The Soviet K-278 Komsomolets nuclear submarine caught fire and sank off the coast of Norway.
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US forces circled the city of Baghdad, which led to the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime two days later.
NASA launched the 2001 Mars Odyssey space probe from Cape Canaveral.
Booker T. Washington became the first Black person pictured on a US postage stamp.
France initiated the War of the League of Cambrai against Venice.
Mount Vesuvius volcano erupted, devastating Naples in the process.
