12 Jan	Maurice Gibb dies after stomach op
29 Jan	Solicitor cleared of killing sons
30 Jan	'Shoe bomber' jailed for life
01 Feb	Columbia shuttle disintegrates killing seven
20 Mar	US launches missiles against Saddam
09 Apr	Saddam statue topples with regime
08 Jul	Conjoined twins die in separation op
18 Jul	Missing Iraq expert - body found
20 Jul	BBC admits Kelly was 'main source'
22 Jul	Saddam's sons killed in gun battle
27 Jul	Comic legend Bob Hope dies
01 Aug	Hutton inquiry begins
03 Aug	Anglican church approves gay bishop
07 Aug	Bali bomber smiles at guilty verdict
10 Aug	Britain swelters in record heat
12 Aug	Gilligan: language 'wasn't perfect'
14 Aug	Lights go out across NE America
16 Aug	'War criminal' Idi Amin dies
19 Aug	UN envoy dies in Baghdad bombing
25 Aug	Bombay rocked by twin car bombs
28 Aug	Blair gives evidence to Hutton
01 Sep	Widow tells Hutton Kelly felt 'betrayed'
11 Sep	Anna Lindh dies of stab injuries
12 Sep	Johnny Cash dies
19 Sep	Washington DC swept by hurricane
25 Sep	Hutton Inquiry hears final arguments
08 Oct	The Terminator takes on California
15 Oct	China sends first man into space
19 Oct	David Blaine ends glass box stunt
24 Oct	End of an era for Concorde
29 Oct	Tory Party leader resigns
31 Oct	End of Mahathir era in Malaysia
08 Nov	Royal baby born prematurely
17 Nov	Washington sniper convicted
18 Nov	High security as Bush visits UK
20 Nov	British targets bombed in Istanbul
22 Nov	England win Rugby World Cup
04 Dec	US pulls back from steel trade war
08 Dec	Greek terrorists convicted
10 Dec	Mother cleared of murdering babies
14 Dec	Saddam Hussein captured
17 Dec	Ian Huntley guilty of Soham murders
19 Dec	Libya gives up chemical weapons
22 Dec	Hostages freed by Colombian rebels
25 Dec	Mars space probe disappears
28 Dec	Britain gives go-ahead for 'sky marshals'