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SpaceShipOne is an experimental air-launched rocket-powered aircraft with sub-orbital spaceflight capability at speeds of up to 3,000 ft/s (2,000 mph) / 910 m/s (3,300 km/h) using …
SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed miscondu…
In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional
The Iraq War, also referred to as the Second Gulf War, was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion by a United States–led coalition, which…
Iraq War: Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the
Parkrun is a collection of 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) events for runners, walkers and volunteers that take place every Saturday morning at more than 2,000 locations in 23 countries acros…
The first parkrun, then known as the Bushy Park Time Trial, takes place in Bushy Park, London, UK.
The 2004 Sinai bombings were three bomb attacks targeting tourist hotels in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, on 7 October 2004. The attacks left 34 people dead and 171 injured.
Three bombs explode at Taba and Nuweiba in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, killing 34.
Archibald Charles Manning is an American college football quarterback for the Texas Longhorns. He is a member of the Manning family of football players.
Arch Manning, American football player
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant, with an average radius of about 9 times that of Earth. It has …
Saturn orbit insertion of Cassini–Huygens begins at 01:12 UTC and ends at 02:48 UTC.
One World Trade Center, also known as One WTC and the Freedom Tower, is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Designed by D…
The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the World Trade Center site in New York City.
Direct election is a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the persons or political party that they want to see elected. The meth…
The first direct Indonesian presidential election is held.
The Senate Report on Iraqi WMD Intelligence was the report by the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence concerning the U.S. intelligence community's assessments of …
The Senate Report on Iraqi WMD Intelligence is released by the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence,…
Millennium Park is a public park in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States, operated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE). …
Millennium Park, considered Chicago's first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, is opened to…
Charli Grace D'Amelio is an American social media personality and dancer. She was a competitive dancer for over a decade before she came to prominence in late 2019, when she began …
Charli D'Amelio, American social media influencer and dancer
Kirsty Muir is a Scottish freestyle skier representing Great Britain who competes in big air and slopestyle. She came second in the big air event at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics,…
Kirsty Muir, Scottish freestyle skier
Ashlyn Rose Krueger is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 29, achieved on 14 July 2025, and a doubles ranking of world …
Ashlyn Krueger, American tennis player
The Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fire, also known as the Ycuá Bolaños Tragedy, occurred on 1 August 2004 in Asunción, Paraguay. After the fire broke out, exits were locked to prevent p…
A supermarket fire kills 424 people and injures 360 others in Asunción, Paraguay.
The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture of a robed and crowned woman on Liberty Island, part of New York City, in New York Harbor. The copper-clad statue, a gift…
The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
Dave Matthews Band is an American rock band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1991. The band's founding members are singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Ste…
A tour bus belonging to the Dave Matthews Band dumps approximately 800 pounds of human waste onto a boat full of…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo, and formerly named Zaire, is a country in Central Africa. By land area,…
One hundred fifty-six Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
The National Assembly, formally the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, is the unicameral legislature of Serbia. The assembly is composed of 250 deputies who are proportio…
The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem…
Kim Min-ji, known mononymously as Minji, is a South Korean singer. Minji made her debut as a member of the South Korean girl group NewJeans, under the record label ADOR on July 22,…
Minji, South Korean singer
Peyton Elizabeth Lee is an American actress. She is known for starring in the title role of the Disney Channel comedy-drama series Andi Mack (2017–2019). She has continued to work …
Peyton Elizabeth Lee, American actress
Mackenzie Frances Ziegler is an American singer, actress, internet personality, and former dancer. She appeared as a child for six years on the Lifetime reality dance series Dance …
Mackenzie Ziegler, American child actress, dancer, and recording artist
Francesca Angelucci Capaldi is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Chloe James in the Disney Channel sitcom Dog with a Blog (2012–15) and Nellie Chambers in the…
Francesca Capaldi, American actress
Google LLC is an American multinational technology corporation focused on information technology, online advertising, search engine technology, email, cloud computing, software, qu…
Google Inc. has its initial public offering on Nasdaq.