China's Shenzhou spacecraft launched on its fourth and final uncrewed flight.
LinkedIn was founded by Reid Hoffman and the founding team members from PayPal and Socialnet.com.
Chicago, the film based on the musical and directed by Rob Marshall, was released.
Gangs of New York, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Cameron Diaz, was released.
The Two Towers, the second of the Lord of the Rings films, was released in theaters.
Adaptation directed by Spike Jonze, starring Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep, premiered.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, directed by Peter Jackson, premiered in New York.
Riots broke out between Muslims and Christians, in Nigeria, over the Miss World Competition, which killed around 250 and left over 10,000 people homeless.
Version 0.1 of the standalone open-source Mozilla Firefox web browser was released.
Eminem won four awards for his hit song Without Me at the 19th MTV Music Video Awards.
President of France, Jacques Chirac narrowly escaped an assassination during the Bastille Day celebration.
North and South Vietnam were formally reunified after more than twenty years of war.
Spanish peseta lost its legal tender after fully adopting the Euro.
President George W. Bush gave his State of Union Address.
Michael Jackson accepted the Artist of the Century award in Los Angeles at the American Music Awards.
