The NFL played the first regular season game outside the United States when the Arizona Cardinals defeated the San Francisco 49ers, 31-14 in Mexico City,
Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast near Buras, Louisiana, bringing floods that devastated New Orleans. More than 1,800 people in the region died.
Cindy Sheehan began an anti-war protest in Crawford, Texas, home of George W. Bush.
The Deep Impact Collider hit the comet Tempel 1.
Mark Felt, former FBI high ranking official was revealed as the “Deep Throat” source during the Watergate investigations in a “Vanity Fair” article.
40,000 anti-nuclear/anti-war protesters marched past the United Nations in New York City, 60 years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Syria completed withdrawal from Lebanon, ending 29 years of occupation.
Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube was removed at the request of her husband.
The Cedar Revolution began when over a million Lebanese marched in the streets of Beirut to demonstrate against the Syrian military presence in Lebanon, and
The European Huygens space probe sent back the first detailed pictures of the frozen surface of Saturn’s moon, Titan.
