: March (2):
March 1 β The Envisat environmental satellite is launched, with its purpose being the recording of information on environmental change.
March 2β10 β Afghan and coalition troops carry out Operation Anaconda in the Shah-i-Kot Valley, the largest combat operation against Al-Qaeda and the Taliban to that point.
March 3 β Switzerland votes in favor of a referendum to join the United Nations, challenging a long-held tradition of neutrality and isolationism.
March 11 β The Tribute in Light is installed at the World Trade Center site in New York City.
March 25
2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes: A 6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Nahrin, Afghanistan, killing 800 people and leaving 10,000 homeless.
Shenzhou 3 is launched from China.
March 27
A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 30 people and injures 140 others at a hotel in Netanya, Israel.
Nanterre massacre: A man kills eight members of the Nanterre town council in France at the end of a council meeting.:β229β
March 29 β In response to increasingly common attacks by Palestinian militants, Israeli initiates Operation Defensive Shield, a large-scale counter-terrorism operation in the West Bank.
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Section: April (2):
April 1
The South West State of Somalia is established as an autonomous territory in Somalia by Hasan Muhammad Nur Shatigadud.
Battle of Jenin: Israeli forces attack Palestinian militants in the Jenin refugee camp.
April 2 β Siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem: Israeli forces besiege the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem when militants take shelter there. The siege will last for 38 days.
April 3β8 β Battle of Nablus: Israeli forces occupy Nablus, Palestine.
April 4 β A peace agreement is made to end the Angolan Civil War.
April 5 β The genome sequence for indica rice is published.
April 11 β Llaguno Overpass events: a shootout takes place between the Caracas Metropolitan Police and pro-government Bolivarian Circles in central Caracas, Venezuela, near the presidential Miraflores Palace, causing 19 deaths and injuring 127 people. The military high command refuse President Hugo ChΓ‘vez's order to implement the Plan Γvila as a response to the protests and demands his resignation. President ChΓ‘vez is subsequently arrested by the military. ChΓ‘vez's request for asylum in Cuba is denied, and he is ordered to be tried in a Venezuelan court.
April 12 β Augustin Bizimungu is arrested for his involvement in the Rwandan genocide.
April 14 β President Hugo ChΓ‘vez of Venezuela is restored to power following an attempted coup.
April 18 β Romanian mathematician Preda MihΔilescu creates a proof for the Catalan's conjecture, which had gone unsolved for 158 years.
April 25 β South African Mark Shuttleworth blasts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Soyuz TM-34, becoming the first African space tourist.:β453β
April 26 β Erfurt school massacre: An expelled student kills 18 people at a school in Erfurt, Germany.
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Section: May (2):
May 2 β BojayΓ‘ massacre: A church is struck with a cylinder bomb during a conflict between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, killing an estimated 119 people.
May 4 β NASA launches the Aqua satellite as part of the Earth Observing System.
May 9 β 2002 Kaspiysk bombing: Over 40 people are killed when insurgents bomb a military parade in Kaspiysk, Russia.
May 10 β American FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life in prison for espionage.
May 13 β Rebels bombard Arthington, Liberia, with artillery during the Second Liberian Civil War causing panic in the neighboring capital, Monrovia.
May 14 β Kaluchak massacre: Militants attack a bus and an Indian army camp in Kaluchak, Jammu and Kashmir, killing 31 people and escalating the IndiaβPakistan standoff.
May 20 β East Timor regains its independence after 2.5 years of United Nations administration and 26 years of occupation by Indonesia since 1975.
May 22 β Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba asks King Gyanendra to dissolve the parliament amid escalation of the Nepalese Civil War.
May 24 β United States President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin sign the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty.
May 28 β The NATO-Russia Council is established.
May 31
The 2002 FIFA World Cup begins, taking place in South Korea and Japan.
The Kyoto Protocol is ratified by the European Union.
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Section: June (2):
June 3 β Archaeologists begin uncovering the Liye Qin Slips in Liye, China.
June 4
The ringed dwarf planet Quaoar is discovered by astronomers Chad Trujillo and Michael Brown at the Palomar Observatory.
The Zeyzoun Dam in Zayzun, Syria, fails.
June 8 β The Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson boxing fight takes place. Following a scuffle prior to the match, Lennox Lewis defeats Mike Tyson.
June 10 β British scientist Kevin Warwick carries out first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans.
June 12 β The ImClone stock trading case begins when ImClone Systems CEO Samuel D. Waksal is arrested for insider trading.
June 13
Afghanistan changes its official longform name to the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan.
The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with Russia.
June 14 β Russia withdraws from the START II nuclear reduction agreement with the United States.
June 22 β 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake: A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes north-western Iran, killing over 200 people.
June 25 β The WorldCom scandal breaks and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission begins its investigation into WorldCom.
June 29 β Second Battle of Yeonpyeong: During the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan, two North Korean patrol boats cross a contested border in between the two Koreas and attack two South Korean Chamsuri-class patrol boats.
June 30 β 2002 FIFA World Cup: Brazil beats Germany 2β0 in the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final with Ronaldo scoring the two goals; Brazil's captain Cafu, who becomes the first player to appear in three successive World Cup finals, accepts the trophy on behalf of the team.
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Section: July (2):
July 1 β The Rome Statute comes into force, thereby establishing the International Criminal Court.
July 3 β NASA launches the CONTOUR satellite but loses contact.
July 5 β The Imperial War Museum North opens in Trafford, England.
July 9
The Organisation of African Unity is disbanded and replaced by the African Union.
The Church of England allows divorcees to remarry.
July 11
The first synthetic virus is announced after being successfully created and tested at Stony Brook University.
Former Argentine junta leader Leopoldo Galtieri is arrested for the kidnap, torture, and murder of 20 leftist guerillas during the Dirty War.
The discovery of the early hominid Sahelanthropus is announced.
