- 1999 MV New Carissa runs aground near Coos Bay, Oregon
- 1999 Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot dead by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race-relations in the city.
- 2000 German extortionist Klaus-Peter Sabotta is jailed for life for attempted murder and extortion in connection with the sabotage of German railway lines.
- 2001 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 38-17; MVP: Rich Gannon, Oakland Raiders, QB
- 2001 51st NHL All-Star Game, Pepsi Centre, Denver, CO: North America beats World, 14-12; MVP: Bill Guerin, Boston Bruins, RW
- 2003 The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is officially renamed Serbia and Montenegro and adopts a new constitution.
Event of Interest
2004 Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook from his Harvard dormitory room

Mark Zuckerberg
- 2006 A stampede occurs in the ULTRA Stadium near Manila killing 71
Super Bowl
2007 Super Bowl XLI, Dolphin Stadium, Miami Gardens, Miami, FL: Indianapolis Colts beat Chicago Bears, 29-17; MVP: Peyton Manning, Indianapolis, QB

Peyton Manning
- 2012 Tens of thousands of people are stranded by floods in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland
- 2013 20 people are killed after an apartment building was struck by a rocket in Aleppo, Syria
- 2013 22 people are killed and 44 are injured after a suicide bombing in Taji, Iraq
- 2013 8 people are killed and 30 are injured after a bus collides with two vehicles and flips in Yucaipa, California
- 2013 22 people are killed and 24 are injured after a bus and a truck collide in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
- 2013 Europol announces it will investigate over 680 football matches alleged to involve match fixing
- 2013 Paris, France annuls 213 year old law banning women from wearing trousers
- 2014 10 people are killed & 35 injured after a bus falls into a ravine in Pune, India
- 2014 Same-sex marriage is legalized in Scotland
Event of Interest
2014 Satya Nadella succeeds Steve Ballmer as CEO of Microsoft

Satya Nadella
- 2016 Morocco's Mohammed VI switches on world's largest solar plant near Ouarzazate. Planned to power 1 million homes when fully completed 2018
- 2016 Fifth Democratic presidential candidates debate, broadcast on MSNBC, held in Durham, New Hampshire
- 2018 Super Bowl LII, US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN: Philadelphia Eagles defeat New England Patriots, 41-33; MVP: Nick Foles, Philadelphia, QB