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Events relating to 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
Ang Lee directs Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a martial arts film notable for its magical special effects
Alerto Fujimori resigns after a corruption scandal during his third term as president of Peru
Vicente Fox wins the presidential election in Mexico (the first time that an opposition politician has done so since 1911)
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
Shrek, by DreamWorks Animation, is the first winner of a new Oscar category - Best Animated Feature
Peter Jackson directs the first of his trilogy of films The Lord of the Rings, based on the cult novel by English academic J.R.R. Tolkien
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
Five presidents succeed each other within a month in Argentina's economic crisis
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
Finding Nemo, following the adventures of a clownfish, wins an Oscar for Pixar Animation as the Best Animated Feature
US tennis player Pete Sampras retires with a record total of 14 Grand Slam titles
Lost in Translation, a film directed by Sofia Coppola, depicts the culture shock of an American couple in modern Japan
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
Martin Scorsese directs Leonardo DiCaprio as the eccentric aviation pioneer Howard Hughes, in The Aviator