July 13 β Militants attack in Qasim Nagar, Jammu and Kashmir, killing 29 people.
July 14 β The only captive baiji dolphin dies as the species approaches extinction.
July 20 β The Machakos Protocol is signed during the Second Sudanese Civil War, establishing a framework for peace talks and possible independence of South Sudan.
July 21 β At the height of the WorldCom scandal, WorldCom files the largest bankruptcy in American history.
July 23 β Salvadoran generals JosΓ© Guillermo GarcΓa and Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova are found liable for torture in an American court.
July 25βAugust 4 β The 2002 Commonwealth Games are held in Manchester, England.
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Section: August (2):
August 7 β The AKS primality test is published by Manindra Agrawal, Neeraj Kayal, and Nitin Saxena from the Indian Institutes of Technology.
August 19 β 2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash: Chechen separatists shoot down a Russian Mil Mi-26, killing 127 soldiers. It was the worst aviation disaster in the history of the Russian military.
August 22βSeptember 4 β Typhoon Rusa, the most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in 43 years, makes landfall, killing at least 236 people.
August 26βSeptember 4 β Earth Summit 2002 takes places in Johannesburg, South Africa, aimed at discussing sustainable development by the United Nations.
August 28 β EUMETSAT launches the Meteosat 8 satellite as part of its Meteosat program.
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Section: September (2):
September β Yemeni al-Qaeda operative Ramzi bin al-Shibh is arrested in Pakistan for involvement in the September 11 attacks. He will later be found unfit to stand trial.
September 10 β Switzerland joins the United Nations as the 190th member state after rejecting a place in 1986.
September 14β27 β Hurricane Isidore crosses Cuba, the YucatΓ‘n Peninsula, and Louisiana.
September 19 β General Robert Guéï leads an army mutiny in an attempt to overthrow Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, resulting in civil war.
September 21βOctober 4 β Hurricane Lili crosses Cuba and several other Caribbean islands before making landfall in Louisiana.
September 27 β East Timor is admitted to the United Nations as the 191st member state; it also changes its official longform name from "Democratic Republic of East Timor" to "Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste".
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Section: October (2):
October β Operation Enduring Freedom β Horn of Africa: The United States deploys troops to the Horn of Africa to combat Islamist groups and pirates.
October 2 β Former Republika Srpska president Biljana PlavΕ‘iΔ pleads guilty to crimes against humanity for her involvement in the Bosnian genocide.
October 4 β The genome sequences for malaria carriers anopheles gambiae and plasmodium falciparum are published.
October 10 β The International Court of Justice rules in favor of Cameroon in Cameroon v. Nigeria.
October 11 β The United States Congress approves military action in Iraq should it fail to comply with United Nations requirements for weapons of mass destruction.
October 12 β Jemaah Islamiyah militants detonate multiple bombs in two nightclubs in Kuta, Bali, killing 202 people and injuring over 300 people, making it the worst terrorist act in Indonesia's history.
October 15 β The Somali Reconciliation Conference begins, initiating peace talks between two factions of the Somali Civil War: the Transitional National Government and the government of Puntland.
October 16
The Indian military stands down from the border with Pakistan, ending the standoff between the two nations.
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina opens in Alexandria, Egypt, in a ceremony attended by several heads of state.
October 17 β The European Space Agency launches the INTEGRAL observatory.
October 21 β The discovery of the James Ossuary is announced.
October 23β26 β Chechen rebels take control of the Nord-Ost theatre in Moscow and hold the audience hostage. At least 170 people are killed following a Russian attempt to subdue the militants.
October 24
The culprits of the D.C. sniper attacks are arrested after they kill ten people in the United States over the previous three weeks.
2002 Bahraini general election: Bahrain holds its first Parliamentary elections since 1973.
October 27 β 2002 Brazilian general election: Luiz InΓ‘cio Lula da Silva is elected President of Brazil.
October 31 β Belarus restricts religious activity outside of the Belarusian Orthodox Church with a new law.
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November 3 β 2002 Denali earthquake: A 7.9 magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest North American earthquakes recorded, occurs in Alaska.:β181β
November 7 β A sovereignty referendum is held in Gibraltar. The people reject Spanish sovereignty.:β385β
November 8 β The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopts Resolution 1441, forcing Iraq to either disarm or face "serious consequences". Iraq agrees to the terms of the resolution on November 13.
November 13 β Prestige oil spill: Greek oil tanker MV Prestige begins spilling oil coast of Galicia. It will continue until November 19, spilling 60,000 tonnes of oil in the worst environmental disaster in the history of the Iberian Peninsula.
November 15 β Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party.
November 16 β 2002β2004 SARS outbreak: The first case of the Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic, a zoonosis caused by a coronavirus, is recorded in Guangdong province of south China.
November 22 β NATO announces seven new countries that intend to join: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
November 25
The Hague Code of Conduct is signed to regulate intercontinental ballistic missiles internationally.
U.S. President George W. Bush signs the Homeland Security Act into law, establishing the Department of Homeland Security, in the largest U.S. government reorganization since the creation of the Department of Defense in 1947. Following a several month-long transitional period, it commences operations the following year.
November 28 β 2002 Mombasa attacks: Suicide bombers blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, but their colleagues fail in their attempt to bring down an Arkia Israel Airlines charter flight with surface-to-air-missiles.
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Section: December (2):
December 2 β Opponents of President Chavez begin a strike in Venezuela.
December 3 β The government of Burundi signs a ceasefire with the CNDD-FDD rebel group to end the Burundian Civil War. It holds until February 2003.
December 17
A peace agreement is made in the Second Congo War, approving the creation of the Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.:β100β101β
The International Court of Justice rules in favor of Malaysia in the Ligitan and Sipadan dispute with Indonesia.
December 27
2002 Grozny truck bombing: Chechen suicide bombers attack the government headquarters in Grozny, Russia, killing over 70 people.
