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Nascar Winston Cup champion.
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Basketball player Michael Jordan announces his retirement only to return in 2001.
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Super Bowl XXXIV: St. Louis Rams beat Tennessee Titans, 23-16 at the Georgia Dome Atlanta MVP: Kurt Warner, St. Louis, QB
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Two hijacked airliners crashed into the Twin Towers in New York City. Both towers collapsed in two hours.
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XIX Winter Olympics opens in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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Al Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500.
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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.
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Apple Inc CEO, Steve Jobs announces the iPhone.
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The Philadelphia Phillies won the 2008 World Series.
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The winter olympics were held in Vancouver, Canada.
