| January 1 | Rose Bowl, Miami Hurricanes beat Nebraska Cornhuskers 37 - 14 |
| January 1 | The Euro becomes the official currency for most of Europe |
| January 29 | In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush likens Iraq, Iran and North Korea to an 'axis of evil' |
| February 3 | Super Bowl XXXVI, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, New England Patriots beat St. Louis Rams 20-17 |
| February 9 | XIX Winter Olympics opens in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City |
| February 12 | Iran Air Tours flight 956 crashes into a mountain in Iran killing 119 |
| February 20 | Stove mishap sets Egyption train on fire, kills over 360 people |
| February 24 | XIX Winter Olympics closes in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City |
| February 27 | 44th Grammy Awards, U2, Alicia Keyes, Nelly Furtado and James Taylor win major awards |
| March 3 | Earthquake kills at least 150 100 miles north of Kabul, Afghanistan |
| March 24 | 74th Academy Awards Oscar Ceremony, Whoopi Goldberg hosts, A Beautiful Mind wins Best Picture, Denzell Washington and Hallie Berry win lead acting awards |
| March 25 | Earthquake kills at least 1,000 100 miles north of Kabul, Afghanistan |
| March 31 | 21st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Antonio |
| April 1 | 64th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Georgia Dome Atlanta |
| April 14 | 66th Golf Masters Championship: |
| April 15 | Air China flight 129 crashes into a mountain near Pusan, South Korea killing 128 |
| May 7 | China Northern Airlines flight 6163 crashes in the ocean near Dalian, China after a fire is reported onboard, killing 112 |
| May 25 | China Airlines flight 611 crashes near Taiwan, killing 225, crash probably due to structural failure |
| June 3 | Tony Awards, The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Private Lives revival, and Into the Woods revival won major awards |
| June 12 | NBA Finals, Los Angeles Lakers beat New Jersey Nets 4 games to 0 |
| June 13 | Stanley Cup Finals, Detroit Red Wings beat Carolina Hurricanes 4 games to 1 |
| June 22 | Earthquake kills at least 260 in western Iran |
| July 6 | Wimbledon Women's Finals, Serena Williams beat her sister Venus Williams |
| July 7 | Wimbledon Men's Doubles Finals, Todd Woodbridge and Jonas Bjorkman beat Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor, |
| July 7 | Wimbledon Men's Finals, Lleyton Hewitt beat David Nalbandian |
| July 7 | Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Finals, Mahesh Bhupathi and Elena Likhovtseva beat Kevin Ullyett and Daniela Hantuchova |
| July 7 | Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Venus Williams and her sister Serena Williams Paola Suarez and Virginia Ruano |
| August 31 | WNBA Championships, Los Angeles Sparks beat New York Liberty 2 games to 0 |
| October 12 | Nearly 200 tourists murdered by Islamist terrorist bombs in Bali |
| October 27 | World Series, Anaheim Angels beat San Francisco Giants 4 games to 3 |
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