2002 Kenyan general election: Kenya holds its first free elections, ousting the dominant Kenya African National Union Party following a victory of the National Rainbow Coalition.
December 29 β Shenzhou 4 is launched from China.
December 31 β The United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina ends.
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January 5 β Tel Aviv central bus station: Two Palestinian suicide bombers attack a neighborhood in Tel Aviv, killing at least 23 people and injuring 103.
January 8 β Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashed into a hangar upon takeoff in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing all 21 passengers and crew.
January 10 β North Korea announces its withdrawal from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
January 22
The last signal from NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft is received, some 12.2 billion kilometers (7.6 billion mi) from Earth.
January 29 β Riots break out in Phnom Penh, Cambodia targeting Thai nationals after false reports that a Thai actress made comments about a temple. Thailand severs diplomatic relations with Cambodia in response.
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Section: February (2):
February 1 β At the conclusion of the STS-107 mission, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry over Texas, killing all seven astronauts on board.
February 4 β The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is renamed to "Serbia and Montenegro" (after its two constituent states) after its leaders reconstitute the country into a loose state-union between Montenegro and Serbia, marking an end to the 73-year-long use of the name "Yugoslavia" by a sovereign state.
February 5 β U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell speaks to the United Nations presenting the case for a military invasion of Iraq. It will later be discovered that the Bush administration misled him when preparing his testimony.
February 7 β 2003 El Nogal Club bombing: A car bomb goes off in the garage of the El Nogal club in BogotΓ‘, Colombia, killing 36 people and injuring hundreds.
February 9βMarch 23 β The 2003 Cricket World Cup is held in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Kenya with Australia defeating India in the final.
February 15β16 β Antwerp diamond heist: An Italian gang steals loose diamonds, gold and jewellery valued at more than $100 million from a Belgian vault, one of the largest robberies in history.
February 15 β Millions of people worldwide take part in massive anti-war protests in anticipation of the United States and its allies invading Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein's regime.
February 18 β Daegu subway fire: An arsonist sets fire to a subway train in Daegu, South Korea, killing 192 people.
February 19 β An Ilyushin Il-76 plane crashes near Kerman Airport in Iran, killing 270 military personnel.
February 20 β A pyrotechnics accident during a Great White concert causes a fire at a nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island, killing 100 people.
February 24 β 2003 Bachu earthquake: A 6.8 Mwβ―earthquake strikes in Xinjiang, killing 257 people.
February 26 β The War in Darfur begins after rebel groups rise up against the Sudanese government.
February 27 β Former Bosnian Serb leader Biljana PlavΕ‘iΔ is sentenced by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to 11 years in prison for war crimes committed during the Bosnian War.
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March 8 β Malta approves joining the European Union in a referendum.
March 12
Serbian Prime Minister Zoran ΔinΔiΔ is assassinated in Belgrade by a sniper.
The World Health Organization issues a global alert on severe acute respiratory syndrome when it spreads to Hong Kong and Vietnam after originating in Mainland China.
March 15 β Former General FranΓ§ois BozizΓ© seizes power through a military coup in the Central African Republic.
March 17 β U.S. President George W. Bush presents a 48-hour ultimatum for Iraqi president Saddam Hussein to resign.
March 20 β The Iraq War begins with the invasion of Iraq by the U.S. and allied forces.
March 21 β The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2 is launched.
March 23
2003 Nadimarg massacre: Islamist militants gather and execute citizens of a Hindu village in Kashmir, killing 24 of the 54 residents.
Slovenia approves joining the European Union and NATO in a referendum.
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Section: April (2):
April 9 β U.S. forces seize control of Baghdad, ending the rule of Saddam Hussein.
April 12 β Hungary approves joining the European Union in a referendum.
April 14 β The Human Genome Project is completed, with 99% of the human genome sequenced to 99.99% accuracy.
April 16 β The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens between the European Union and ten countries (Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia), concerning these countries' accession into the EU, leading to the 2004 enlargement of the European Union.
April 17 β Anneli JÀÀtteenmΓ€ki takes office as the first female prime minister of Finland.
April 18 β Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee visits Kashmir and expresses support for peace negotiations with Pakistan.:β95β
April 20 β Tropical Storm Ana becomes the first recorded North Atlantic tropical storm to occur in April.
April 21 β The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam end peace talks in the Sri Lankan Civil War.:β107β
April 24 β Microsoft releases the Windows Server 2003 operating system to retail
April 27 β Nicanor Duarte Frutos is elected president over Julio CΓ©sar Franco in the 2003 Paraguayan general election.
April 29 β The United States announces the withdrawal of its troops stationed in Saudi Arabia, and the redeployment of some at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
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Section: May (2):
May 1
2003 BingΓΆl earthquake: A 6.4 Mwβ― earthquake strikes in BingΓΆl, Turkey, killing 177 people.
U.S. President George W. Bush declares an end to the invasion of Iraq in the Mission Accomplished speech. Hostilities would continue for several years during a period of Iraqi insurgency.
May 11
Benvenuto Cellini's Cellini Salt Cellar table sculpture is stolen from the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
Lithuania approves joining the European Union in a referendum.
2003 Sri Lanka cyclone: A cyclone makes landfall in Sri Lanka, killing 260 people and causing the country's worst natural disaster in 50 years.
May 12
In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, over 30 people are killed in multiple bombings at a housing compound, mostly foreign expatriates.
2003 Znamenskoye suicide bombing: Chechen suicide bombers attack a government office in Znamenskoye, Russia, killing at least 59 people.
May 15 β 2003 Argentine general election: NΓ©stor Kirchner becomes president-elect of Argentina after Carlos Menem withdraws from the runoff election.
May 16 β 2003 Casablanca bombings: Islamist militants affiliated with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb carry out a series of suicide bombings in Casablanca, Morocco, killing at least 41 people.
May 17 β Slovakia approves joining the European Union in a referendum.
