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  The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Oakland Raiders by the score of 48-21 in SuperBowl XXXVII
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  Morgan Spurlock begings his 30-day McDonalds Diet
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  Iraq war begins with the invasion of Iraq by the U.S and allied forces.
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  Top Thrill Dragster opens at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio as the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster.
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  A suicide truck-bomb attack kills at least 60 at a government compond in northern Chechnya
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  The largest hailstone ever recorded falls in Aurora, Nebraska
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  At the International Olympics Committee session in Prague,Vancouver,British Columbia is declared the host city for the XXI Olympic Winter Games in 2010
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  With 117 people on board, crashes in Sudan; the only survivor is a 2-year-old child.
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  Two Suicide bombers drive an explosive filled truck into a government security services building. Killing 3. Injuring 25.
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  Michael Schumacher wins the 2003 FIA Formula One World Championship in Japan.
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  Gary Ridgway, confesses to murdering 48 woman