2001: March 1 - Three senior advisers tell House panel that then President Bill Clinton overruled them when he granted a pardon to Marc Rich on last day in office.
July 25th: Air France Flight # 4590, a Concorde Jet, crashes into Hotel Genesse. This is the first major crash of a French Supersonic Passenger Jet that kills 109 people aboard, and 4 people in the hotel.
2004: (June 5) Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States, dies at his home in Bel-Air, California at the age of 93. A six-day state funeral follows after his death.
2006: After finishing only 4 games above .500 in the regular season, the St. Louis Cardinals win the World Series, beating the Detroit Tigers 4 games to 1.
2007: (I think this is HILARIOUS btw!) The Mooninite scare occurs in Boston, when devices used in a guerrilla marketing campaign for the animated television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force are mistaken for improvised explosive devices.
January 1st: Many people were worried that their computers would not work because of changing date from 99 to 2000. However the Y2K event never happened because computer software was updated beforehand.
Anthrax scare rivets nation, as anthrax-laced letters are sent to various media and government officials. Several postal workers die after handling the letters (throughout October).