May 21 β The 6.8 Mwβ― BoumerdΓ¨s earthquake strikes in Algeria, killing over 2,200 people.
May 23 β Dewey, the world's first cloned deer is born, at Texas A&M University.
May 24 β The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 takes place in Riga, Latvia, and is won by Turkish entrant Sertab Erener with the song "Everyway That I Can".
May 26 β A constitutional referendum is held in Rwanda.
May 28 β Prometea, the world's first cloned horse, is born.
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June 2 β Mars Express launches, containing the Beagle 2 lander.
June 8
Poland approves joining the European Union in a referendum.
Major Saleh Ould Hanenna leads a failed coup in Mauritania, leading to violence.
June 14 β The Czech Republic approves joining the European Union in a referendum.
June 15 β Operation Desert Scorpion: U.S. forces in Iraq facilitate searches for Ba'athist forces, distribution of humanitarian aid, and engineering programs to repair damaged infrastructure.
June 21 β Declaration of Thessaloniki: The European Union encourages accession of states of the western Balkans.
June 26 β With the first pick in the 2003 NBA Draft, the Cleveland Cavaliers selected LeBron James.
June 30 β Warring parties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sign a peace accord, bringing an end to the Second Congo War, which left millions dead.
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Section: July (2):
JulyβAugust β 2003 European heat wave: Europe experiences its hottest summer in over five centuries.
July 1 β Tesla Inc., the American electric car company, is founded by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning in San Carlos, California.
July 2 β The International Olympic Committee awards Vancouver the right to host the 2010 Winter Olympics.
July 4 β 2003 Quetta mosque bombing: Islamist militants attack a Shia mosque in Quetta, Pakistan, killing at least 44 people.
July 5 β Severe acute respiratory syndrome is declared to be contained by the World Health Organization.
July 6
The 70-meter Eupatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message Cosmic Call 2 to five stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri, HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris, that will arrive at these stars in 2036, 2040, May 2044, September 2044 and 2049 respectively.
Dennis Schmitt discovers the island of 83-42, a candidate for being the northernmost point of land.
July 10 β The existence of PSR B1620β26 b, the oldest known exoplanet in the galaxy, is confirmed using observations from the Hubble Space Telescope.
July 13 β The Iraqi Governing Council is created by the United States as an ethnically diverse provisional government of Iraq.
July 14 β Robert Novak identifies Valerie Plame as a covert CIA agent, initiating a scandal known as the Plame affair.
July 15 β The United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia agrees to disband.:β102β
July 16 β Major Fernando Pereira leads a failed coup in SΓ£o TomΓ© and PrΓncipe.
July 18 β The Convention on the Future of Europe finishes its work and proposes the first European Constitution.
July 24 β The Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands, led by Australia, begins after ethnic violence engulfs the island country.
July 27 β Oakwood mutiny: Philippine military officers lead approximately 300 soldiers a failed coup.
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Section: August (2):
August 1 β Social networking service Myspace is launched.
August 2 β President Charles Taylor of Liberia resigns, effectively ending the Second Liberian Civil War.:β118β
August 5 β A car bomb exploded at the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, killing 12 people and injuring 150.
August 11
The Second Liberian Civil War comes to an end after President Charles Taylor resigns and flees the country.
NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
August 14 β The Northeast blackout of 2003 cuts electricity to the northeastern United States and parts of Canada.
August 19
In the Canal Hotel bombing in Baghdad 22 people are killed, among them United Nations' Special Representative in Iraq SΓ©rgio Vieira de Mello.
Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills at least 18 people in a bus bombing in Jerusalem.
August 25
The Spitzer Space Telescope is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Car bombs explode at Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar in Mumbai, claiming 54 lives and injuring 244 others. Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba is blamed for the attack.
August 27
Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in over 60,000 years.
The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
August 29 β Imam Ali mosque bombing: A bomb kills at least 125 people, including Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, at a Shia mosque in Najaf, Iraq.
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Section: September (2):
September 2 β Typhoon Dujuan makes landfall in Guangdong as a category 1 typhoon with sustained winds of 90 mph.
September 5 β Hurricane Fabian strikes Bermuda.
September 12 β Typhoon Maemi, makes landfall in South Korea as a category 3 typhoon with sustained winds of 125 mph.
September 14
General VerΓssimo Correia Seabra leads a bloodless coup in Guinea-Bissau. He steps down to create a new civilian government days later.
Estonia approves joining the European Union in a referendum.
September 15 β ELN rebels kidnap eight foreign tourists at Ciudad Perdida, Colombia, being freed 100 days later following negotiations with the Colombian government.
September 18 β Hurricane Isabel makes landfall in North Carolina.
September 20 β Latvia approves joining the European Union in a referendum.
September 24 β The Hubble Space Telescope starts the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field, making 800 exposures, until January 16, 2004.
September 27 β SMART-1, an ESA spaceprobe and ESA's first mission to the moon, is launched from Kourou, French Guiana.
September 28 β 2003 Italy blackout: Power goes out across the Italian Peninsula for approximately 12 hours, affecting nearly all of the country's 57 million people.
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Section: October (2):
October 1 β The popular and controversial English-language imageboard 4chan is launched.
October 4 β Maxim restaurant suicide bombing: A Palestinian suicide bomber attacks a restaurant in Haifa, Israel, killing at least 19 people.
October 5 β Israeli warplanes strike alleged Islamic jihad bases inside Syrian territory, the first Israeli attack on the country since the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
October 15 β China launches Shenzhou 5, their first human spaceflight.
October 24 β Concorde makes its last commercial flight, bringing the era of airliner supersonic travel to an end.
October 27 β 27 October 2003 Baghdad bombings: A series of car bombings occur in Baghdad, Iraq, targeting multiple police stations and a Red Cross headquarters. Approximately 40 people are killed.
