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Events relating to north america
Rap artist Eminem's album The Marshall Mathers LP enters the US charts at no. 1
A White House ceremony celebrates a full draft of the human genome completed by two rival projects
The US Supreme Court gives victory to Republican George W. Bush rather than Democrat Al Gore after electoral irregularities in Florida
Wikipedia, the 'Free Encyclopedia', is put online by Jimmy Wales as an empty shell which members of the public are invited to fill with content
Four hijacked planes are used in a massive September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington
Anthrax attacks, in the form of letters carrying the bacteria posted to journalists and politicians, begin in the USA
Describing September 11 as an act of war, President Bush retaliates with a 'War on Terrorism'
US President George W. Bush revives bitter memories in the Middle East when he describes the war on terrorism as a 'crusade'
The giant Texas energy company Enron files for bankruptcy after disclosure of major accountancy fraud
UK terrorist Richard Reid tries to bring down a Paris-Miami flight but fails to light the exposive in his shoe
The US-led invasion of Afghanistan sweeps the Taliban from power, ending their protection of al-Qaeda
The US holds suspected al-Qaeda terrorists indefinitely, and without legal rights, in Guantanamo Bay, an American enclave in Cuba
The US space shuttle Columbia disintegrates, with seven on board, when re-entering the earth's atmosphere
US tennis player Pete Sampras retires with a record total of 14 Grand Slam titles
Californians vote to remove governor Gray Davis from office in a 'recall' election and to replace him with Arnold Schwarzenegger
US singer Britney Spears creates a new record when she has a fourth successive album (In the Zone) go straight to the top of Billboard 200
Abuses in the US military prison at Abu Ghraib in Iraq are revealed on US television
George W. Bush wins a second term, defeating Democrat John Kerry in the US presidential election
A student at Red Lake High School in Minnesota kills five fellow students and two staff members before committing suicide
After a long trial US singer Michael Jackson is declared in a California court not guilty on ten charges of child molestation
Hurricane Katrina brings flooding and chaos to New Orleans and other coastal areas, causing more than 1500 deaths
The US Supreme Court rules that the military courts set up to try detainees in Guantanamo Bay are illegal
A milk-truck driver opens fire on children in an Amish school in Pennsylvania, killing five girls and wounding others
Google pays $1.65 billion for the website YouTube, launched less than two years previously
The United States Census Bureau announces that the US population has reached 300 million
