The Nintendo Wii was released in the US.
The Wii was Nintendo’s fifth major home game console, following the GameCube.
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A meteorite weighing 8kg landed southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.
The Great Flood of St Petersburg killed 10,000 people and affected almost half a million more.
Inventor Frederick E. Blaisdell patented the pencil in the US.
The People's Republic of China launched Shenzhou 1, the first uncrewed Shenzhou spacecraft.
Pope Hilarius became the Bishop of Rome.