October 31 β Mahathir Mohamad steps down as Prime Minister of Malaysia after 22 years in power. He is succeeded by Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
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Section: November (2):
November 12 β A suicide bombing at an Italian military police headquarters in Nasiriyah, Iraq, kills 17 Italian military police officers and nine Iraqi civilians.
November 14 β The dwarf planet Sedna is discovered by a team of astronomers led by Michael E. Brown from the Palomar Observatory.
November 22
Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident: Shortly after takeoff, a DHL Express cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile fired by the Islamic Army in Iraq and forced to land. All three Crew members survive with injuries.
England became the first team from the northern hemisphere to lift the Rugby World Cup after beating Australia 20β17.
November 23
Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze resigns after widespread protests engulf the country following a disputed parliamentary election.
A ceasefire takes place at the Line of Control in Kashmir.:β95β
November 26 β The supersonic passenger jet, Concorde, makes its last ever flight from Heathrow Airport in London to Bristol Filton Airport.
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Section: December (2):
December 5 β 2003 Stavropol train bombing: A suicide bomber attacks a train in Stavropol Krai, killing 46 people.
December 12 β Paul Martin becomes the 21st Prime Minister of Canada.
December 13 β Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq, is captured in the small town of Ad-Dawr by the U.S. Army.
December 16 β Google India Private Limited officially incorporated in India.
December 19
Libya agrees to eliminate all of its materials, equipment, and programs aimed at producing weapons of mass destruction.
The Beagle 2 Mars lander deploys, but contact is lost.
December 23
The World Tourism Organization becomes a specialized agency of the United Nations.
PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, killing at least 234.
December 26 β The 6.6 Mwβ― Bam earthquake shakes Iran, killing approximately 50,000 people.
December 29 β The last known speaker of the Akkala SΓ‘mi language dies, rendering it extinct.
December 29 β A world-record ground-level UV index of 43.3 is detected at Bolivia's Licancabur volcano.
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2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2004th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 4th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2000s decade.
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January 3 β Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt, killing all 148 aboard, making it one of the deadliest aviation accidents in Egyptian history at the time.
January 4 β NASA's MER-A (Spirit) spacecraft lands on the surface of Mars.
January 6 β Construction on the tallest human-made structure to date, the Burj Khalifa begins in Dubai UAE.
January 8 β The RMS Queen Mary 2, at the time the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by its namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
January 25 β NASA's MER-B (Opportunity) spacecraft lands on the surface of Mars.
January 26 β The MyDoom virus is first identified.
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Section: February (2):
February 4 β Mark Zuckerberg launches "TheFacebook", later renamed to Facebook, a social networking website for Harvard University students.
February 13 β First EuroMillions transnational lottery drawn, in Paris.
February 26 β Macedonian president Boris Trajkovski is killed in a plane crash near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
February 29 β Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide is overthrown in a coup d'Γ©tat.
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Section: March (2):
March 2 β A series of bombings occur in Karbala, Iraq, killing over 140 Shia Muslims commemorating the Day of Ashura.
March 7 β The 2004 Greek legislative election is held to elect all 300 members of the Hellenic Parliament and the New Democracy party, led by Kostas Karamanlis, won 165 out of 300 seats, ending over 11 years of rule by the PASOK party.
March 11 β Al-Qaeda bombings on CercanΓas trains in Madrid, Spain, kill at least 192 people.
March 14 β The PSOE wins the election in Spain; JosΓ© Luis RodrΓguez Zapatero is elected Prime Minister of Spain, replacing JosΓ© MarΓa Aznar.
March 28 β Hurricane Catarina, the first ever recorded South Atlantic hurricane, makes landfall in Santa Catarina, Brazil.
March 29 β Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia are admitted to NATO, the largest expansion of the organization.
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Section: April (2):
April 4 β The First Battle of Fallujah starts.
April 8 β The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups, in order to put a pause on the War in Darfur.
April 17 β Israeli helicopters fire missiles at a convoy of vehicles in the Gaza Strip, killing Hamas leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi.
April 24 β Referendums on the Annan Plan for Cyprus, which proposes to reunite the island, take place in both the Greek-controlled and the Turkish-controlled parts. Although the Turkish Cypriots vote in favour, the Greek Cypriots reject the proposal.
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Section: May (2):
May 1
The European Union expands by 10 new member states: Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
The First Battle of Fallujah ends.
May 9 β A stadium bombing in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia kills ten people, including regional governor Akhmad Kadyrov.
May 10 β 2004 Philippine presidential election: Incumbent president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo won a full six-year term as Philippine President.
May 12β15 β The Eurovision Song Contest 2004 takes place in Istanbul, Turkey, and is won by Ukrainian entrant Ruslana with the song "Wild Dances".
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Section: June (2):
June 1 β A United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti begins, the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).
June 4 β Marvin Heemeyer takes his modified and armoured Komatsu D355A bulldozer (killdozer) on a rampage through the town of Granby, Colorado, causing approximately 7 million dollars worth of damage.
June 8 β 2004 transit of Venus.
June 12βJuly 4 β Portugal hosts the UEFA Euro 2004 football tournament, which is won by Greece.
June 21 β In Mojave, California, United States, SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.
June 28 β The U.S.-led coalition occupying Iraq, the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), transfers sovereignty to the Iraqi Interim Government.
June 30 β Preliminary hearings begin in Iraq in the trial of president Saddam Hussein, for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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Section: July (2):
July 1 β The unpiloted CassiniβHuygens spacecraft arrives at Saturn.
July 11 β The Russian Federation stops recognizing Soviet Union passports as legal identification.
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Section: August (2):
August 1 β A fire in the "Ycua BolaΓ±os-BotΓ‘nico" supermarket in AsunciΓ³n, Paraguay kills around 400 people.
August 3 β NASA's unpiloted MESSENGER spacecraft is launched, with its primary mission being the study of Mercury.
August 12 β Lee Hsien Loong is sworn in as the third Prime Minister of Singapore.
