Approximately 230,000 people, mostly in southern Asia, were killed by a tsunami triggered by the world’s most powerful earthquake in 40 years beneath the Indian
Godzilla (Gojira in Japan) received a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.
European Union leaders signed the European Union’s first constitution.
The Boston Red Sox won the World Series for the first time in 86 years, overcoming the curse of the Bambino. They beat the St.
Denver Bronco quarterback John Elway was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Capital punishment was declared unconstitutional in New York.
SpaceShipOne became the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.
In Massachusetts, same-sex couples exchanged marriage vows for the first time in the United States.
Day of Mourning took place at Bykivnia forest, just outside of Kiev, Ukraine where during the 1930s and 1940s communist Bolsheviks executed over 100,000 Ukrainian
The Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal first came to light when graphic photos of U.S. soldiers physically abusing and humiliating Iraqi prisoners were shown on
