The first-ever “spam” email was sent out to every ARPANET address on the US west coast.
Source
Washington, D.C. was incorporated by Congress.
NASA's Columbia Space Shuttle landed at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding mission STS-90.
The Spider-Man film starring Tobey Maguire premiered.
Three-year-old English girl Madeleine McCann went missing while on vacation with her parents, family, and friends in Praia da Luz, Portugal.
West Virginia became the first state to impose a sales tax.