August 13β29 β The 2004 Summer Olympics are held in Athens, Greece.
August 18 β Broadband internet connections surpass dial-up for the first time in the United States.
August 22 β Armed robbers steal Edvard Munch's The Scream, Madonna, and other paintings from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway.
August 24 β After departing Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow, Volga-AviaExpress Flight 1303, a Tupolev Tu-134, explodes over Russia's Tula Oblast and crashes, killing all 43 people on board; minutes later, Siberia Airlines Flight 1047, a Tupolev Tu-154 departing the same airport, explodes over Rostov Oblast and crashes, killing all 46 on board. The Government of Russia declares the explosions to have been caused by female Chechen suicide bombers.
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Section: September (2):
September 1 β Beslan school siege: Chechen rebels take 1,128 people, mostly children, hostage at a school in Beslan, Russia. The crisis ends when Russian security forces storm the building, resulting in more than 330 people being killed.
September 9 β A car bomb of the Jemaah Islamiyah explodes at the Australian embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, killing 9 people.
September 22 β West Sulawesi is established as the 33rd province of Indonesia.
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Section: October (2):
October 8 β Suicide bombers detonate two bombs at the Red Sea resort of Taba, Egypt, killing 34 people and injuring 171, mostly Israeli tourists.
October 9 β 2004 Australian federal election: John Howard's Liberal/National Coalition government is re-elected with an increased majority, defeating the Labor Party led by Mark Latham.
October 17 β Parque Central Complex fire: A fire that lasted over 15 hours destroyed almost one third of the East Tower of the Parque Central Urban Complex in Caracas, Venezuela.
October 19 β A team of explorers reach the bottom of Krubera Cave, the world's deepest cave, with a depth of 2,080 meters (6,824 feet).
October 20 β Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is sworn in as the 6th President of Indonesia, becoming the first directly elected president in Indonesia.
October 27 β The Boston Red Sox win the World Series for the sixth time after completing a sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals. It was their first championship since 1918.
October 29 β European heads of state sign in Rome the Treaty and Final Act, establishing the first European Constitution.
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Section: November (2):
November 2 β 2004 United States presidential election: George W. Bush is re-elected President of the United States, defeating his Democratic challenger John Kerry.
November 7 β The Second Battle of Fallujah starts.
November 13 β The European Space Agency probe SMART-1 arrives at the Moon, becoming the first European satellite to fly to the Moon and orbit it.
November 16 β NASA's hypersonic Scramjet breaks a record by reaching a velocity of about 7,000 mph (Mach 9.6) in an unpiloted experimental flight.
November 21 β Nintendo releases the Nintendo DS, the best-selling handheld game console, in North America.
November 22 β The Orange Revolution begins, following a disputed presidential election in Ukraine where Viktor Yanukovych won against Viktor Yushchenko amid accusations of electoral fraud. A revote results in Yushchenko being declared the winner.
November 26 β The last known Po'ouli dies in captivity at the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Maui, Hawaii.
November 30 β A McDonnell Douglas MD-82, operating as Lion Air Flight 538, overran the runway and crashed on a cemetery near Adisumarmo Airport, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, killing 25 people.
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Section: December (2):
December 14 β The world's tallest bridge, the Millau Viaduct over the Tarn in the Massif Central mountains, France, is officially opened.
December 21 β Iraqi insurgents attack a U.S. military base in the city of Mosul, killing 22 people.
December 23 β The Second Battle of Fallujah ends.
December 26 β The 9.1β9.3 Mwβ― Indian Ocean earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). One of the largest observed tsunamis follows, affecting coastal areas of Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Somalia, the Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Indonesia, killing 227,000 people.
December 27 β Astrophysicists from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching near Munich measure the strongest burst from a magnetar. At 21:30:26 UT Earth is hit by a huge wave front of gamma and X-rays. It is the strongest flux of high-energetic gamma radiation measured so far.
December 30 β A fire in the RepΓΊblica CromaΓ±Γ³n nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.
December 31 β Taipei 101, at the time the tallest skyscraper in the world, standing at a height of 1,670 feet (510 m), officially opens.
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2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2005th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 5th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2000s decade.
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Section: January (2):
January 1 β Jeanna Giese from Wisconsin, United States, comes home from the hospital and officially becomes the first person to ever survive rabies without a vaccination.
January 5 β Eris, the most massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System, is discovered by a team led by Michael E. Brown using images originally taken on October 21, 2003, at the Palomar Observatory.
January 9 β The Second Sudanese Civil War ends in Sudan.
January 12 β Deep Impact is launched from Cape Canaveral with the purpose of studying the comet Tempel 1.
January 14 β The Huygens spacecraft lands on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.
January 20
George W. Bush is inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States.
The most intense solar particle event in recorded history is observed.
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Section: February (2):
February 10 β North Korea announces that it possesses nuclear weapons as a protection against the hostility it says it perceives from the United States.
February 14
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri is assassinated, along with 21 others, by a suicide bomber in Beirut.
YouTube, an American online video sharing and social media platform was launched by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim headquartered in San Bruno, California, and the first video on YouTube was released in April 23, 2005.
February 16 β The Kyoto Protocol officially goes into effect.
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Section: March (2):
March 14 β China ratifies an anti-secession law, aimed at preventing Taiwan from declaring independence.
March 24 β The President of Kyrgyzstan, Askar Akayev, is deposed following mass anti-government demonstrations and flees the country.
March 28 β The 8.6 Mw NiasβSimeulue earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), leaving 915β1,314 people dead and 340β1,146 injured.
March 31 β The dwarf planet Makemake is discovered by a team led by Michael E. Brown at the Palomar Observatory.
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Section: April (2):
April 2 β Pope John Paul II dies; over four million people travel to the Vatican to mourn him. Pope Benedict XVI succeeds him on April 19, becoming the 265th pope.
