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Jeff Gordon
Nascar Winston Cup champion. -
Basketball
Basketball player Michael Jordan announces his retirement only to return in 2001. -
Football
Super Bowl XXXIV: St. Louis Rams beat Tennessee Titans, 23-16 at the Georgia Dome Atlanta MVP: Kurt Warner, St. Louis, QB -
World Trade Center
Two hijacked airliners crashed into the Twin Towers in New York City. Both towers collapsed in two hours. -
Olympics
XIX Winter Olympics opens in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States -
Iraq War
Al Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500. -
National Hockey League
The 2004-05 NHL season is canceled by league commissioner Gary Bettman. This was the first time that a North American professional sports league had to cancel a season due to a labor dispute. -
iPhone
Apple Inc CEO, Steve Jobs announces the iPhone. -
World Series
The Philadelphia Phillies won the 2008 World Series. -
Olympics
The winter olympics were held in Vancouver, Canada.