April 8 β The first solar eclipse of the year was a rare hybrid event, occurring at ascending node in Aries. This was 4.4 days after the Moon reached perigee. Gamma had a value of -0.34733. A hybrid solar eclipse was visible from south Pacific, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela, and was the 51st solar eclipse of Solar Saros 129.
April 9 β Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at Windsor's Guildhall. Camilla receives the title Duchess of Cornwall.
April 23 β The first ever YouTube video is uploaded, titled Me at the zoo.
April 24 β The first lunar eclipse of the year was a penumbral event, occurring at descending node in Virgo. This was 5 days before the Moon reached perigee. Gamma had a value of -1.08851. A penumbral lunar eclipse was visible in eastern Asia, Australia, Pacific and Americas, and was the 23rd lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 141.
April 26 β Cedar Revolution: Syria withdraws the last of its military garrison from Lebanon, ending its 29-year military occupation of the country.
April 27 β The Superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse.
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Section: May (2):
May 5 β The 2005 United Kingdom general election is won by Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Labour Party for a third consecutive majority government.
May 13 β Uzbek Interior Ministry and National Security Service troops massacre at least 200 protesters in the city of Andijan.
May 18 β English whisky is re-established in England.
May 19β21 β The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 takes place in Kyiv, Ukraine, and is won by Greek entrant Helena Paparizou with the song "My Number One".
May 21 β Kingda Ka is opened for the first time to the public at Six Flags: Great Adventure, becoming the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster at the time.
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Section: June (2):
June 4 β The Civic Forum of the Romanians of Covasna, Harghita and MureΘ is founded.
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Section: July (2):
July 2 β Live 8, a set of 10 simultaneous concerts, takes place throughout the world, raising interest in the Make Poverty History campaign.
July 6
The European Parliament rejects the proposed directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions in its second reading.
The International Olympic Committee awards London the right to host the 2012 Summer Olympics.
July 7 β Four coordinated suicide bombings hit central London, killing 52 people and injuring over 700.
July 23 β A series of bombings hit the resort city of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, killing over 80 people.
July 28 β As a result of the Good Friday Agreement signed in 1998, the Provisional Irish Republican Army ends its armed campaign and decommissions their weapons, by ordering all its units to drop their arms under the supervision of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning.
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Section: August (2):
August 12 β The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is launched from Cape Canaveral, designed to explore Mars.
August 14 β Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills near Grammatiko, Greece, killing 121 passengers and crew.
August 16 β West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes into a mountain in Venezuela, killing 160 passengers and crew.
August 18 β Peace Mission 2005, the first joint ChinaβRussia military exercise, begins its eight-day training on the Shandong Peninsula.
August 26 β The Constitution of Chile is heavily amended, eliminating senators for life, reducing the presidential terms from six to four years, giving the president exclusive rights to summon the National Security Council, and removes legal obstacles for the creation of new regions.
August 29 β Hurricane Katrina makes landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast, causing severe damage, killing over a thousand people and dealing an estimated $108 billion in damage.
August 31 β The Al-Aimmah bridge disaster in Baghdad, Iraq kills 953 Shia Muslim pilgrims who were celebrating a religious festival.
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Section: September (2):
September 7 β Egypt holds its first ever multi-party presidential election, which is marred with allegations of fraud.
September 12 β Israel demolishes multiple settlements and withdraws its army from the Gaza Strip.
September 19 β North Korea agrees to stop building nuclear weapons in exchange for aid and cooperation.
September 30 β Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, sparking outrage and violent riots by Muslims around the world.
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Section: October (2):
October 3
Croatia and Turkey's accession negotiations to the European Union officially starts.
The second solar eclipse of 2005 was an annular event, occurring at descending node in Virgo. This was 4.8 days after the Moon reached apogee. Gamma had a value of 0.33058. An annular solar eclipse was visible in Portugal, Spain, Libya, Sudan and Kenya, and was the 43rd solar eclipse of Solar Saros 134.
October 8 β The 7.6 Mw Kashmir earthquake strikes Azad Kashmir, Pakistan and nearby areas with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing more than 86,000 people and displacing several million more.
October 12 β The second crewed Chinese spacecraft, Shenzhou 6, is launched.
October 17 β The final eclipse of 2005 was a partial lunar eclipse event, occurring at ascending node in Aries. This was 2.9 days after the Moon reached perigee. Gamma had a value of 0.97960. A partial lunar eclipse was visible in Asia, Australia, Pacific and North America, and was the 10th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 146.
October 19 β The trial of Saddam Hussein begins.
October 20 β The general conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) passes the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.
October 24 β Hurricane Wilma makes landfall near Cape Romano.
October 24 β Rosa Parks dies of natural causes
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Section: November (2):
November 9 β At least 60 people are killed and 115 more are wounded in a series of coordinated suicide bombings in Amman, Jordan.
November 11 β In Kazakhstan, Zamanbek Nurkadilov, former mayor of Almaty, government minister and a political opponent of Nursultan Nazarbayev is found dead at his family compound.
November 13 β Andrew Stimpson, a 25-year-old Scottish man, is reported as the first person proven to have been 'cured' of HIV.
November 22
Angela Merkel assumes office as the first female Chancellor of Germany.
Microsoft releases the Xbox 360.
November 23 β Ellen Johnson Sirleaf wins the Liberian general election, making her the first democratically elected female head of state in Africa.
November 28 β The United Nations Climate Change Conference is held in Montreal.
November 30 β Surgeons in France carry out the first human face transplant with Isabelle Dinoire becoming the first person to undergo it.
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Section: December (2):
December 12 β Scientists announce that they have created mice with small numbers of human neurons in an effort to make realistic models of neurological disorders.
December 16 β Find-a-drug medical distributed computing project is concluded.
December 18 β Chad descends into civil war after various rebel forces, with support from Sudan, attack the capital, N'Djamena.
December 25 β An express train bound for the city of Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, is derailed by strong winds in Shonai, Yamagata Prefecture. Five people are killed and at least 33 injured.
December 31 β Another second is added, 23:59:60, to end the year 2005, the first time since 1998.
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2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2006th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 6th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2000s decade.
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Section: January (2):
January 1β4 β Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
January 12 β A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 pilgrims.
January 15 β NASA's Stardust mission successfully ends, the first to return dust from a comet.
January 19 β NASA launches the first interplanetary space probe to Pluto, the New Horizons.
January 22 β Evo Morales is inaugurated as president of Bolivia.
January 25 β Hamas wins the 2006 Palestinian legislative election.
January 29 β The roof of one of the buildings at the Katowice International Fair collapsed in Katowice, Poland, killing 65 and injuring 170.
January 30 β Jennifer San Marco goes on a killing spree in Goleta, California, United States that leaves seven people dead before she takes her own life.
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Section: February (2):
February 4 β Egyptian passenger ferry, MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98, sinks in the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia, killing over 1,000 people.
February 6 β Stephen Harper is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Canada.
February 10β26 β The 2006 Winter Olympics are held in Turin, Italy.
February 17 β A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines killing an estimated 1,126 people.
February 22 β 2006 al-Askari mosque bombing: Explosions occur at the al-Askari Shrine in Samarra, Iraq. The attack on the shrine, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, causes the escalation of sectarian violence in Iraq into a full-scale war (the Iraqi Civil War of 2006β2008).
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Section: March (2):
March 9 β NASA's CassiniβHuygens spacecraft announces a geyser-like emission of vapor, dust, and small ice crystals on Saturn's moon Enceladus, possibly indicating the presence of water.
March 10 β NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enters orbit around Mars.
March 10 β Michelle Bachelet becomes the first female president of Chile.
March 15 β The United Nations General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to establish the United Nations Human Rights Council.
March 21 β Microblogging and social networking service website Twitter was launched.
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Section: April (2):
April 4 β The Faddoul Brothers, kidnapped on February 23, 2006, in Caracas, Venezuela, are found dead, causing outrage and mass protests against insecurity in the country.
April 11
The European Space Agency's Venus Express spaceprobe enters Venus' orbit.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad confirms that Iran has successfully produced a few grams of low-grade enriched uranium.
April 20 β Iran announces a deal with Russia, involving a joint uranium enrichment firm on Russian soil; nine days later Iran announces that it will not move all activity to Russia, thus leading to a de facto termination of the deal.
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Section: May (2):
May 17 β The Human Genome Project publishes the final chromosome sequence, in Nature.
May 18β20 β The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 takes place in Athens, Greece, and is won by Finnish band entrant Lordi with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah".
May 27 β The 6.4 Mwβ― Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Java in Indonesia with an MSK intensity of IX (Destructive), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured.
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Section: June (2):
June 3 β Montenegro declares its independence from Serbia and Montenegro after a May 21 referendum and becomes a sovereign state. Two days later, the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro officially disbands after Serbia declares its independence as well, ending an 88-year union between the two countries and leaving Serbia as the successor country to the union.
June 9 β July 9 β The 2006 FIFA World Cup takes place in Germany; Italy defeats France in the final.
June 28
Israel launches an offensive in the Gaza Strip in response to rocketfire by Hamas into Israeli territory.
The United States Armed Forces withdraws its forces in Iceland, thereby disbanding the Iceland Defense Force.
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Section: July (2):
July 1 β The QinghaiβTibet railway begins operation, making Tibet the final province-level entity of China to establish a conventional railway.
July 6 β The Nathu La pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
July 11 β A series of seven bomb blasts hits the city of Mumbai, India, killing more than 200 people.
July 12 β Israeli troops invade Lebanon in response to Hezbollah kidnapping two Israeli soldiers and killing three others. Hezbollah declares open war against Israel two days later.
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Section: August (2):
August 10 β News was revealed of a thwarted terrorist plot to detonate liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks, aboard multiple transatlantic air flights.
August 14 β Sri Lankan civil war, Chencholai bombing: 61 female students in Mullaitivu are killed by the Sri Lankan Air Force in an air strike.
August 16 β Russian government patrol boat shoots at a Japanese fishing boat, killing one crew member.
August 22 β Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border in Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.
August 24 β The International Astronomical Union defines 'planet' at its 26th General Assembly, removing Pluto's status as a planet and reclassifying it as a dwarf planet 76 years after its discovery. Ironically, this was in the same year when NASA sent its first probe to the celestial body.
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Section: September (2):
September 1 β Analog terrestrial television is switched off in Luxembourg, being the first country to do so.
September 7 β British Prime Minister Tony Blair announces his intention to resign by the end of 2007.
September 7 β Partial lunar eclipse, visible over most of Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia.
September 19 β The Royal Thai Army overthrows the government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a coup.
September 22 β Annular solar eclipse, visible in Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, parts of Brazil, and the southern Atlantic.
September 28 β Typhoon Xangsane passed Manila on its way to causing more than 300 deaths, mostly in the Philippines and Vietnam.
September 29 β Gol Transportes AΓ©reos Flight 1907, a Boeing 737-800, collides with an Embraer Legacy 600 over the Amazon rainforest, killing all 154 occupants on board the 737 whereas all 7 onboard the Legacy survives.
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Section: October (2):
October 6 β Fredrik Reinfeldt replaces GΓΆran Persson as Prime Minister of Sweden.
October 9
North Korea claims to have conducted its first-ever nuclear test.
Google purchased YouTube for US$1.65 billion.
October 11β13 β St Andrews Agreement is held in Scotland between the British and Irish governments on devolution in Northern Ireland.
October 13 β South Korean Ban Ki-moon is elected as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations, succeeding Kofi Annan.
October 22 β Fernando Alonso wins his second World Drivers Championship
October (date unknown) β The Offshore MPA project is initiated.
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